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Habit-forming checklist

Recently, I started trying to form a new habit. I read that it takes about 10 weeks to make a new habit automatic; something we’ll do without even thinking about it. To help me track progress, I created the spreadsheet you see above. On the top of the sheet, I Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years11 months ago
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Challenge Update: Why don’t we do the things we want to do?

In February, I started a challege with myself to try and establish a new habit: going to bed at 9 PM. My plan hit a speed bump after a trip to San Francisco when it took about a week to get back into the routine. A few weeks later I went Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years11 months ago
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Wk 2: One Winter Night

This is part two of a series that starts with Bouncing Back from Failure: An Experiment. In that post, I set a challenge for myself to go to bed no later than 9 PM every night. The first seven days was relatively easy, but I had a couple acceptable misses in week 2. Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years11 months ago
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Wk1: So Far, So Good!

In my last post, Bouncing Back from Failure: An Experiment, I set a challenge for myself. I decided to go to bed no later than 9 PM every night for seven days. It wasn’t a difficult challenge but it doesn’t have to be. Success feels good and I’m better today than a Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years2 years ago
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Bouncing Back from Failure: An Experiment

Eight months ago I felt like I was at the top of my game. In Praying for Wisdom and Discovering Productivity I write about a technique that allowed me to achieve a level of productivity and personal satisfaction unlike anything I’d ever experienced before. I can’t put my finger on exactly when it Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years11 months ago
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Quote I’m Pondering in July

I’m trying something new. Every month I’ll post a quote to my blog and spend the month journaling about it. Quote It’s easy to get distracted when you don’t have a clear vision for what you want. – Josh Bartolomucci July 7th, 2017: My friend Josh said this in one Read more…

By David Needham, 2 years2 years ago
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Expecting Unexpected Tasks

Last week I introduced the key to peak productivity via the Ivy Lee Method. Following the technique may help you prepare a plan to tackle the most important tasks for the day, but what about unexpected tasks? There will inevitably be something that demands your attention that will require you to Read more…

By David Needham, 3 years3 years ago
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Peak Productivity with Ivy Lee

With the help of my friend Ivy Lee, I’ve been more productive than I ever thought possible. He died in 1934, but his advice continues to help people achieve peak productivity every day. I’ve been using his wisdom not only to get things done but get the most important things done Read more…

By David Needham, 3 years3 years ago
Peak Productivity with Ivy Lee presented by David Needham at MidCamp 2017
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Praying for Wisdom and Discovering Productivity

I pray most mornings before I start my work day. Prayer is undeniably something I’m called to do as a Christian, but it also makes me the best, most productive human I can be, too. I feel the most energized during and after prayer. Praying for wisdom For years, I’ve been deliberately Read more…

By David Needham, 3 years2 years ago

David Needham - Pantheon

David Needham is a Developer Advocate at Pantheon where he focuses on developer education and training. When he’s not blogging about productivity or speaking at conferences, you can probably find him with his bicycle-loving family playing board games in Champaign, IL.

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Public Speaking
WordCamp Boise 2019
WordCamp Boise is a two-day event is for anyone with an interest in WordPress. Whether you’re a blogger, business owner, ...
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Texas Camp 2019
Texas Camp is an event for anyone uses Drupal, or is responsible for designing, building, developing, and supporting Drupal in ...
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BADCamp 2019
David Needham and John QT Nguyen presenting Better Project Management Through Board Games at BADCamp 2019
For over 13 years the Bay Area Drupal Camp has gathered thousands from a worldwide community of Drupal users, developers, ...
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WordCamp Europe 2019
WordCamp Europe 2019 being held in Berlin, Germany and is one of the largest WordPress conferences in the world. It ...
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Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2019
Twin Cities Drupal Camp is a three-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Every Drupal Camp features ...
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Drupal Flyover Camp 2019
David Needham presenting about Git Bisect at Flyover Camp 2019
Flyover Camp is a Drupal camp located in the heart of the midwest, Kansas City. The three-day event will take ...
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MidCamp 2019
David Needham and Paul Gilzow presenting "Pantheon’s Guide to Security in Higher Ed and Beyond" at MidCamp 2019
MidCamp is an annual event held in Chicago that brings together people who use, develop, design, and support the Web’s ...
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WebCon 2019
WebCon opening ceremony
WebCon is an affordable three-day conference for web designers, developers, social media marketers, content managers, and other web professionals within ...
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DrupalCon Seattle 2019
David Needham leading a training workshop at DrupalCon Seattle 2019
Every day developers, designers, and marketers push the boundaries of what’s possible when using Drupal’s flexible, secure, and open platform ...
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Drupal Camp Atlanta 2018
DrupalCamp Atlanta is one of the southeast's largest annual Drupal conferences attracting hundreds of web developers, designers, executives and educators ...
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WordCamp Peoria 2018
WordCamp Peoria took place on Saturday, September 15th, 2018 at ICC in Peoria, IL. WordCamp is a conference that focuses ...
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Drupal Europe 2018
Drupal Europe (10-14 September 2018) is both a technology conference and a family reunion for the Drupal community. It brings together ...
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WordCamp MSP 2018
WordCamp MSP is a three-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Many of the topics on Friday ...
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WPCampus 2018
WPCampus 2018 is the third annual in-person conference for the WPCampus community, a gathering of web professionals, educators and people dedicated ...
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Texas Camp 2018
Texas Camp is an event for anyone uses Drupal, or is responsible for designing, building, developing, and supporting Drupal in ...
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WordCamp St. Louis 2018
WordCamp St. Louis is a low-cost, weekend event organized by dedicated teams of volunteers where WordPress users, designers, developers, and ...
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WordCamp Europe 2018
WordCamp Europe 2018 being held in Belgrade, Serbia and is one of the largest WordPress conferences in the world. It ...
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DrupalCon Nashville 2018
Every day developers, designers, and marketers push the boundaries of what’s possible when using Drupal’s flexible, secure, and open platform ...
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WebCon 2018
WebCon is an affordable three-day conference for web designers, developers, social media marketers, content managers, and other web professionals within ...
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MidCamp 2018
MidCamp is an annual event held in Chicago that brings together people who use, develop, design, and support the Web’s ...
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WordCamp MSP 2017
WordCamp MSP is a three-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Many of the topics on Friday ...
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Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2017
Twin Cities Drupal Camp is a four-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Every Drupal Camp features ...
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