NFC Tags have been around for a while now, have you played with them?

What are NFC Tags you ask?  Near Field Communication, and to be honest everywhere I have looked online for an explanation makes them sound way more confusing then they actually are.  In short you can program NFC Tags to talk to your phone, when you swipe your phone over an NFC tag the tag triggers preset commands.  Why would I want this you ask?  I asked the same question and finally while browsing Amazon one day I decided to buy a bag of NFC tags.  What the heck they only cost $13 for 10.

 My 5 NFC Tags Trigger these commands

1. My key chain tag is a simple trigger.  It takes you to my website for Speed-Sew Fabric Glue

2. Entering my house I have a tag on my kitchen counter.  This tag triggers several commands.

• Turn Bluetooth off
• Turn WiFi on
• Turn Sync on
• Turn Volume up
• Turn Brightness up

3. Beside my bed I have a tag

• Turn volume to silent
• Turn brightness down

4.1 In my car the tag has 2 triggers

• Turn WiFi off
• Turn Bluetooth on
• Open Audible App (So I can listen to my book)
• Turn Sync off (this way no beeps happen when I’m driving so I never check my phone)

4.2 Leaving the car

• Turn Bluetooth off
• Turn Sync on

As you can se there are many different triggers.  Now it is as simple as passing my phone over top of a tag.

How To Set Your Phone Up?

1. In your Android phone go to Settings > More > Check off NFC (For all you iPad and iPhone users Apple doesn’t support NFC)

2. Download the Trigger App (If you don’t do this your phone will take you there after your first time trying to use an NFC tag)

Remember QR Codes?  These are similar except way simpler because you don’t have to open an app and then scan a bar code, you just pass your phone over a tag.  As you can see these tags assist me in my personal life not business.  I look at my phone enough and with battery power so precious these days I always found myself turning my bluetooth and WiFi on and off among the other commands.  NFC tags save me time, which is why I think they are so cool.

There are 3 people on my list who are getting a bag of NFC Tags for Christmas this year  Oh by the way programming a tag could not be any easier, it is crazy easy!

Are you going to try them out now?  If you already use them what commands do you program them for.

My BIG take away from David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done“

Although Getting Things Done is probably more for the high level corporate executive I did gain some valuable insight that has already made my life easier and less stressful. Your brain has a hard drive (subconscious) and Ram (Conscious) like a computer.  The hard drive is great for storing stuff however the Ram is used for stuff that is open and running.  If you have many programs open and running they slow your computer down.

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If you set goals you are among the top 3%

If you want to be among the top 2% then you need to review your goals daily and to be in the top 1% simply write them down daily.

Every 3 months I attend a full planning day with CoachKyle at his Growth Club to reset my goals. I figure I must be in the top 1.5% because I review and read them out loud daily.

This video is part of my daily process for this quarter.  The thing that amazes me with this video is that every time I listen / watch  it I pull another nugget or 2 out.

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