Dave Caolo

A great interview with Erin Doland, editor at unclutterer.com.

“I have very few regrets in my life, and I owe a great deal of that to my parents’ insistence that I Seize Life. I have always taken chances, been a bit brazen, and risked a little to gain a lot. Anyone can live this way, and the benefits are truly spectacular.”

Read the whole thing.

I tried Lifetick this week after Unclutter‘s Erin Doland mentioned it on Twitter. It’s pretty nice — define your goals and values plus steps to acheive them. View your progress with quite nice-looking charts.

This week, they announced an iPhone-optimized version as well as iCal integration. Check it out.

I’m still reading The 4-Hour Work Week. Today I was stuck by Tim’s abhorrence of multi-tasking.

He’s right on this one. There’s a mindset in our culture that venorates the busy. The more you can do at once, the better.

I call bullshit.

Imagine the busy executive. Arms flailing, a phone tucked under his chin, a Blackberry clacking in one hand and a mouse in the other, he’s doing four things at once. What a machine! He is the envy of the working world.

I see a guy who’s doing four jobs poorly. Specifically, he’s giving each project 1/4 the attention it deserves. Now, I know that it’s impossible to remain laser-focued on one task all day long (for instance, I’m eating as I type this), but you can do it 90% of the time.

The middle of the book has become a business/economics class, which isn’t what I was expecting, but I’m going to stick with it.