Category Archives: Productivity
Should Your To-do List Be on Paper or in Your Phone?
Is an electronic or physical list best?
Time Management Tip: Always Focus on Your Most Important Tasks
7 Reasons You Are Not Using Your To-do List
Your List Can't Help You If You Don't Use It
Show me your to-do list.
This is a request I ask those who are interested in improving their time management.
It should be a simple question, but often, it results in stressful looks and a hurried search for a “lost list” from several days prior.
If you are using your to-do list to its potential, you need to have it at hand and be actively working it.
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Time Management Tip: Keep ONE To-do List Only
Time Management Tip: Do You Control Your Phone or Does It Control You?
Always Use Your Phone for Your Convenience
10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait Until Deadlines
Are You Creating Your Own Stress and Added Work?
Do you wait until deadlines are upon you before taking action?
If you’re like most, you probably wait until time is running out before starting those important tasks.
Yet, staying ahead of deadlines is a powerful productivity tactic that will make you more productive while reducing stress at the same time.
Today’s post is all about why you should never wait until the last-minute on your deadlines.
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The Most Important Time Management Question
What to Ask Yourself When You Are Procrastinating
You find yourself wasting time.
Maybe you have spent the last hour chatting it up with your co-workers. Or you have been surfing the Internet, reading news, or social media.
The minutes, and then hours, have ticked by… and by.
When this happens, how do you get back on track? How do you snap out of your procrastination streak?
There is one simple time management question you need to ask yourself to bring you back-to-task.
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TMN TIP: Write Your Tasks on Your Todo List
Stop Using Random Scraps of Paper to Write Down Your Tasks
Time Management Ninja Podcast #18 – 12 Tips for Better Email Communication
Write Better Emails for Better Results
Welcome to the Time Management Ninja Podcast, Episode #18.
Today’s episode is being more productive with your email. You don’t have to spend as much time in your inbox and can get better results.
Listen to today’s episode to hear 12 tips for better email communication.
May 11, 2018 by Time Management Ninja
Time Management Ninja #18 – 12 Tips for Better Email Communication
Don’t forget to add the TMN Podcast to your favorite podcast app. As well, if you download the Anchor.fm app to your phone… you can “call in” and ask me your questions about productivity and time management. I’d love to hear your questions, topics, and feedback.
Here is the list of tips in today’s podcast…
12 Tips for Better Email Communication:
- Check Your Email Sparingly
- No Silly Subject Lines
- The More Your Send, the More You Receive
- Write Your Email Backwards
- Limit Your Messages to 5 Lines
- Use Other Communication Methods when Appropriate
- Don’t Copy Extra People
- You Don’t Have to Respond to them All
- Avoid Fancy Fonts, Colors, and Signatures
- Never Read Email Before Bed or Before Breakfast
- Don’t Read Your Email, Act on it!
- Avoid Playing Email Ping-Pong