Archives for the 'Productivity & Organization' Category
Ask the Readers: Best Off-the-wall Productivity Tips? [Zen Habits]
Today I’m going to ask you guys to reach deep down into your bag of tricks, to think of the most unusual productivity tips and tricks that work for you.
Now, we’ve all read some of the excellent articles on the many productivity blogs, we’ve read GTD and Zen To Done, and it seems like the [...]
7 Habits Essential for Tackling the Multitasking Virus [Zen Habits]
Editor’s note: I’m thrilled to have this guest post from Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning, and the subject of the book and movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer. An eight-time National Chess Champion in his youth, he is now a martial arts champion, holding a combined 21 National titles in addition to [...]
Great Ebook: Learn More, Study Less (With a Special Offer) [Zen Habits]
Are you a student who dreads studying, has problems getting great grades despite loads of studying, or just has a hard time memorizing facts and formulas and concepts?
I just finished reading Scott Young’s excellent ebook, Learn More, Study Less, and I highly recommend it for any student who fit one of the descriptions above. What’s [...]
Living the Prolific Life: A How-to Guide [Zen Habits]
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Clay Collins of The Growing Life.
Pro·lif·ic (\prə-li-fik\) : Marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity.
–Merriam Webster Online
The prolific life has been characterized by abundant inventiveness and limitless creativity. Prolificacy has also been unnecessarily enshrouded in a veil of mystery and the sources of artistic inventiveness are too often [...]
16 Ways to Keep A Razor- Sharp Focus at Work [Zen Habits]
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Glen Stansberry of LifeDev (feed).
Focus is something of a novelty these days. We’ve got cellphones for texting and calls, IM, Twitter, Email, RSS feeds, Facebook, Myspace… the list goes on and on. If you don’t have ADD before you start working online, it seems it’s almost [...]
Life Coding: 9 Ways to Fight Feature Creep in Our Lives [Zen Habits]
Editor’s note: This post written by Glen Stansberry of LifeDev (feed ).
As a web developer, I’m constantly struggling with the concept of feature creep. Feature creep is when the developer keeps adding features to the software to the point that the core product starts to lose it’s focus. The software slowly becomes less elegant and [...]
36 Great Tips for Keeping Travel as Simple as Possible (and Two Poems) [Zen Habits]
“He who would travel happily must travel light.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
When you travel, do you want to be as light as possible? A light bag, and a light itinerary?
Many of us have had the nightmare experience of lugging around too much luggage, waiting in the baggage claims area, trying to cram too many activities [...]
5 Amazing Mac Apps for Getting Things Done (Plus a Custom-Rigged Setup) [Zen Habits]
The ideal for anyone interested in Getting Things Done (more on GTD, and more)– or just being productive and organized, for that matter — is to be able to quickly add things to your to-do lists without interrupting your work; to be able to see what you need to do right now, without worrying about [...]
Exclusive Interview: Stephen Covey on His Morning Routine, Blogs, Technology, GTD and The Secret [Zen Habits]
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey
It’s such a thrill to share with you this interview with one of my heroes, author Stephen Covey of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame.
Covey, of course, is one of the inspirations of this site, and has [...]
New E-book: The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! [Zen Habits]
I’m happy to be able to offer my second e-book, the Zen Habits Handbook for Life — it’s a series of my best articles on making your life simpler, on becoming happier, and on getting more productive.
I put this e-book together at the request of a number of readers, who wanted the essential Zen Habits [...]