Good friend Leo Babauta (of ZenHabits fame), has launched an incredible new blog for writers of all types: Write to Done. Write to Done is a twice-weekly blog that will have many tips, writing techniques and other useful tidbits for writers of any type. In one year Leo’s built his blog from nothing and turned ...
Productivity
Written by Chrissy Scivicque of The Executive Assistant’s Toolbox. Around the holidays, I always end up a little overwhelmed with stress. It’s natural, I suppose. As a child, my mother did Christmas in a big way – a big, beautiful tree, lots of presents and more food than a small army could ever eat. It ...
I’ve recently been on a productive kick as of late. It’s probably due to the changing seasons, or the fact that the holidays are upon us. Regardless, I’ve been really honing my productivity lately. I’m doing more, forgetting less, and feeling better about myself as a result. Why? I’ve stopped calling productivity “Productivity”. That’s right. ...
LifeRemix pal Chanpory of LifeClever has a great post on how to make more time in your work day… for yourself. Because let’s be honest: We’re going to make that time whether it’s on the schedule or not. According to Neil Fiore and 30 years of research, procrastination isn’t the result of laziness. Rather, procrastination ...
Mr. Mann has a great collection of work hacks to filter the noise around the workplace. Here’s my favorite email filter: Smoking the bacn – Similar to my “no press releases†trick, filter any email that contains the string “to unsubscribe.†Although many of these certainly will be valuable (sign-ups, Google lists), that string means ...
This article is part of a four-article cross-blog series, all published today on different blogs. If you find this article useful, check out the other parts: – Mastering Productivity – a cross-blog series at How to be an Original – Mastering Productivity – Money at Dumb Little Man – Mastering Productivity – How to be ...
The Theory of Constraints blog has an interesting article on the damaging effects of multi-tasking. In a project setting, it’s easy to get distracted and try and complete multiple tasks instead of just working on one. This article argues that multi-tasking is not only a bad mindset to have, but it can actually make projects ...
Smashing Magazine has a massive list of over 200 keyboard commands. Wow. Talk about comprehensive. The only problem I have with the list is that it makes it sound like knowing these keyboard commands is a must for becoming more productive. There is nothing more valuable than the time we need to get things done. ...
Web Worker Daily has an interesting piece on how Facebook could be a killer app for working professionals. I gotta say, I agree wholeheartedly. With my own experience, Facebook is becoming my defacto way of keeping in touch with literally almost everyone I know. They have an elegant site that without much imagination (and especially ...
