In Case You Missed Them: Top 5 Articles Worth Sharing in 2023

This year I found all kinds of stuff worth sharing, from the cosmic & philosophical to the nitty-gritty &  practical. In case you missed them, here are my picks for the top five articles I posted in 2023. Hope you find them interesting!

Inside the Black Box: Thoughts on Judgement, Intuition, Synthesis & Artificial Intelligence

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The end of 2022 (November 30, to be exact) saw the introduction of Chat GPT. After playing around with it a while, I shared my reactions and discussed what I saw as the implications for content creators. See: Inside the Black Box: Thoughts on Judgement, Intuition, Synthesis & Artificial Intelligence

Bonus: Check out ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world. from Ars Technica.

Smart speaker not useful? Give it more smart things to control!

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As my wife will tell you, I am a super-geeky early adopter of all kinds of tech gizmos and gadgets. Some are productivity enhancers and others are just cool, fun conveniences to have in our house. Given my own relationship with smart things, I am always amazed when someone says, "I got one of those smart speakers [Google Home, Amazon Echo, etc.] and I don't think it's all that useful."  My reaction: "What!! Well, you need to fire up your imagination and put these things to work for your family!"

In the article Smart speaker not useful? Give it more smart things to control! I share a typical "day in the life..." of our smart speakers & connected devices. It's loaded with practical, real-world applications that you can apply to your home to make your smart things more useful.  

A Curated, 21-Video Study Guide for Absolute AI (Artificial Intelligence) Newbies: What It Is, Where You Can Play with It & How We Might Want to Shape Its Role in Our Lives

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The title says it all: This is my easy-to-assimilate video intro to AI (artificial intelligence).  

One Year Later: How Our Chromebook is Working Out

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That graphic above tells the story: No Windows, Only Chromebook: 1 Year Later.  This is my review of our new life without Windows in Google's Chrome OS world. (Spoiler: It's just fine!)

My Three Websites: A Lot of Stuff Worth Sharing

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In this article, I remind readers that I have a couple of other "frozen" websites that are loaded with tools and information to help manage projects and teams. 

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So that's it. Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss these articles that you might find useful or thought-provoking. 

Happy Holidays!

My Three Websites: A Lot of Stuff Worth Sharing

My websites: 1 active & 2 archived ("frozen")

Over five years ago I launched this website, Mike Greer's WORTH SHARING. In doing so, I decided to "freeze" a couple of my other websites in order to focus on more eclectic, wide-ranging topics that sparked my interest. At the same time, I wanted to make sure that all the content previously assembled for helping new project managers and their teams would remain easily accessible. 

The bottom line: All my new stuff is available right here at my WORTH SHARING website, while PM resources and inspirational tools and media for teams remain available at the two "frozen" sites. At the time of the "freezing" I explained the distinctions here.

Today, the only way you might know that these sites still exist (and that they have good stuff to share!) is if you happen to see the understated menu links under "Go to My Other Websites" on this site's home screen. So, in case you missed them, I hereby re-introduce you to my three websites, all of which include good stuff worth sharing!  Enjoy! 

Taking Care of Yourself: Some Tools & Tips from the Archives

 

This article is for the work-weary professional, manager or anyone else who feels swamped, is always getting interrupted and who feels like screaming in frustration! The selections below are from my collection Inspirations: Optimize Your Attitude, Maximize Your Results. These three are hand-picked to inspire you to take care of yourself, reclaim your humanity, enhance your job satisfaction and find some peace of mind.

Set and respect "office hours."

This excerpt from The Project Management Minimalist is a short pep talk and set of practical guidelines that will help you set aside uninterruptible office hours so you can be more productive and get into that "flow" state in which we all do our best work. 

 

Check out the book excerpt.

Leverage your signature strengths.

There is much happiness, emotional satisfaction and, arguably, higher-quality output to be had when you are doing what you are purpose-built to do.  Are you leveraging your "signature strengths?"  Learn more in this excerpt from The Project Management Minimalist.

Check out the book excerpt.

Is it time to go "off the grid?"

Ever feel like running away and simply disappearing for a while? Getting lost, going completely off the grid, can be one of the most energy-renewing, creativity-enhancing and simply joyful things you can do!  This article from the archives makes the case for doing so.  

