Archives for the 'Productivity / GTD' Category
Tweak your passwords to benefit from them [How to be an Original]
Passwords! My God, don’t you need a frigging shitload of them these days? I have a love/hate relationship with Digg, I keep forgetting the password I have there (it’s because they don’t allow special characters like ? @ ! &), forcing me to go through the annoying process of resetting it, confirming that via email, [...]
7 Little Timesaving Tips for the Workplace [How to be an Original]
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Editor’s note: This post is written by Heather Johnson, who writes for Bootstrapper blog.
If you find yourself constantly rushed to finish your day’s work, then you need to start spending your time more wisely. The harsh reality is, you probably have plenty of time to get your work finished. With the [...]
So where’s that review? [How to be an Original]
In my last weekly review I promised that I would post about how working with the daily planning sheets turned out for me. But this post is going to be a really short one, because I’m about to leave on a ski trip.
I learned that they’re useful when I use them
I learned that [...]
Free C.A.S.H. can buy you 6 hours a day [How to be an Original]
The last two days something really interesting is unfolding on some blogs I follow (and some I didn’t follow yet). It’s something like a pub crawl between blogs, with online entrepreneurs and freelancers challenging eachother to put each other’s lessons in practice.
Christine O’Kelly (Self Made Chick) was put “On Notice” by Dave Navarro (Freelance Folder [...]
Time Leadership for Bloggers - a case study [How to be an Original]
If you don’t crack the shell, you can’t eat the nut. - Persian Proverb
Cracking the shell is a necessary activity to find the nut and eat it. The same goes for theories and concepts. Applying it to a real life situation is like cracking the shell of that theory. And the lessons you learn are [...]
How to get started (even when you don’t feel like it) [How to be an Original]
Sometimes you just don’t feel like doing stuff. You sit on the couch and your body doesn’t seem to respond to your thoughts. No matter how hard you try to think yourself into action, you just sit there. Watching television, wasting time, idling along. How do you snap out of it?
If you don’t recognize this [...]
Focus is Fragile: 10 Disturbances to Eliminate [How to be an Original]
True productivity is about getting things done efficiently. To be able to be efficient you need to be focused at the task at hand. But focus is fragile in this fast-paced world with an abundance of interruptions. Eliminate these 10 sources of disturbances and interruptions and your focus will improve, as will your effiency.
1. Email
Email [...]
Techie goes analog again: comparison of paper based planners [How to be an Original]
I’ve been using technological solutions for my calendering and for managing my To Do’s (or Next Actions) for a long time now. The last paper planner I owned and used is pre-2000. My last solution was a PDA I used for planning, contacts and for my Getting Things Done system. But the PDA was stolen recently.
Time for a [...]
How adults are wasting words professionally [How to be an Original]
Yesterday I was watching a fascinating show on Dutch television with medium Derek Ogilvie. He’s a Scottisch guy that uses his telepathic capabilities to communicate with children that can’t talk themselves (either because they’re too young, or because they have an ailment that prevents them from talking).
In the show last night he was working with [...]
Zen to Done: Changing habits to be productive [How to be an Original]
About two weeks ago, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits released an e-book on his concept of Zen to Done. ZTD is a series of habit changes associated with productivity systems. Combined they form a productivity system by itself. At only $9.50 the 83 page book is a steal!
Productivity systems are a series of habit [...]