Archives for the 'Business' Category
Organize IT Recap: Instant Messaging At Work, Sleep Myths [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 20th June 2008.
The amount of sleep you get is a big issue when it comes to your health, and the time you get up in the morning is equally debated in personal development circles. Many blogs argue that getting up early makes you more productive. Been there, tried it, doesn’t work [...]
Organize IT Recap: Trim Your To-Do List, GTD Criticism [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 30th May 2008.
Since I moved to the new domain last year I’ve been doing the same old posting routine and I now fancy a change. It’s been a while since I last updated my productivity tips series so next week I will be dedicating all my posts to it. Hope you [...]
3 Big Reasons Companies Don’t Deserve Your Loyalty [Organize IT]
Customer service is an increasingly big issue for people nowadays, with many companies getting shot down for not being able to provide even the basics. The focus is so much on money, profit and keeping shareholders happy. With such vast company structures, the people who run things are so far removed from their customers [...]
The One-Pager on “Competing for the Future†[DFHW: Living the 4-Hour Work Week]
I’m going to start a new activity for this blog: brief synopses of books I’ve read or reading — some on topics relevant to the 4HWW and some on topics relevant to my MBA program. It will consist simply of the title of the book, a one paragraph summary of the main ideas, and three [...]
Muses vs. “Real†Businesses (A Guest Post from HilaryCat) [Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker]
Editor’s Note: This post is a guest post from Hilary Catherall. Hilary Catherall is a co-founder and the president of technology startup DOMITECH, L.L.C., a revolutionary web development company. DOMITECH’s projects so far include www.city-dweller.com and www.saneliving.org. Hilary still holds down her day job for now, and just started seriously applying the principles [...]
Fun Day Friday [Stuff for Getting Things Done]
I find Friday’s to be one of the toughest days of the week to get work done. Most people have been busting their humps all week, the weekend is about to begin, and the motivation to start a major new initiative is usually dwindling at this point in the week. So how do you [...]
Running a company like a campaign… [Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker]
Putting the issues of politics and the negative tone of campaign ads aside, political campaigns are amazing businesses. Think about it: in a short amount of time, a large group of people come together, generate significant volumes of money, spend significant volumes of money, create nationwide organizations that involve hundreds, if not thousands, of people, [...]
Set a due date! [Stuff for Getting Things Done]
Need something from someone? Establish a due date. Seems simple, but more often than not, I see people making requests without a clear, understood, or agreed upon due date for completion of a request or task.
Don’t be afraid to ask for something to be done by a given date. It’s a fair request. Here [...]
9 Great E-mail Tips [Stuff for Getting Things Done]
Kelly Forrister from the David Allen Company shared the following 9 e-mail tips with me a few months back. I have incorporated a number of these tips into my daily e-mail routine. I’d highly recommend giving a few of these a try. I would also recommend sending all or a subset of these to [...]