I am curious to see how many of you do set New Years Resolutions…

If you feel like sharing why you do or do not set resolutions, post in the comments below. You can also post your resolutions (if any) there too.

Do you get a lot of ideas, but forget them before you can write them down? Well my friend, if you aren’t using Jott, you should be.

What is Jott?

Jott is a service you call and leave voice note, set an appointment, send an email or you can even do a short blog post! The great thing about it is you don’t get back your voice… Jott transcribes your voice into readable text.

That means, you can blast out a quick email you forgot to write at the office without having to find a computer or fumble with text entry on your phone. You can record an idea when you don’t feel like writing or typing.

For longer writing sprees, you might want to check out my post at Lifehacker about Jotting into Evernote.

Ok, Jott is cool, but what use is it?

For the past few months, I’ve been using it (almost daily) to capture ideas that occur to me. You see, I get a right many ideas while I am driving my car. While driving, writing on a notepad or PDA could be deadly. Instead, I whip out my phone and call Jott and send a note to myself. If I need a reminder, I Jott directly into my Google Calendar. Jott has a built in SMS reminder system as well so it can notify you in that way too. But I prefer calendar reminders.

Other creative things I’ve done with Jott:

• Jotted to my Twitter feed
• Set ToDos and calendar entries with reminders
• Sent an email to friends
• Outlined blog posts
• Brainstormed headline ideas for ads

How can I listen to this site on my cell phone?

This morning, I was spending some time updating my Jott address book and clearing out some of the outdated notes when I noticed an icon called Jott Feeds.

Jott Feeds lets you call Jott and listen to your favorite web sites on your cell phone. Amazing! I immediately added this site to one of the feeds in the Jott lineup.

Here’s how to listen to this site on your phone:

Step 1. Click the button below to add this site to your feeds list:

Step 2: You will see a screen that says add a feed. I recommend you name it Persistence Unlimited for clarity. But you can name it what you want. Just don’t call it “I hereby declare my allegiance to Persistence Unlimited” because it’s too long, weird and frankly a little creepy.

Step 3: Call Jott Call (866) JOTT-123 and say “Jott Feeds” then say “Persistence Unlimited”

That’s it!

I was amazed at how well the service works when I tested it. I called up and listened to the first post. The voice was clear and easy to understand. She muddied a few words here and there, but you tend to understand anyway.

So I recommend you give it a try. I’d love to hear your feedback.

What do you think of the new Jott feed service – especially with regards to this blog? Do you use Jott for other interesting purposes? If so, please share in the comments below. Thanks!!

Have you ever had a task you were putting off and putting off until you just couldn’t stand it anymore.  Then finally, you start and it takes a whole 10 minutes to do? 

I’m sure we all can relate to this. 

Some tasks are great at creating the illusion of great difficulty.

• The task says “This is going to take forever.”
• The task says “You’re going to hate working on me.”
• The task says “There’s going to be lots of pain involved when you start.”
• The task says “Hope you are ready to be bored because a lot of boredom is coming your way.”

It’s easy to get faked out by tasks like this.  If you let enough time pass, you’ll start to believe what your mind is telling you about the task. 

But the best answer for tasks that speak such nonsense is action.  Action puts a lie to the task’s devious ways. 

• Action says “It’s actually not bad once you get started.”
• Action says “I am more motivated after I get started.”
• Action says “I was putting this off for nothing.”
• Action says “Automatically, I cross the finish line.”

Action requires one basic commitment – a commitment to start. 

Do something, ANYTHING to get started.  Start by cracking open a book, plugging in a cable, unloading one dish from the dishwasher.  All you need do is start, then like magic, action takes over. 

But first you must start.

So…

Start — > NOW!

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