Archives for the 'Productivity' Category
Moleskine and Me: A Quest for a Mind Like Water [Productivity in Context]
Today we are pleased to have a guest-post from Phil Stanoch, the editor of A Better Life, Every Day. Through personal development and personal productivity articles, A Better Life, Every Day aims to help people make each new day better than the day before.
Over the years, I’ve tried many different techniques/philosophies for getting organized and [...]
Why does my task list keep growing? [Productivity in Context]
This is a guest-post from Kate Davis at Blog to Discovery, where she writes about her experiences with developing her own personal productivity practice. With this post she is looking for some advice on how to keep her task list from growing faster than she can execute it.
This is a question I’ve been asking myself [...]
3 Ways to “Hack Your Day†and Make It Great [Productivity in Context]
This is a guest post from Phil Gerbyshak. He is a motivational speaker and self-improvement advocate and challenges you to “Stop having a nice day…and Make it Great!”
Phil’s website is updated regularly with thoughts about how you can take control of your life and stop letting life take control of you. If you’re looking for [...]
Is Your Time-Management System UGH-ly? [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in Productivity
I may be the guy who blogs about time management and productivity, but my wife is the master of putting it into practice. She has a system that works for her. What is the secret of her success? She uses an UGH-ly planner. No, it’s not some fancy new technology—though she uses a [...]
Productivity tools from the past [Productivity in Context]
Stephen, thanks for the opportunity to write on your blog. I may not be an expert on personal productivity, but I’ve been around long enough to know this: no matter how unproductive you may feel at the moment, 10, 20, 30 years ago you would have been in much worse shape! [...]
How To End The Multitasking Madness And Regain Your Sanity [Organize IT]
In this age of instant access information, always available entertainment and bottom line obsessed business our time, energy and focus is always at a premium. It seems to be a common and accepted part of life that we need to multitask to keep on top of it all. The only problem is we aren’t actually [...]
More Updates and Invites for Evernote [Ian's Messy Desk]
Evernote continues to fine tune its beta information-management service. Recent updates include:
PDF support
Encryption on Mac and Windows
Drag-n-drop in Evernote Web
New blog/Facebook widget for easy sharing of public notebooks
Flock browser extension
Faster synchronization
If you’re looking for an invitation, I have another 10 to give away. (Update: 5 gone, 5 left. Now there are 3 none left.) Let me [...]
The GTDAgenda Newsletter [Productivity in Context]
My friend Dan has graciously allowed me to post the contents of his new newsletter that outlines the features of the terrific service GTDAgenda. (Disclosure: GTDAgenda is a paid service, and a sponsor of Productivity in Context - there are free plans, a $4.45/month plan and a $7.95/month plan)
You may have noticed the new Sponsor [...]
5 Tips for Improving Productivity with a Virtual Assistant [Productivity in Context]
Virtual Assistants are a hot topic right now, and Mark Shead of Productivity 501 has some tips for those of you that may be thinking about taking that plunge:
5 Tips for Getting a Virtual Assistant
1. Expect to spend some money.
If you don’t have money set aside you’ll probably get frustrated when something takes longer [...]
Un-Customer Service [The Daily Saint]
Grocery store- last night. I am waiting at the deli counter and an older woman, obviously flustered, comes to the counter and asks the man where the produce workers are.
“Should be right over there,” he says with a pointed finger. He returns to his work. Lady leaves, even more flustered.
There I remain stunned at the [...]