Tag: time management
Tom’s Planner: Gantt Charts for Everyone
Gantt charts are incredibly helpful scheduling tools, but the problem is making them. Programs like Microsoft Project tend to be clunky and ugly. Tom’s Planner aims to solve that problem by being colorful and easy to use. Ease of Use Tom’s Planner is super-easy to use. I know just aboutRead More
Dayrunner Hacks: 6 Ways to Optimize Your Day Runner
In your journey to become a more productive and organized individual you have probably purchased a Day Runner personal organizer. These Day Runners can be pretty convenient for keeping track of appointments, contacts, and to-do lists. However, in order to get the most from owning a personal organizer you needRead More
Beat Procrastination With a Stopwatch
I have been experimenting with a new strategy for combatting procrastination and it seems to be working! It’s nothing so genius; it’s actually a very simple idea — which might explain why it has proved effective. I started using a stopwatch.
Awesome Links #31: iCal Tricks, Internal Clock, Merits of Yoga
Where can you catch up on some great iCal tricks, get attuned to your own internal clock and learn when procrastination is a good thing? This week’s Awesome Links, that’s where.
How to Create More Time in Your Week for Yourself
It can seem that your days are packed full, especially if you are working full time. The thought of time to yourself can sometimes seem impossible, however with a little creativity and planning there are ways that you can carve out extra time in your day. Here are a fewRead More
WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 5 – David Allen
On this week’s podcast, WorkAwesome editor Mike Vardy speaks with someone who many consider to be the preeminent productivity expert on the planet: David Allen. David is the author of Getting Things Done (and creator of the methodology with the same name — or GTD for short) and is theRead More
Book Review: Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More
David Allen is known as the GTD Guy. Stever Robbins is known as the GID Guy. Both offer great insights on productivity using very different approaches. Both are also published authors, and Robbins’ latest book, Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More, hit bookstores a few weeks back. The bookRead More