Is your Crohnâs disease making you antisocial?
I think Iâm becoming antisocial. I like to be around people; it is just that sometimes it is so tiring. For instance, a week ago, my husband decided that he wanted to invite some friends over for...
View ArticleInterview: Technology Investments
We interviewed a number of bloggers and asked: How do you decide if a new technology is worth investing in or whether it is a waste of time? (692) Here are their answers. I was impressed with how...
View ArticleA Success Technique For Right Brained People
There is a lot of talk today about the difference between Left Brained linear thinking and Right Brained creative thinking. I’ve just finished a great book on the subject, entitled A Whole New Mind by...
View ArticleIt Isnât How Much You Do
It is very easy to confuse motion with accomplishment, but simply being busy doesn’t do anything toward reaching our goals. Being busy can be addictive. Look around and you will hear a lot of...
View Article4 Effective Ways to Reclaim Your Lost Time
Time is our most valued asset. Our most precious resource. Many people claim that they are overworked, over-stressed, and incredibly pressed for time. While I don’t know if that’s necessarily true or...
View ArticleInterview: Productive Time of Day
We interviewed a number of people and asked: What time of day do you feel you are most productive and why? (198) Here are their answers. What about you? Leave your thoughts in the comments. I feel...
View ArticleProductive Finances Checklist
Here is a checklist for your financial productivity. Most of these things seem minor, but taken together, they really add up and can make a big difference in how efficiently you are using your time and...
View ArticleHow to Turn Around an Unproductive Day
Artwork courtesy of Amy Bucheit Some days, you wake up early, storm through tons of work before lunch, and come to the evening feeling as though youâve accomplished a lot. For many of us, though,...
View ArticleIs It Better To Single-Task or Multi-Task?
photo credit: Dakimapics There are no shortage of âexpertsâ that claim to know the secret of maximum productivity. At first someone will swear that the only way to really get things done is to...
View ArticleA Simple Tip to Be More Productive
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by a task or project? Perhaps you need to write a report that requires a lot of effort to prepare. Or you need to do something you donât like that seems big and...
View ArticleReducing Expenses vs. Being Productive
We usually think of being more productive as a way to make more money, or at least make the same amount of money with less effort. This is a short sighted approach. Being more productive really...
View ArticleOffice Timesavers
There are a lot of little things you can do to save yourself time in your office. Each of these ideas can make a modest improvement in the amount of time you save. If you do several of them together,...
View ArticlePrepare for the Worst to Save Time
It isn’t uncommon for small crises to turn into a huge time drain if you haven’t planned ahead. I’m not saying that you should spend an inordinate amount of time trying to plan for every possible...
View ArticleA Fixed Income Is a Sucker Bet
Do you live on a fixed income, earning the same amount of money paycheck after paycheck? Maybe you pick up a cost of living adjustment or a raise now and then (or suffer a pay cut or reduction in...
View ArticleInterview Productive Work Zone
What is your most valuable tip for getting into your productive zone for working? (190) Definitely keep a clean desk and inbox. Before I leave work for the evening, I clean off my desk. When I get to...
View ArticleTop 5 Time Wasters
Here is my top 5 list of items that can waste my time without achieving anything of real value. These aren’t necessarily bad things, they are just areas where it is easy to lose precious time without...
View ArticleOptimal Sleep
Sleeping is something we don’t usually think much about, but if you could do something to convert just 90 minutes of each day from sleep time into productive time, that would give you an extra 10 hours...
View ArticleWorking From Home With Chronic Illness
It is such a shame that working from home has such a bad stigma associated with it. Managers feel like if they donât see their employees sitting at their desk busily chugging away, then they are...
View ArticleDoing Less
A lot of what people write about being productive is centered around doing more. GTD is based on trying to make sure you are able to do more. Most planning systems are based on trying to do more.Â...
View ArticleWhere Did My Day Go Contest Winner
We have a winner in our most recent contest. Chad Harless won a copy of Where the !@#% did my day go? by Matthew Cornell. I’d encourage you to subscribe to Matt’s RSS feed or newsletter for more tips...
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