Comments on: Your Pillow: The Ultimate Low-Tech Time Management Tool

By: Get Your Hustle On: Accomplish Anything with Massive Action | MeshugAvi Blog

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:30:41 +0000

[...] bar of all my feeds in google reader to be precise, and found that I had come across it in an awesome post on Rock Your Day, a productivity blog from Dave Navarro. I have started to think of this idea of taking massive [...]

By: 6 Weeks

6 Weeks — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:04:12 +0000

[...] quote today as it really is timely and relevant. Dave Navarro wrote about this in his post about going to sleep with a smile – how important it is go to sleep knowing you did a good job that day, and with a clear mind, so [...]

By: Rock Your Day

Rock Your Day — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:53 +0000

[...] the day and feel proud of yourself for not copping out with some weak excuse. Imagine yourself putting your head on your pillow knowing you kicked a$$ when it wasn’t easy – but your bad ass did it anyway -and experience [...]

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:34:38 +0000

@Dave, That totally sounds like something she'd say... "when life hands you a$$es, kick 'em and stomp 'em into a can with syrup" Brett Legree's last blog post..my hero.

By: Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:30:06 +0000

@Janice –
Thanks for the subscribe. Glad to help!

@Brett -
“If life hands you a$$ses …” why does that sound like something Naomi would say?

@James –
Glad you sleep the sleep of the just. I’m an unconcious-in-30-seconds kind of guy, so I have to do my pillow thinkin’ before I get into bed …

@Sonia –
Glad to help with the nuttiness Index cards are a fantastic productivity tool …

@Kelly –
That sounds insane. (Just kidding.) Glad you got something out of the post!

@Naomi –
Good to see you here at RYD! I’m movin’ up …

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:43:46 +0000

Awesome stuff. Love it. Also love Kelly's vacationing in Spain thing. Spanish flamenco dreaming, full speed ahead. Naomi Dunford's last blog post..Brazen Careerist and Alltop and Memes, Oh My!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:16:45 +0000

Dave,

This may sound odd… I know I sometimes get nutty with the things I want to do tomorrow keeping me up today, so I invent scenes in my head as a way to distract myself and fall asleep. Sort of like counting sheep. When I was a kid I used to try that and then it would turn into a scene anyway, so I’ve been rolling with it ever since. Sometimes when I fall asleep I’m on vacation in Spain; sometimes I fall asleep dancing; sometimes I fall asleep on a walk in the woods.

I guess it’s a little like “find a happy place.” Sometimes it translates into the starter for a good dream, too.

I always keep paper and pen beside the bed so that if anything tries to crowd in and wreck my scene, I can write it down and get it out of me, sort of like Brett said. Then I can deal with it, if it’s still so all-important, in the morning. A lot of things look less important the next day.

The Pillow Test is awesome! I feel like going around and asking everyone I know. A definite print-and-keeper. Thanks.

Regards,

Kelly

Kelly’s last blog post..Are You a Manager or a Leader? Why Pushing Change Always Fails

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:02:21 +0000

Speaking from a position of near-disabling nuttiness, this is very helpful! I just copied your question (great example of a Tony Robbins "smart question," which I suppose he swiped from NLP) to a little index card and tacked it to my corkboard thingy. I do spend far too much time fighting brain-demons when I should be happily slumbering. Sonia Simone's last blog post..The Hidden Cost of Playing It Safe

By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens

James Chartrand - Men with Pens — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:46:35 +0000

Have to admit, I feel pretty peaceful most nights before bed. Clear mind, everything’s a-okay. I tend to crash and burn in less than five minutes flat.

Some nights, I hit the pillow…and my brain starts. “Did you forget this? Have to remember this. Shit. Should get up and write it down. Too cold. What was it I was supposed to remember? Oh crap. I forgot… no, wait, there it is. Okay have to remember this…”

James Chartrand – Men with Pens’s last blog post..How to Show You Care About Your Customers

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:04:32 +0000

@Dave,

That’s right – if life hands you a$$es, put on your big boots and stomp all over the a$$es

Brett Legree’s last blog post..do what you love, and the underpants will follow.