The cluttered mind uncluttered.

I read a great article on Preparation this morning.

"Success in the business world is not about who is the smartest; research shows that IQ is largely unrelated to status in the corporate food chain. Success is not about who has the best education; only 14% of Fortune 500 companies are led by Ivy Leaguers. And success is not about who has the best funding or resources; many successful businesses started in garages, dining rooms, and the back of cars. The single greatest influence on who achieves success in the business is preparation."  Jim Taylor, Ph.D. 

The article went on to list Ten Laws and I saw all of them as relevant to my world of film and video production. Preparation makes or breaks a video's success whether a documentary, TV commercial, or web movie, all require a well thought-out plan with all the details tended to. 

Journalism Warning Labels

These are great. Think of all the news stories that you read or hear about that sound completely fabricated, isn't it a great idea to be able to slap a label on those things.

Scott needs to create them in digital format for people to append to blogs or other posts where there is complete nonsense in play.

Finally science and information to back up my preference of work intervals ...

This article talks about effectively working in 90-minute increments.

Tony argues that we “should try to get things done in bursts of intensely focused activity, interspersed with periods of rest and recovery.”

I do my best work this way -- for example, my plan for today --- up 5:00 a.m., work on a script for 90 minutes, take a bike ride, back for e-mail correspondence, take a break to go to recycling, then back at the computer or to a meeting depending on correspondence.

Does this work for you?

Dave