Black Belt Productivity

Greetings all,

I ran across this post this morning about ‘How to Turn Your Desk into a Productivity Zone‘.  There are a lot of good items on this list. They are things that anyone can do to help you increase your productivity.

Also, BBP friend, Brett Kelly, has penned a great article about how GTD problems are not system related. This post has hit me pretty close to home. As those who follow BBP on twitter (michaelramm and jasonechols, respectiviely) have seen, we have both fallen off the wagon here lately. I am going to use my Christmas vacation (11/22 throught 1/2) to revamp my GTD system to a more basic implementation. I am also going to re-read Getting Things Done (time #5) and possibly reedit/rewrite the GTD Primer here on BBP. There also may be a new look to BBP coming in the new year.

It is with great sadness that we pass along the news of the passing of Marc Orchant.

Marc was a friend and reader of BBP. Though we never spoke to him verbally or met him face-to-face, what contact we had with him was classy and positive. As is indicated from the great outpouring of love and support, Marc was well respected in the blogging community.

He will be missed.

Oliver Starr broke the news yesterday in this way…

For some reason, Oliver Starr no longer has access to the Blognation page in which he originally informed us of Marc’s condition.

He is now keeping people updated at this site.

Jason

Many of you who read this blog are familiar with our friend, Marc Orchant.

Today, Michael and I were stunned and saddened to learn that Marc had suffered a massive coronary on Sunday morning.

"At some time between 7:30 and 8:10 AM on Sunday Morning December 2nd, 2007, Marc Orchant, my fellow author on this blog, as well as one of my closest friends sustained a massive heart attack while working in his home office. At this time Marc is in critical condition at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Critical Cardiac Care Unit, Bed 3. He is not expected to regain consciousness for the next 24 to 48 hours.” From blognation USA.