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I've been treating my life like a business, particularly in terms of return on investment. ROI in the information age is becoming increasingly essential as we enter a hazy battlefield of "stuff" bombardment on the web and otherwise. This information bombardment occurs “when the information processing demands on an individual’s time to perform interactions and internal calculations exceed the supply or capacity of time available for such processing” (Schick, Gorden, Haka, 1990, p. 199).
When a business seeks a return on investment it is characterized by how many customers respond to cold emails or online content or google ads. If the business concludes that google ads provide the highest ROI, it will dedicate more effort to it, and for the others, less effort. In this case, a positive outcome relies on more customers, and effort made by the company is balanced to meet the ability of its employees to generate ads in an appropriate time frame.
And as goals shift, the business is back to finding where the highest ROI can be met and where workflow can be adjusted. There is no one in the company saying something like this, "can't we just stick to what we know? We got here with the original model, who says we can't grow with it?" Growth requires phases.
I find this little thought experiment to fit my week's pondering. For a personal endeavor, say life learning or personal branding, identifying what I want as an individual, like a business, dictates how high my ROI will be. That's all well and good but what the heck do I want? I find this to be a question that most people have a hard time answering concretely, and so, finding the highest ROI is null until the question is answered.
When faced with the task of planning goals for another entity or business, I possess a balanced pragmatic approach with an open-mindedness for change. I do not allow changes in my personal life because I do not want to come off as erratic or naive.
Treating my life as a business is changing everything. I did not demand the same inductive reasoning toward my personal goals as my business. I find that knowing what I want in every aspect of my life and keeping track of short term desires is not only making me more productive but also providing full mental clarity instead of an illusion of control. Perhaps this new way of thinking is a complicated way of saying I have more confidence in my thoughts and actions.
Schick, A. G., Gorden, L. A., Haka, S. (1990). Information Overload: A Temporal Approach. Accounting Or-ganizations and Society, 15, 199–220. https://doi. org/10.1016/0361-3682(90)90005-f
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I am extremely grateful for the support redgregory.com is receiving thus far. We're entering month three into this fulfilling project, and I have to say, I'm blown away by all the intelligent, cool people in the Notion community. I have a feeling 2020 is going to be HUGE for productivity apps from Coda to Airtable to this new one, AnyType. Of course, I'm team Notion ;).
A little update for the next week or so: I will be implementing a survey button for those wanting help with / creation of a custom Notion template. I've made a few for you guys and it's fueling my spreadsheet addiction nicely. More on that next week.
I plan on riding this Notion content out for the foreseeable future and possibly branching into excel/googlesheets tips at some point for those looking into web-scraping and more robust systems that pair well with Notion.
And as always, you can drop me a message here anytime for a chat or general Notion help. I usually respond same day (I try to) and no longer than 3 days. I absolutely love reading all of your messages and adore having deep chats about productivity.
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My Mood This Week
I'm planning to track my mood through the entire year in order to better understand what is making my poor days poor and what I need to do to fix them - hence, the "cause" property.
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