Check out the article.

Get The Project Management Minimalist from Amazon or as a free PDF.

If you find the preceding samples to be valuable, why not go a little deeper. Specifically:

• Learn all about Project Management Minimalism here.  
• Get The Project Management Minimalist book in hard copy, paperback or kindle format here at Amazon.
• Get the entire book for FREE: Download the full book, at no cost (and no strings attached) in PDF format here. 
• Get all things related to PM Minimalism (including a do-it-yourself PM course outline, videos, audios and team-building/class materials) FREE at my Internet Archives Favorites collection.

Enjoy! 

A Gift for You: Rock-Bottom Prices on Three Books (Project Management Minimalist, PM Minimalist Mentor & WORTH SHARING)

[12/29/2021 UPDATE:  I've decided to keep these "low as I can go" prices in effect forever. -- MG]

Happy Holidays! Here's my gift to you: BIG SAVINGS on my three most recent books! In fact, I have drastically reduced the prices on all of these to the lowest allowed by Amazon!  (Yep. I tried to go lower, but my Amazon Author's pricing system wouldn't let me go below these.)

The Price Cuts

Here's a summary of these new, lowest-possible prices:

• All Kindles: Now just $2.99. That's 70% off. (Savings: $7.00 on each Kindle)
• Paperbacks: 52% - 72% off (Minimum prices allowed for these physical books is based on number of pages, print production costs & other factors.)
• The Project Management Minimalist: Now just $6.99. That's 72% off. (Savings: $17.96)
• The PM Minimalist Mentor:  Now just $9.99. That's 67% off. (Savings: $19.96)
• WORTH SHARING Essays & Tools... : Now just $11.95. That's 52% off. (Savings: $13.00)

Scroll down for details about each book, plus links to background videos & supporting freebies.

 

• Book overview:  122 pages of PM guidance, including 35 PM tools with PM "Minimalist Squeeze" strategies for tightening up your PM, tips for working with your team, and lots more!
• Find it on Amazon:  Paperback version or Kindle version
• Learn all about this book.
• Learn about the PM Minimalist Support System & Freebies (videos, audios, coaching tools, performance-based tests & do-it-yourself workshop outline)

• Book overview:  This is a collection of coaching tools designed to help your project team get organized and work their way through all ten "Nuts and Bolts" Steps as outlined in The Project Management Minimalist. Included: 10 sets of coaching tools and scripted meeting guides, suggestions about which team members should participate in particular meetings and guidelines for facilitating team building discussions. NOTE: You could easily build your own Project Management workshop based on the Project Management Minimalist (above) using this book and the videos, course outline, etc. listed in the PM Minimalist Support System & Freebies (especially see: Recipe for a Do-It-Yourself PM Workshop) 
• Find it on Amazon:  Paperback version or Kindle version
• Learn all about this book. 
• Learn about the PM Minimalist Support System & Freebies (videos, audios, coaching tools, performance-based tests & do-it-yourself workshop outline).

• Book overview:  This is an eclectic compilation of practical PM tools, thought-provoking PM essays and suggestions for helping individual project managers and their teams stay sane while delivering quality finished products. Over 300 pages, it consists of 54 chapters and hundreds of links* to additional PM resources. Most of the chapters were originally published as blog posts and have never before been released in book form.
• Find it on Amazon:  Paperback version or Kindle version
• Learn all about this book. 
• * NOTE:  Some links to the free online references in this book may have changed since the book was originally published. If you're having trouble finding something, check one of these resources: Mike Greer's WORTH SHARING website,  Michael Greer's PM Resources Archives or the free podcasts, articles & team tools in my Inspirations collection.

=== YOU WIN THE "SCROLL DOWN TO THE END" PRIZE!! ===>

Get these books for FREE as PDFs!! Just go to this Internet Archive page:
"Michael (Mike) Greer's Publications In Internet Archives," then find what you want and download it!  You're welcome!!  

Introducing My PM Resources Archives

As I noted in my previous post, my PM Resources site has been reorganized as an archived collection. And it's LOADED with good stuff on Project Management (PM), PM Minimalism, working with project teams, and more. You'll find links* to PM tools, videos, audios, position papers, references and pretty much anything and everything I've ever published. 

Here's an interactive Table of Contents: