The Optimized LifePersonal growth archive, 2007

Link Roundup

Friday Link Roundup

By Kim Roach · April 20, 2007

It’s time again for the Friday Link Roundup. There has been lots of buzz around the blogosphere and some great articles among the personal development blogs. Here are just a few of the great posts from this week.

Productivity Tools

LifeDev.net has recently released their productivity tools blog, where they will be reviewing the best tools for increasing your productivity (online and off) You can check it out at http://www.lifedeve.net/tools/

Some of the tools they have already reviewed include:

Notely: A Web-Based Organizational Tool for Students

ConceptDraw’s new MindMapping Software

Zoho: An online application for hosting your own virtual meetings

12 Rules for Self-Leadership

Here are 12 principles that will help you live life to the fullest. Some of them include living in wonder, embracing change, and becoming a lifelong learner. I think you will enjoy these little life tips. I know I did.

The Importance of Remembering to Focus on the Now

Brian Kim has written an excellent post this week about how to live in the moment and enjoy the present. In today’s busy world, it’s easy to get caught up thinking about your to-do list and what you have to do in the future. Brian shows us how to slow down and embrace the moment.

Improve Your Learning at RirianProject.com

I am a huge fan of knowledge. No matter what the subject, I simply love to learn. Scott Young has written an excellent guest post for RirianProject.com about 7 different ways that you can improve your learning.

Check it out at…

http://ririanproject.com/2007/04/15/7-little-known-ways-to-drastically-improve-your-learning/

Become a Speed Reader…

Have you ever wanted to learn how to speed read? If so, I have found the perfect resource. LifeOptimizer.com has come out with 50+ resources for becoming a better reader. Check it out at…
http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/04/18/50-free-resources-for-effective-reading/

That concludes this week’s link roundup. If you know of other great blog posts that have been made this week, please feel free to send them in using our Contact Page.

This is an archive of The Optimized Life, a personal-growth blog written in 2007 by Kim Roach from Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The articles are kept online for the readers of the many blogs that linked to them. The domain now has a new owner who is not the original author.