Posts with the tag "productivity"

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Do you have enough time in the day?


Recently I've heard some people make the all-too-common assertion that they don't have enough time in the day to get done all of the things they want or need to get done.  I was reminded of an exercise I went through about a year ago, during a period when I was making similar statements, sometimes [...]

6 ways to run a meeting poorly


Are you trying to sabotage your organization by reducing productivity? Are you trying to frustrate and dis-empower your co-workers? Do you have a laser-like focus on poor communication? If so, then you'll appreciate these six tips for how to run a meeting poorly:

Cutting the Grass


One of my recurring summer jobs, in addition to filling and unfilling the tubes of the Internets, is to adjust the height of the small vertically-oriented plant life that densely covers the land surrounding my house.
Many people refer to this act as "cutting the grass."
Over the last few years I've tried quite a wide variety [...]

Beyond one hour chunks of time


One of the downsides of working in a field where so much is beholden to the almighty billable hour is that my brain has started to re-wire itself to engage the day in terms of one-hour chunks.  This model is reinforced by other phenomena in life - calendaring software like iCal and Google Calendar make [...]

6 tips for good email message subject lines


Writing good subject lines in your email messages is important. As email continues to serve as a primary communication tool for many people, and as our inboxes are filled up with ridiculous amounts of stuff that we may or may not need to actually act on, we will all benefit from writing good subject [...]

My Envelope Organizational System


I have tried and dismissed a number of personal organizational systems over time, but none of them has lasted as long or served me as well as my current system: my life and all of its to-do lists are managed on the back of used envelopes.
Before I tell you more about how it works, let [...]

Looking for a special appliance timer


I'm looking for one of those lamp/appliance timers I could plug my computer into that will do the following during times when I really need to focus:

Block incoming e-mail that isn't related to the specific projects I need to make progress on, but allow others through
Block outgoing web requests that are more than one degree [...]