Comments on: Getting it Done, Personal Finance-Style: End of the Year Ruminations

By: Early Retirement Extreme

Early Retirement Extreme — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:52:42 +0000

These three rules work for me:

1. Commit 100%. Less than 100% is not good enough.
2. Commit now. Don’t put it off.
3. Announce the commitment to the world. Makes one accountable.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:32:24 +0000

Ramit from I will Teach you to be rich has an article about being addicted to gathering more information and being an producer of information.

By: dawn

dawn — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:07:20 +0000

I love personal growth books…they are a spark plug to jump start my enthusiasm for becoming a better me. But once they get my mind/body/soul pointed in the right direction…it’s up to me to take the steps. Which to me is the best part; I love the doing part. I’d much rather take action, and possibly mess up, than not take a chance. Sometimes those mistakes are the greatest teachers of my-life-lessons than the books I read. When I do feel like I’m losing focus on a particular area, I definitely re-read my favorites. (Then the spark is ignited once more). These P.F. Blogs are awesome too. I love the supportive nature of the whole thing… it’s fabulous

By: fathersez

fathersez — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:51:45 +0000

I have given up on books. They give me a burst of “go get it”, but it dies off after a while.

I feel that reading blogs and blogging is the best way.

For starters, I am now an early riser, something that I could not get done for decades!

By: RacerX

RacerX — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:09:46 +0000

Even if you have the best helpers in the world you still need to use and internalize their advise of it means nothing.

Look at Britney Spears;she has (or had) the bestlawyers, money managers and probably therapists. However until she starts to follows the advice it doesn’t matter.

By: mrsmicah

mrsmicah — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:42:03 +0000

Catherine, I love to highlight in books. The only problem is that some books I feel more comfortable with than others. And some are library books.

Amphritite, I love reading blogs too! Perhaps one advantage of blog reading is that you’re seeing people actually putting the principles to work in their lives. And you’re experiencing it over time with them, not as a quick process in a book.

Lynnae, one thing I like about Zen to Done is that Leo suggests working on only one habit at a time for 30 days each. There’s a good summary in this lifehack review: http://tinyurl.com/2h7ljb

By: Lynnae @ beingfrugal.net

Lynnae @ beingfrugal.net — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:01:02 +0000

You can definitely put me into the “having a hard time translating reading into action” group. I’ve read Getting Things Done, and it’s a great book. Now I need to re-read and actually do what David Allen says. Even if I just picked 5 things to work on, I’d be in better shape than I am now. Actually, even if I just picked one thing I’d be in better shape…..

Need more organization around here!

By: Amphritrite

Amphritrite — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:20:39 +0000

I’m guilty of probably not reading ENOUGH books. Often, when I read them, I feel like I’m being preached to, that these authors know nothing about my life and although they’re brilliant… they’re also broad in their theories.

Instead, I read blogs and websites (Bankrate, MSN Money, etc) to get a more personal approach; how do you find a good hair stylist? You get a recommendation. Same goes for writers around the blogosphere

As to reminders, I have my own personal finance blog, so when something hits me, I blog about it. After I’ve purged it from my head and it’s somewhere that I can look it up or reference, I remember it better. Strange, but true!

By: CatherineL

CatherineL — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:16:00 +0000

Hi Mrs M. I have definitely been guilty of reading far too many books at once and becoming too overwhelmed to put all the info into practise.

Highlighting interesting content often helps me to remember it better. And taking notes and going back through them helps me to implement a lot of stuff too.

And I flick back through the most useful ones often to remind me of stuff I’d forgotten.