On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused
> > tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one?
> IMO, blogs like lifehacker are task-focused rather than trying to improve
> the reader.


Isn't improving one's life just a collection of individual life hacks? How
is a Carnegian tip about winning friends different from a life hack?

I guess self actualization is one of those irregular verbs: I am hacking my
life, you are optimizing yours, he trying to self-help his way through his.

Carnegie's text reflects the zeitgeist of the time when it was written. So
does Covey's.


> GTD might be a different beast - its proponents display some of
> the same quasi-religious fervour that a Covey trainer conveys. :)
>

Amen! Like religions, GTD has some good principles at its core, but is
often taken to extremes.

S.
-- 
Homer: Hey, what does this job pay?
Carl:  Nuthin'.
Homer: D'oh!
Carl:  Unless you're crooked.
Homer: Woo-hoo!

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