Zen Habits has a very good list of things that will help you simplify your work day. Most of these I’ve seen before, but here’s a new one (which is sort of similar to other things I’ve seen, but different enough I thought it was worth quoting): # Practice a focus ritual. Every hour or [...]
Tagged Getting Things Done, Personal Improvement, Productivity, Zen HabitsI’ve been using RescueTime for a while now, and while it hasn’t really improved my productivity, that’s mostly because I’m actually really productive already. And I can prove it thanks to RescueTime. RescueTime is an software application you install on your computer that tracks the active application and logs that information so you can view [...]
Tagged Getting Things Done, Productivity, RescueTime, SoftwareDuring the live Mindsweeping event on Twitter (@GTDSpecialEvent) I was basically writing down all my “mindsweep material” in a plain text document because when I put Next Actions into Remember The Milk, I like to tag them, put them in a context list, and prioritize them right away.* Of course, after reviewing the items in [...]
Tagged Getting Things Done, Mindsweep, Productivity, Remember The MilkThere a few key settings in order to be able to record notes to yourself and have Google Voice transcribe them for you. You can get those from that Lifehacker link, but there’s an addition note I want to make now that I’ve actually tried this. It works, but only sort of, and you have [...]
Tagged Google Voice, ProductivityNear the end of this podcast on Organizing, Robert (David Allen’s tech guy) makes the point, basically, that you are the boss of your future self. By “boss” he means, in the traditional 9-5 working for the man way. Why is that important (as a concept)? Well, would you rather have your boss just dump [...]
Tagged David Allen, Getting Things Done, Organizing, Podcast, ProductivityRhyme time, baby. The subject line is in regard to a fault of mine when it comes to personal commitments (like cutting my hair, mowing the lawn, going to the grocery store). I tend to overestimate the amount of time and effort that are required to do simple activities like those mentioned above, and as [...]
Okay, this is actually really easy, but is great for people like me who are really slow readers… on paper. I’m a very fast reader under the right circumstances… So, what are the circumstances that allowed me to read a 320 page book in 250 minutes? (I realize that this 1.28 pages per minute probably [...]
I call it the Jack Shephard method, i.e., you either keep it really short, or don’t cut it at all. Either method will save you both time and money. I usually go with short in the summer and let it grow more in the winter. I had a friend in high school who would shave [...]
Tagged Getting Things Done, Jack Shephard, LOST, Personal Hygiene, Productivity, Save TimeFocus on doing one thing at a time.
Tagged Focus, ProductivityI do this frequently enough on my other blog, but I don’t really do it that much around here, despite being a huge Copycheater. It’s time for a Link Roundup! Productivity Zen Habits: Take Lots of Breaks – I actually try to do this when I find that I’m trying to do too many things [...]
Tagged Brain Health, Copycheating, Hulu, Link Roundup, Productivity, Zen Habits