Gettting Things Done!

Have you read the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity? This book spawned the name of this website Minds Like Water. The books author, David Allen, talks about a state of being called mind like water.

What happens when you toss a stone into a completely calm pool of water?

Ripples emanate from the center in perfect response to the impact of the stone. The water neither underreacts nor overreacts. It simply reacts appropriately to the situation, then it returns to calm.

Unfortunately, I’m obviously not following the teachings of this book because I am not Getting Things Done and falling behind on this project.

My new estimated time for launch is going to be this Sunday, April 5th. I hope to have all of the details hammered out by then.

Welcome To Minds Like Water!

Welcome to the Minds Like Water website! I just wanted to give you a quick summary of what this website is all about and how to navigate through the pages.

What We’re All About

Take a look at our tagline under our logo in the top left corner. “A Communication Network For Family And Friends.” Basically what we’re trying to do here is use technology (mainly internet productivity tools) to help improve our communication with family and friends. How will we do this? Three things:

1. Minds Like Water Website - The goal of Minds Like Water is to track everyone’s progress. We’ll also feature top articles, weekly videos, and general information.
2. The Global Workplace Website - The Global Workplace will feature daily lessons to help you become more productive and a better communicator.
3. Build Your Own Blog - Choose your passion or something you’d like to learn about and update your site daily.

Navigating This Website

To give you the quick rundown on this website here are a few pointers on how to navigate the site.

1. There are two horizontal navigation bars. The first is dark grey and the second is blue. The dark grey navigation bar is the general information on the Minds Like Water website. The blue navigation bar are the Minds Like Water Network blog categories. Everyone’s blog is listed in one of these categories.
2. The box directly below the horizontal navigation will have featured information. The tabs are clickable and will show additional featured stories.
3. The box on the upper right will show a featured video. Please watch these videos as they will contain valuable information
4. The featured photos box will show the top bloggers for the week.
5. The featured categories box will show weekly featured categories.
6. The blog review box will show blog reviews.

That’s about it. Navigation is not too bad. Just play around with the site for a bit. I hope this is somewhat helpful.