Author: Dave Edwards
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I Can Clear 8-10 Hours On Your Weekly Calendar
Too much to do and too little time? What if I could give you back 8 hours a week?
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GTD: Capture Your Ideas – Don’t Forget Them
David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” productivity system begins with betting ideas out of your head so you can focus on creativity and thinking. Here’s how to make it a regular habit.
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5 Tips To Deal With “Not Enough Time” Syndrome
If you have ever said that there aren’t enough hours in the day to get your work done, you will want to rethink not only how you spend your time but how you view time and the ‘time pressure paradox.’ Here are five tips to help.
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Creating Links Within Evernote
Evernote users can create and use internal links to help organize their information. Here is how you do it.
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Adding Some Stress Might Increase Productivity
You might think that if you could eliminate all the stress you face at work, you could be more productive. But the opposite might be true.
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Capturing Ideas While On The Go
The first step of the “Getting Things Done” methodology is known as collecting. That is getting every idea out of your head and getting it into your productivity system. That’s easy if you are in front of your computer, but what if you are on the go? Here are some tips.
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I’m Back……
It’s always good to go on vacation and nice getting back into our normal routines. All of my regular content will resume tomorrow. But before I get the blog back to its regular schedule, I thought I’d preview some of the things I have coming up this fall.
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Evernote Features Dave Edwards With Back To School Tips
Many thanks to the folks at Evernote for featuring me in a recent blog post with my tips for using Evernote as a student.
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Dave Is On Vacation
I am on vacation. My posts, videos, and other content will resume on Tuesday, September 6th.
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Widgets: A Faster Way of Using Evernote
Evernote now has a way for you to get to your content quicker with a new widget for your home screen.
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GTD: Cleaning Up Your Lists
When you practice Getting Things Done, or any other productivity system, the primary concentration is making lists and putting things you don’t want to forget on those lists. But what happens when your lists get too long? “Getting Things Done” author David Allen has some ideas.
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How To Be A Better – And More Confident – Public Speaker
If you have a fear of public speaking you are hardly alone. For more than 20 years, Dave Edwards has taken the skills he has learned to make presentations easier and taught them to hundreds of people. He now wants to share those ideas with you.
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Welcome to Management: Your First 100 Days
While you have been working for a long time to get a management level position, now that you have it you quickly learn that it takes a lot of work to become effective in that role. Here are some ideas for your first 100 days as the boss.
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Encrypting In Evernote
While Evernote follows industry standards for the security of our notes there might be a need to encrypt elements of what we input into the system. We will explore how you can encrypt materials in Evernote.
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GTD’s David Allen Says “Stop Struggling With GTD”
When David Allen wrote, “Getting Things Done,” he thought the concepts were so easy to understand and follow that everyone would understand them and implement its principles. Many years later some people struggle with implementing GTD. He talks about that with Dave Edwards.
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Don’t Forget Your Next Great Idea: Write It Down
Our brain isn’t very good at allowing us to remember everything we find interesting. When you make time to write down your next great idea you are less likely to forget it.
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Writing Helpful Performance Evaluation Goals
Here are 5 steps to make goals for employees more helpful to them as individuals and to your organization.
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Getting Organized With Evernote
One of the biggest complaints I hear about Evernote has very little to do with Evernote itself. I’ve heard people say, “I just put articles and things I want to read into Evernote, and never see them again. Today, how to avoid the dumping ground phenomena and make Evernote more valuable to you.
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GTD: Reviewing The Basics of “Getting Things Done”
People ask me what is at the core of GTD – Getting Things Done. Today we review the basics that will help you get started on your journey through productivity.
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What’s Wrong With Most Productivity Apps?
Those of us who seek to be more productive are always searching for the next app that will allow us to do more with greater efficiency. But there is a cautionary note that you need to be aware of if you are on that journey.
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Dave’s Leadership Library
Because we can always learn from the successful journeys of others, here are three more books that you might find helpful in your desire to be more productive.
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GTD’s David Allen: What Should I Do Next?
It is easy to get overwhelmed if you face a very long ‘to-do’ list every day. The challenge is what you should do next. David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” offers advice on how to make those decisions.
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Top Tips To Avoid Burnout At Work
If you are burned out at work, you are not alone. Many Americans say they have too much to do and not enough time to get it all done. But stress will cause health problems. So, follow these steps to deal with your burnout.
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10 Tips For New Managers
You may have been working for a long time to be promoted to a managerial position. But, now that has happened, it is crucial to start strong. Here are ten tips to help you move into your new role.
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How I Use Evernote to “Collect Ideas” As Recommended by GTD
We all forget things that we promise ourselves we will remember. I’ve developed a system using Evernote and a few other tools to remember my ideas.
