The Book of Life

Initially I was watching  YouTube movies related to psychology on this channel : CrashCourse 
As related videos I have found the School of Life. I was amazed to see all this knowledge in one place nicely packaged and organized. It took me some time and some digging to find out about the latest project of the school : The Book of Life. I did not finish it reading/understanding but one chapter had a huge impact on me... Self Knowledge. I would recommend you to take the questionnaire and allocate time  to read and understand the entire article. ( i would even recommend to use several days ).
Many thanks Alain de Botton.  

Strenghts 2.0

Last year I got the message (advice)  from one of the managers (thx. Uwe ) to focus on my strengths. It took me some time (and a special situation)  to ask myself the question : What are my strengths ?
Google helped me ( and I help google)  and I got to this page : Strengths Finder 2.0
I was not sure if the test and result is effective, but I remembered about Strengths 2.0  in this TED talk:  Scott Dinsmore.  ( by the way... Watch TED instead of  TV!)  and I have read this article.
So I have decided to take the test.  ( was also curious about my weaknesses so I took the  big test with all the strengths  ). I have payed the money ( now after the results I see it more as an investment in myself )  and I got the list.  Actually I have used the app from my mobile phone to do all the stuff .

My top 5 strengths:
1. Individualization
2. Analytical
3. Connectedness
4. Learning
5. Responsibility

Note: These words have a definition in the book that you get if you do the test.
For some of them I was aware, not so much about others.


   

To-Do Apps

I don't like stupid mistakes. To forget something can be frustrating. It is just a Human Error  (Omission :) 
I have used electronic To-Do lists and Calendar for quite some time now. I like to have several list based on topics. Back in the days without mobile internet I had old Nokia phone ( for 5 years! ) and I was happy with it. Then with Android and Google Tasks I have started using GTasks. 
It was really good since I was able to edit tasks also on the laptop and I had a backup in the heavens ( also called clouds ) 
But then things got complicated, the need to share and to sync with family and friends. So I have started to evaluate some new tools.
These were my main requirements:

• Simplicity
• Storage in cloud and Android devices.
• Web interface  - need to edit some of the bigger lists
• Multiple lists ( since there are more areas/categories ) 
• The ability to create a copy of an existing list. 

The last one is very important since we have a generic grocery list ( a superset of things ). Every week we just create a copy of it, check what we already have,  then the remaining items have to be purchased.  Small customization can be done to the list to add new stuff or unique items needed only for that week. ( Extra Belgian dark chocolate for birthdays :P )

I have tried Any.do, Wunderlist, Todoist, but the chosen one is Google Keep, since the other ones did not have the feature of the list copy for free.
A review of the apps above can be found here.