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I am by no stretch of any imagination a morning person. In fact, there are many mornings that I roll out of bed at my work starting time and head to my computer in my pajamas. Don’t judge. You’ve probably done it too. So when I recently started
When I was a high school math teacher, I used to always ask my students to check if the answer they got made sense. I knew that this world takes advantage of people whose math skills are poor and I wanted to give them some tools to be able to c
A few weeks ago the young adult group at church did the service. The person delivering the message is a Navy veteran, a NASA scientist, and at the start of her civilian career. Her talk on “enough” got me thinking about the concept, and some la
My task lists have become a problem. They’ve been growing steadily, and it is now not unusual for me to have 20+ tasks on the list as I start the morning. It’s not a sustainable approach. Even though I am knocking a good number of tasks off the
Filing papers leads to overwhelmed file drawers unless you purge them regularly. It’s not just papers, though. It’s also all the electronic stuff that you save, both files and emails. It’s easy to tell ourselves it doesn’t matter because of ess
The weekly review, made popular by David Allen in Getting Things Done, is supposed to help you look back and assess the week as well as plan the next week. I have done various forms of the weekly review for years, but the “review” part of it al
A reader wrote in, curious as to what podcasts I listen to. She was particularly interested in how many productivity podcasts I follow. Today I talk about the 5 podcasts I never miss…and there is only one productivity podcast on that list! Lin
One form of procrastination that I fight frequently is what I call Newton Procrastination: a body at rest will remain at rest. It’s the main reason I can’t get moving on things. And the key to fighting this is to make the barrier to motion so s
I am a reader. I can cruise through a couple of books a week. However, my backlog is continually growing because I am only reading fiction. I decided a couple of months ago that I had to address the growing pile of nonfiction books. But it has
We all know that multitasking is bad. It has been estimated that multitasking can cost as much as 40% of your attention. But what about multi-projecting? Is it better to work one project and see it through? Or work several at a time? We will ex
Have you ever completed a job task or a project, just to be told that it was no longer needed? I’ve seen it happen time and again. Today’s podcast, Episode 76, will talk about Questions To Keep You From Wasting Time and Energy. Links from show:
I rarely have time to prep for the new year in December. The holiday season is a busy one for me, and it doesn’t allow for the retrospection that I find I want to give the start of a new year. I know that January 1 is only a date, but I like ta
Disruptions are a part of life. But depending on how we approach them, they can be minor blips, or major derailments. Using anchor points to assess the level of disruption and modifying routines, both in simplifying or complicating, allow me to
I love bright and shiny as much as the next person. Besides having all the new tools, and the untarnished promises that a new system brings, it also feels productive because I am working on my productivity system. But shifting systems is a big
Productivity systems leak. And like plumbing, sometimes the only evidence is after the fact. Today we talk about how leaks develop, how to spot them, and what to do about them.
The feeling of getting to zero in my email in box is something that really gives me a boost. I realized after a trip away that the piles in my life were very much like a backlog of email: incomplete decisions. I decided to go through my physica
If I have too many projects on my plate I shut down, overwhelmed by the volume. I needed to tackle this early this fall, and I tried something new: clearing the decks. It worked really well taking my 18 project list down to 4 in about 5 hours.
It’s always a big temptation to take shortcuts. Imagine where we would be if Columbus didn’t think it would be shorter to go east instead of west to reach India? But just as Columbus’s shortcut went horribly wrong on so many levels, other short
Life rarely comes at us in neat little chunks. And when life is chaotic, it can breed even more chaos as we are forced to be constantly on our toes and ready to pivot. This episode is number 67, Living with Chaos. Links from show: The Importan
Productivity doesn’t happen consistently by itself. Consistent productivity is about applying techniques that can be learned and knowing yourself. Today we will talk about these. This is Episode 66 - My Top 10 Productivity Methods
It’s become legendary about how Steve Jobs always wore a black turtleneck and how Zuckerberg always wears a gray t-shirt and how Obama only wore gray or blue suits. It was all in the name of minimizing decision fatigue. Today’s show will cover
I will be taking a couple month's hiatus from the blog and podcast as I deal with some personal issues.
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