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Be The Boss Everyone Wants
If you are the ‘boss’ how would people describe you? Do people want to work with you? Here are 5 things that will make you the boss everyone wants to work with.
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Do You Have….Or Need A Dress Code?
When working from home, you may not have paid too much attention to what you are wearing. But now, as people return to the office, should employers reconsider their dress code?
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More on Using “Recurring Tasks” In Evernote
Since Evernote launched its new ‘recurring task’ feature, I’ve been getting questions on how to use it most effectively. So in this episode, we look at ways in which you can use this new addition.
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Be A Better Public Speaker: Stop Using Filler Words (Like “Ah” and “Um”)
In our everyday speech, we might find ourselves using filler words like “um” and ‘ah”. But when we use that verbal crutches when making a presentation, our audience can get distracted and view you as less credible. Today, Dave Edwards offers tips on how to avoid using filler words.
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Hate Public Speaking? 5 Steps to a Better Speech
For many years I have been working with individuals of all ages who fear public speaking. They don’t feel comfortable standing in front of a group and don’t know how to prepare a great speech. Here are some tips that will help you design a great speech.
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Some Cool New Features In Evernote
Evernote has made it easier to insert links into your notes. They will allow to add more data to your notes with very little effort.
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How To Be A Better Public Speaker
You may have once had a bad experience speaking in front of a group and now you are nervous whenever you think you might have to make a presentation. This is true for students as well as professionals. After more than 30 years of experience as a public speaker and broadcaster, Dave Edwards shares some…
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Dealing With A Fear of Public Speaking
You are not alone if you fear speaking in front of a group. Here are some ways to feel more comfortable whether you need to speak to 40 or 400 people
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An Insiders View of the New Evernote Task Feature: Recurring Tasks
No productivity system is complete without a robust task manager. Evernote’s task manager has been around for some time but they have just released a ‘recurring task’s’ function. Dave Edwards got an insider’s view from Jack Lynch, project manager at Evernote.
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The Effective Executive: Timeless Advice
Today’s executives are not the first to have ever dealt with a too-long to-do list and stresses on our time. Management guru Peter Drucker wrote about this decades ago, and his advice is still applicable today.
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Getting Others To Use GTD (Getting Things Done)
You may be satisfied with your productivity system, but because others around you don’t have the same kind of focus it can create problems in your workplace. David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” discusses how to get others to use GTD.
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Planning Today Increases Tomorrow’s Productivity
Setting aside a little time at the end of the day will increase the next day’s productivity.
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What To Do About An Unmotivated Employee
Do you have an employee who seems to lack focus, takes a lot of time off, or regularly disappears from their desk? Have they become distant from their peers or make comments that are not appropriate for the office? Effective leaders cannot ignore such behavior.
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Schedule Your Emails
A recent study showed that workers spend more than 25% of their workday replying to/browsing through/writing emails. Using my suggestions, you can spread the task to times that work for you, and your colleagues won’t know your secret.
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Using Templates In Evernote
One of many of Evernote’s strengths is that you can design your notes any way you want them. But Evernote has now created a lot of helpful templates, so you can have nice looking notes when you want to distribute them or keep them on file.
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Processing Your Meeting Notes According to GTD’s David Allen (Getting Things Done)
Most people take notes in meetings. But, what you do with those notes is important to maintaining an effective productivity system. David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” talks about what he does with notes he takes.
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Are You More Productive With Music In The Background?
Some people like to work in silence while others feel more productive with music or some other noise in the background. Here’s what the researchers have found.
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Unhappy, Argumentative, and Other Behavior Types You Will Find At Work
There are unhappy and disruptive workers in every workplace. The job of the manager is to address these issues. Research is beginning to show us how best to deal with difficult workers.
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How To Build Better Habits
The idea of building better and more productive habits may sound ominous, but in his book “Atomic Habits”, author James Clear takes us through the process that starts with small wins.
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Setting Up GTD In Evernote (part 2) “My System”
We continue our series on using GTD – the Getting Things Done methodology – inside of Evernote. It’s simple to set up, and even simpler to use
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Preventing Loneliness While Working From Home
Working from home can be nice, but it can also result in a feeling of isolation. There are some things you can do to create a more team-like atmosphere among at-home workers.
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Dealing With The Employee That Wants Their Way
There is a big difference between the worker who asks questions and accepts your decision and the person who refuses to accept your answer.
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Finding New Workflows To Save Time
A reexamination of the way you handle things can save you time. Here is how it worked for a client of mine.
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Dealing With Email While Following GTD (Getting Things Done)
Keeping your email under control is key to effective productivity. David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” shares his thoughts on how to deal with email.
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