Archives for the 'procrastination' Category
Total Workday Control [Genuine Curiosity]
In my continuing quest for methods and tools to make me more productive, I’ve been reading and applying Michael Linenberger’s latest techniques from the 2nd edition of his book, Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook. As I’ve chronicled here in the past (see “My GTD Odyssey” - Parts 1, 2, 3, 4), I have been [...]
when “when†is good [Creativityist]
A few weeks ago, I blogged about when “when” is bad. I meant to follow it right up with what you are about to read. But I had to wait until “when” I had time. It became a bad “when”. But “when” isn’t always bad.
I’ve previously written about using GTD before as a way of [...]
when “when†is bad [Creativityist]
In 56.98 hours, I will walk out of my final lecture of graduate school. But who’s counting?
Between papers and another writing project I am in the midst of, I haven’t been able to blog as much. But that just feels like a small taste of what the last three years have been like. I’ve anticipated [...]
just. get. started. [Creativityist]
I don’t mean to brag. But it’s true. I’m a fabulous procrastinator. Better than most.
A few weeks ago, I was in a stretch that required 45 pages of writing in about 7 days. Required might not be the best word. I knew each of those due dates at least three weeks prior. So, perhaps [...]
Video Of The Week: What Is Procrastination? [Organize IT]
This is a very cool animated video about procrastination by the Royal Academy Of Fine Arts… but will you be procrastinating if you choose to watch it? Think about it.
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Eliminate procrastination - the high tech way [Genuine Curiosity]
The folks at Fruitful Time have launched an interesting product called Fruitful Time TaskManager Electro, and it promises to eliminate procrastination. Yes, you heard me - it eliminates procrastination.
The product functionality is very intriguing - as Fruitful Time declares, "Trying to use programs which hinder your productivity is automatically detected and blocked through an innovative [...]
Getting Things Blogged [Genuine Curiosity]
Thanks to my dear friend Rosa, I have been reading a great post from Web Worker Daily on “Getting Things Done (GTD) for Bloggers.”
As the name implies, this article is an adaptation of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, geared toward bloggers. I think it does a fantastic job of mapping GTD activities to the [...]
12 astuces pratiques pour en finir avec vos tâches difficiles [C'éclair!]
Faysal, auteur du blog Du Rêve Au Concret - le premier blog de développement personnel marocain - m’a fait le plaisir de m’inviter à bloguer chez lui. Et l’article vient juste de paraître à l’adresse suivante :
12 astuces pratiques pour en finir avec vos tâches difficiles
Le sujet vous intéressera certainement puisqu’il s’agit de productivité. L’article [...]
Temptation blocker : un bon remède contre la procrastination [C'éclair!]
Il est loin le temps où les ordinateurs se limitaient en tout et pour tout à un traitement de texte où on écrivait en vert sur fond noir. Désormais, on s’en sert autant pour le loisir que pour le travail. Il est donc facile de se laisser tenter et de passer sa journée à se [...]
Masking procrastination with work [Hack Your Day]
Procrastination is definitely the evil brother of productivity. While it doesn’t necessarily mean you do nothing, it means that you concentrate on things you don’t need to do, or don’t need to do now.
I’ve noticed in my daily routine a special kind of procrastination, which would probably be called borderline procrastination if I had to [...]