5 Reasons You Aren’t Reliable

How Reliable Are You

Ever have someone ask you to do something… and then you forget? Oops! Does it happen more than once? Is it the norm? Are you known for being unreliable? Who Are You Letting Down? We all have a time management reputation. What is yours? Your productivity and performance proceed you… – Are you known as the one that [...]

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Stop Wasting Your Life Reading The News

News Wasting Time

I have a quick productivity question for you… How often do you check the news per day? 1, 2, 5, 15 times a day? More? News has taken over much of our lives and time. From our TV’s, computers, email, cell phones, and more… it is everywhere. But, when is too much news, simply too [...]

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Want a Head Start? Take It!

Take a Headstart

  No one wants to be behind the curve at the start of a new week. People want to get a jump start on their work. Yet, many show up just-in-time, disorganized, and with little or no preparation. The result is a tough week in which you find yourself just trying to keep up with [...]

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Siri: Top Productivity Uses

Diptic

Siri has gotten a lot of attention since the launch of the iPhone 4S. The media has had a field day posting about all the silly things you can make Siri say. But, what about using Siri to actually get things done? After all, having a personal digital assistant is all about saving time. Today, I [...]

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5 Rules for Fixing the Out-of-Order

Out of Order

Is something broken in your life? You know, that computer issue you have been having for the past few weeks. Or that sound your car has been making for a couple of days. Or even that injury that you have been resisting to seek professional help on. What if we had to wear one of [...]

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5 Reasons to Ban Technology in Your Meeting

Ban Tech in Meetings

I was recently in a meeting with 8 people in the room.  (Which is about 5 too many…) I looked around and observed that over half of the participants were working on either a laptop, cellphone or tablet. They were not “in the meeting.” In fact, they were barely participating. Their minds were elsewhere. Why have a meeting if people [...]

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Getting Mad Doesn’t Get Anything Done

Don't Get Mad Get Productive

Have you ever gotten mad at work? I mean really mad. Angry to the point that you didn’t get anything done? When bad things happen, it can be difficult not to let our emotions rule our day. However, if you let something eat at  you, you aren’t going to get your work done.

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Save Time Writing With Scrivener

Scrivener 3

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of tools that save time and effort. When it comes to writing, there are only a few tools I use. For my blog, I do most of my post writing in WordPress. When it comes to longer projects, I use Scrivener for Mac. Scrivener is my [...]

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Practice Makes Productive

Practice Makes Productive Skitch

We all have things that we want to be better at. However, just wanting to be better at something doesn’t make it so. The question is, “What are you doing about it?” Or better yet, “How often are you doing it?”

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10 Reasons Burning Bridges is a Waste of Time

burning bridges

I have a friend who just left his former employer. He moved on to happier endeavors. (At least, so far!) As he was preparing to leave he told me how frustrated he was with former employer and boss. The thought crossed his mind to send a letter to the CEO telling him some of the mistakes and [...]

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