There has been a lot of talk about new advances in large enterprise infrastructure solutions and how most of it seems to be headed straight toward the cloud. Having said that, though, it turns out that a lot of these big companies are actually taking their time to adopt some of these changes, and they remain just behind the technology curve.

The author of Getting Things Done, David Allen, encourages us to use systems that work *for* us.

Put it this way: we are the sum of all of our existing habits and ways of thinking: our system is getting us our current results.

If we want to change where we are, we must support that change by changing our systems.

This may mean the following:

In relationships: Keeping track of who we spend time with and dropping the 10% of people who are not supportive to our goals.

In health: Integrating new and better lifestyle choices into our daily routine. Walk the stairs instead of taking the elevator. Pack a lunch instead of choosing fried food. Exercise 45 minutes a day instead of watching television.

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Typical questions I hear are "There is this Business Services Center I can go to for questions but I at least want to be a bit educated on the matter" or "I don't really know what to ask? Where do I start?"