When you get back to work from a weekend do you suddenly have hundreds of emails waiting for you? Does your email multiply? Does it reproduce while you are asleep? Some people are convinced this is the only answer to explain the mountain of email that appears in their inbox. Where does all this email [...]
We live in a late world. People are late. Projects are late. Planes are late. And we accept it all. Why? Because we have been conditioned to it. In fact, when something is on time. It usually throws us off. I recently saw a traveler yell at a customer service rep at the airport because [...]
In less than one month, the iPad has almost entirely replaced my laptop. Both at work and at home. It is truly an amazing device. It is mind boggling that something so small and thin, can be such a powerful tool. It is Not a Laptop I’ll start by saying that if you need a [...]
It’s Friday! That means “No Meeting Friday!” That is when we set aside Friday from the wasteful distraction of meetings and concentrate on doing real, creative work. It can be the most productive day of the work week. What? Your workplace doesn’t observe “No Meeting Friday?” Well, you can still do your best to claim [...]
Are passwords a time management problem for you? How much time do you waste trying to remember passwords? Or resetting them? Even worse, have you ever had to clean up after one of your passwords was compromised? If you are like most people, you have at least a few accounts that you regularly cannot get [...]
I got the inspiration for this topic from Leo Babauta’s post the other day entitled “Kill your Todo list.” Leo’s theme was about getting rid of your todo list and instead concentrating on just “one thing” that you wanted to get done that day. Leo and I agree on many things when it comes to [...]
Pop Quiz: How many emails are currently in your inbox? Be honest. 10? 20? 50? 200? More? A colleague I recently spoke with had 2300+ email messages in their inbox. A large percentage unread and unanswered. At that point your email has become an ineffective means of communication. You read stories of people declaring “email [...]
Are you a multitasker? It is OK, you can admit it. Are you one of those people that is constantly working on 57 different things? Multi-tasking: It just doesn’t work. Trust me. The truth is… it is all about priorities. Of those 57 things you are working on, I’ll bet 3 are important. At the [...]
The Driftwood Principle Are you driftwood floating down the river of life, going wherever it takes you? Do you let life make decisions for you? Do you let it wear you down sometimes? What happens to driftwood? Over time, it becomes worn, it goes where the river takes it, and sometimes it is broken on [...]
The other day, I tweeted the question, “Would you rather lose your phone or your wallet?” The question seemed to hit a nerve. At some point, each of us has probably endured one or the other. (And for some, more often than others…) But, more interesting, was that the camps were divided. Many said they [...]
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Loren Pinilis
+1 to the regular clean-up session. I tend to not
Craig Jarrow
Thanks, Sophie!
Sometimes, it is about all the li
Sophie Novak
Great post. I completely agree with the importance
Aleta Fullenwider
THANK YOU! Finally someone who agrees with me that
HomemakersDaily
I don't want piles but I still somehow end up
Brandon Jones
Craig,
Great post! I completely agree with you on
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