One of my more favorite blogs, 43 Folders got a remake and is chock-full of new content.

On the topic of productivity, tonight I went to the University of Richmond to hear the Shanghai Quartet perform. They played three works by the composers Mozart, Ligeti, and Dvorak. They were pretty good. After living here in Richmond for so many years, I had yet to hear this quartet play.

Watching/hearing them play got me thinking about how they sound, and that they did it so well. They are, we could ably say, virtuosos. And I think many of us in our lives have virtuoso qualities. If we aren’t exhibiting them, why not? And is it possible to identify what we are virtuosos at, and expand upon that more?

I personally find myself more able at creative tasks. I prefer creative tasks, for sure. I think they allow me to practice this quality of virtuosity. Enter the zone, so to speak… time whizzes by. Great things are produced… a product is left behind.

So much of what Merlin Mann focuses on in 43 Folders is the GTD stuff, getting things done, but I am ready for some discourse on doing things so well, in terms of a virtuosic way, at our fullest potential.

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