We’re Due for a Simple Productivity Tip
Many people are overwhelmed by the thought of getting organized. Managing the avalanche of information can be a bit like drinking from a fire hose. [...]
Kids Write the Funniest To Do Lists
Productivity is not for the faint of heart. It requires discipline and hard work. But it’s all for a good reason. Our driving motivation boils [...]
How to Free up Time for Two More Weeks of Vacation Each Year
Here in North America, we are notorious for not using all of our vacation time. Business Week cites that “more than 50% of Americans fail [...]
Action and Inspiration
I came across a very interesting quote this week from Frank Tibolt, “We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. [...]
Prioritizing in 3 Simple Steps
Help! I Need to Prioritize Last night my head was spinning. I couldn’t wrap my head around all the things I had to do. Clients, workshops, assessment [...]
How to Create the Perfect To Do List
The To Do List Backlash At a recent productivity workshop, I was telling everyone that the root of any good productivity system comes down to [...]
The Checklist: If it’s good enough for Van Halen, it’s good enough for me
I love when lessons are wrapped up in good stories, like in the book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. One story described Van Halen’s concert contracts. These contracts clearly request a bowl of M&M’s “with all the brown candies removed, upon pain of forfeiture of the show, with full compensation to the band”. The story goes on to say that Van Halen actually followed through on this clause at least once. My first reaction to this was: “Wow – another example of a ridiculous rock star request”. But my reaction changed as I read more …
Overcoming Inertia
Inertia is a basic physical principle based on the fact that things tend to preserve their present state – whether that is resting or moving. [...]
Writing Things Down
Urban legend often speaks of a Harvard Business School study where a mere 3% of students wrote down their goals. Interestingly, ten years later, these [...]
Social Media Sites – When is Enough Enough?
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace ... I sometimes wonder what I did with all my time before these existed. (And when I want to really get [...]