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I’m an activity and experience junkie. I want to live life fully and generally be as productive as possible. I’ve learned, however, that anything overdone can become a fault. Sometimes I just need to do nothing. This non-activity is called different things (“vegging” comes to mind although I’m not convinced that becoming vegetable-like is the goal) but whatever you call it good things can happen when you relax the need to always be doing.

Sanborn Associates here posting an interesting mention on “Uncle” Mark made by Mike St. Pierre writing at LifeHack.org:

Mike had some fun with the whole family tree paradigm and created a family tree consisting of the top productivity bloggers on the internet (according to his criteria). This is what he says about Mark:

The Rich Uncle: Mark Sanborn, Sanborn & Associates
When Mark’s book The Fred Factor, hit the bookstores in 2005 it propelled Mark beyond other public speakers and married productivity with customer service. Mark is values-based and sets high standards for organizations and their interaction with customers.

Mark doesn’t necessarily consider himself a productivity blogger so it’s interesting to look at his work through Mike’s lens. We guess that when you look at it, the notion of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary (the theme of The Fred Factor) is a productive endeavor. Coincidentally, Mark just released a new eBook on productivity. In it he’s compiled a list of 101 of his most effective productivity tips.

In honor of Mark’s placement on St. Pierre’s productivity family tree, we’ve created a special coupon good for $2 off 101 Tips for Improving Productivity; simply go to the store, login or register, and apply coupon code mstpierre to receive the discount!

We were also pleased to note that productivity pro and our pal, Laura Stack, also made Mike’s tree as the Responsible Mom. We’re wondering if she’ll bake us cookies for pointing this out! By the way, congratulations to Laura on her latest book, The Exhaustion Cure. We understand it’s zooming up the best seller lists. (We just checked – #3 in Healthy Living on Amazon.)