It’s a simply question, any answer will only inspire you to do more the next day.

So. Did you?

So there is a fairly reliable way to fix the planning fallacy, if you’re doing something broadly similar to a reference class of previous projects. Just ask how long similar projects have taken in the past, without considering any of the special properties of this project.  Better yet, ask an experienced outsider how long similar projects have taken.

Lately, I’ve been trying to take the outsider view and planning realistically, although I’m finding I may not doing well enough. For example I should be working on a website project that I’d like to finish by Friday. However, we’ve been struck with server problems most of the day, which pretty much kills any ideas of getting to bed early tonight if I want to even try to get this thing done.

Lucky for me there are plenty of other projects that have over estimated timelines that I can work on.

At any rate. Read the rest of this fascinating article and adjust accordingly.

“Simon & Schuster is backward-leaning,” Mr. Herdener said. “Carolyn wants to corral readers, force them to buy what they wouldn’t buy if they had a choice. It won’t work. The better approach is to embrace the evolution of the book and give customers what they want. Forward-leaning publishers are going to clean up.”

I agree and I hope that people with this mindset find themselves in positions of influence at publishing houses or book publishers may find themselves in the same position as the music industry, in a losing battle with progress.

2. Think small. Most projects can be broken down to small task. If a task seems to big, spend some time in breaking the job down. The only thing to be careful about here is becoming a task robot, keeping busy does not mean you are working.

3. Make some good habits. If you have problems getting started on a job, dedicated time to it in your calendar every day or every other day. Like in the previous step it’s really easy staying busy, but if you schedule time to work on a particular project, you’ll start to make a habit of it. During your dedicated time stay focused. Here’s a tip: don’t allotted an unreasonable time to a project if you don’t have to. Make your dedicated time something you know you will complete. If it’s twenty minutes then it’s twenty minutes.

4. Don’t worry about being right just get started. After all it is part of the creative process. Also if you start at the very least you and your client or co-workers are both starting from the same starting point.

Greatest internet moments - This site is a lot of fun. It’s amazing what held our attention when the web is young

The Art of Kadir Nelson - I love some of this guy genre paintings. It reminds me when I was a painter once upon a time

Illuminated bible by St John University - I always been fascinated with illumination. This is a modern take using the traditional tools of illuminating

So for me the business provides a slightly different roll. I want it to convey a bit of my personality. It’ll definitely the minimum contact information. Although I have thought about just putting ‘Google Me’ on the the card in lieu of my number, email and address, but unless I’m a SEO expert, it seems kind obnoxious, plus, why advertise for google?

As an aside, this brings up an important point. What information needs to go on a business card? I only put my name and url (which is the same, so I combine them), my number and what I do (not my title). Everything else is maybe not need-to-know basis, but it is if-you-need-to-know-then-its-pretty-darn-easy-to-find-it-on-the-web-site-or-any-other-random-social-network-for-that-matter-but-if-all-else-fails-give-me-a-call-I’d-love-to-hear-from-you basis.

Anyway, I view the business card as a little slice of my personality. A 2x3.5 canvas that hopefully extends my personal brand, stands out from the crowd, and entices the person with my card to dig deeper, because whether I put it on there or not, they are going to do a search on me. There are certainly some very very very nice business cards out there, but these, in my opinion, serve as a complete thought or a self-contained piece.

I don’t want my card to be the statement. I want my business card to serve as a simple introduction with enough information so the can learn more. I want them to take responsibility for the information, because it just wasn’t handed to them, they might just remember it. Don’t you value things you work for?