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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:27:24 GMT--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/universal/styles/feed.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mark Forster's Blog - Comments</title><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/</link><description>Get Everything Done: All About Time Management and Personal Organisation</description><copyright>(c) Mark Forster 2006. All rights reserved.</copyright><language>en-GB</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Experience diet diary comments on Diet Progress Report</title><author>Experience diet diary</author><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 06:32:36 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/4/1/diet-progress-report.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1463400</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm from Japan. <br/>Glad to meet you.<br/> <br/>Please link to this site.<br/>Keep it up please.]]></description></item><item><title>learning as I go comments on What can be done now?</title><author>learning as I go</author><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:38:58 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/5/2/what-can-be-done-now.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1460915</guid><description><![CDATA[Hi Mark<br/>Your R &amp; R paid off quite well!  This posting is positively brilliant!  I never took the time to investigate how language can both reveal and persuade attitude.  I shall pay more attention to this!  Thank you.....yet again!<br/>vickie]]></description></item><item><title>Jake comments on Note Taking Software</title><author>Jake</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:48:26 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2006/11/14/note-taking-software.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1454897</guid><description><![CDATA[Hi Mark, <br/><br/>My company released a Note Software earlier this year called NoteScribe. We too felt that there were a lot of limitations and problems with other note-taking software on the market, so we developed our own. I personally feel that our NoteScribe makes it rather easy to organize your notes by categories, keywords, and sources, as well as a quick way to cite your work as you collect data. It is also easy to search for notes, and attach files to notes. <br/><br/>I hope you will give it a try! Thanks for your time. <br/><br/>Download a free trial at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.notescribe.net">http://www.notescribe.net</a>]]></description></item><item><title>Hannah comments on "Dreams" - the underestimated book</title><author>Hannah</author><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:06:39 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/2/28/dreams-the-underestimated-book.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1449736</guid><description><![CDATA[PS I guess I should also say that I use it as a supplement to the other Mark Forster books. The others seem to be more about the nitty gritty of day to day time/self management whereas 'Dreams' is to me more of an aid to creating and keeping focused on where you're going - your overall vision for yourself and your life.<br/><br/>You can be the most organised and efficient person on the planet but if you haven't worked out where you want to be headed you won't be very effective and it won't do you much good, nor make you very happy with life!]]></description></item><item><title>Hannah comments on "Dreams" - the underestimated book</title><author>Hannah</author><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:58:20 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/2/28/dreams-the-underestimated-book.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1449727</guid><description><![CDATA[I have found that this book is one I come back to every now and then as a way to focus what I am aiming for. The idea of having a clear vision of where you want to be seems to work well over time - and comparing your present situation to that vision to see what needs to change can also be helpful in ensuring your goals/projects are actually going to get you where you want to be. <br/><br/>It is also helpful in making sure you trim back those committments that don't move you in the right direction, however worthwhile they may seem in and of themselves - there are only 24 hours in the day and you can only do so much!<br/><br/>The dialoguing is something I have only recently started to use in earnest having seen it also mentioned elsewhere. My method is maybe just a little different but probably in the same vein (Mark, correct me if I'm wrong here!). I think of something I want to achieve then one of the 'voices' takes the form of an interiewer asking the future self (voice 2) how I managed to achieve the particular goal. The first time I tried it I was amazed at what I came up with - I was writing in a journal type situation. It seems to reveal insights into how you can go about achieving goals and projects that somehow ordinary thinking doesn't seem to produce.<br/><br/>I don't know if any of this sheds any light on the 'Dreams' book and sometimes you have to be in the right frame of mind to get the most from some books, but I hope my experiences help to explain it in some way.<br/><br/>Good luck]]></description></item><item><title>Mark Forster comments on "Dreams" - the underestimated book</title><author>Mark Forster</author><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:48:19 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/2/28/dreams-the-underestimated-book.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1449518</guid><description><![CDATA[I suggest you look at the summary on p. 193.]]></description></item><item><title>Mark in Texas comments on "Dreams" - the underestimated book</title><author>Mark in Texas</author><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:04:48 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/2/28/dreams-the-underestimated-book.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1448894</guid><description><![CDATA[I started the &quot;How to Make Your Dreams..&quot; book and made it to page 30, then it went on the stack of incomplete reads. I'm wondering if I've missed something though, because I've read some positive reviews. What is the gist of what this book is about? I just had a hard time understanding what the intent is.]]></description></item><item><title>Grace Marshall comments on Attention</title><author>Grace Marshall</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:31:37 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/1/15/attention.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1430560</guid><description><![CDATA[Hi Mark,<br/><br/>Thank you, for both the advice and the compliment. I'm glad you like it! <br/><br/>It's easy to forget that lack of results at the &quot;seed-sowing&quot; stage is the rule rather than the exception, and when confidence gets shaken, twists, turns and difficult paths start looking like stop signs.]]></description></item><item><title>Mark Forster comments on "Dreams" - the underestimated book</title><author>Mark Forster</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:35:39 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/2/28/dreams-the-underestimated-book.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1426295</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks, Matt, I am feeling much better now - though still not 100 per cent.<br/><br/>Keep us posted on how you get on with the vision!]]></description></item><item><title>Mark Forster comments on Attention</title><author>Mark Forster</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:33:26 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/1/15/attention.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93510:817806:comment/1426292</guid><description><![CDATA[Hi, Grace<br/><br/>That principle is important - but never so important as when first starting up. The lack of results that one almost always experiences at the &quot;seed-sowing&quot; stage means that one is constantly liable to be tempted by brilliant ideas which take you off in a different direction. It's important to resist them and concentrate on one's original focus.<br/><br/>I like your blog by the way. It looks very lively!<br/><br/>]]></description></item></channel></rss>