Tag: work flow
What Gives You a Real Sense of Completion?
You’re going from start to finish on your task lists. Projects are winding down nicely and the stuff on the horizon is falling into place nicely. You are productive – and you’re awesome at being so. You’re doing things until they are done. But what gives you a true senseRead More
The GTD Implementation System
David Allen, the “Godfather of Getting Things Done”, has just released a new product that’s ideal for those who have a basic understanding of the popular methodology. The GTD Implementation Guide goes through the system in a step-by-step fashion, allowing you to get into things quickly and effectively. You canRead More
Dealing With “The Impossible” At Work
The novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is a “satirical critique of bureaucratic operation and reasoning.” The book is famous, unique and hilarious, but the term “Catch-22″ itself has become more popular than the book it came from. The phrase may seem old and obscure, but it’s still part of theRead More
What Can You Do In Two Minutes?
Two minutes might not seem like much, but appearances can be deceiving. There’s actually quite a lot you can accomplish in a two-minute window if you develop the habit if asking yourself if something takes two minutes or less. This habit was codified by consultant Dean Acheson (not the deceasedRead More
Reads That Lead To Results
“You poor stupid guy, you never can tell what some people will buy.” –The Lorax Having read The Lorax twice a day for the last few weeks, I can recite it with my eyes closed. Now, no matter where I am, sections just pop out of my mouth. Luckily, theRead More
Don’t Increase Your Willpower — Reduce Your Options
A little over a year ago, I started going on a low information diet. Rather than just reduce the number of feeds in my RSS reader, I dumped them all in one shot. I knew myself well enough to realize that I would open up the reader the moment IRead More
Reading Blogs Like Books
In my last post, I talked about how I gave up reading blogs for a while by dumping all of my feeds from Google Reader. Initially I still found myself opening GReader, but since it was devoid of content, the habit died much more quickly than if I would haveRead More
Should I Use a Paper or Electronic Organizer?
Ah, the evergreen question of all self-proclaimed productivity geeks. Should you keep your appointments and action lists on paper or in an electronic organizer? The answer: pick one. Making a decision work is more important than making the right decision. It really doesn’t matter. No, really, it doesn’t. I’ve spentRead More