Category Archives: Productivity

There are so many things you can do to improve your productivity, but the best tip is the one that is most easily ignored.

There are all sorts of causes for us to lose concentration. But when that happens our productivity falters and we get a reputation as someone who doesn’t care. But there are some simple ways in which you can train your brain to pay more attention.

Some tasks have to be done over and over again. You may find yourself typing the same responses and reports multiple times in a day or week. But I have found that many simple automation programs and services can be a time savers and increase your accuracy.

Are you feeling burned out and think that there is no hope for your current situation? Here are five things that will help alleviate that feeling and center yourself again.

If you want to achieve your ambitions in life, you need to set the same goals that you might for projects you need to accomplish at work.

There are always more and more productivity apps to temp us. I have found some that work for me but need to resist the temptation to constantly switch to something new.

Standing desks are popular, and research shows they can keep you healthier and more productive. But they may or may not be suitable for you.

One of the greatest obstacles to productivity is our inability to concentrate. Today, we look at ways to improve your concentration. Plus, stay tuned for information about a special offer that will boost your time management skills.

Without a plan, it is easy for our days to pass so quickly that we don’t feel productive. But adding some structure will be a big help.

Here are five steps you can take to concur procrastination.

If you have too many meetings on your calendar, you won’t have time to get important projects completed. Here are some ways in which you can regain control over your calendar and increase your productivity.

We’ve all sat through meetings that have been a waste of our time. Here is how to either make meetings better or how to avoid the useless ones.

Managing multiple projects is a skill. After all, we all have 24 hours in a day, and we can only do so many things. But the projects keep coming at us. To do it well, you need to have a plan for how you keep them all moving forward.

We become better thinkers when we are regular readers. But how do you find time in your busy schedule to develop a regular reading habit? Here are some ways to do it.

Do you struggle with keeping up with all that you have to do at work? I’ve written a lot about different techniques that can help, but I want to share some quick tips before you try implementing anything n

Some people dread writing reports or articles. Here are some tips that I discovered which have helped me write two books, hundreds of blog posts, and articles.

If your calendar fills up with so many meetings that you don’t have time to complete your assigned work, I have some suggestions on how you can use time blocks to regain some control.

If you want to be truly productive, you need to constantly be taking notes. Now, thanks to Cloud technology, notes taken or stored digitally can be a game changer.

Unless you successfully clear your mind and get into the habit of writing things down, you won’t be as productive as you can be.

When we say we want to be more productive, are we trying to do more things or fewer things well?

One popular productivity technique is the Pomodoro technique. Does it actually work?

Cal Newport’s book, “A World Without Email: Reimagining Work In A World of Communication Overload,” makes many interesting points about electronic mail has done to our workflow. He has alternate ideas. Some of which might work for you, while others don’t make much sense.

We all like the idea of doing more than one thing at a time. But research shows that it rarely works. On the contrary, it slows our productivity by almost 40 percent.

If you think that better managing your time would take a lot of effort and fancy systems, you are putting obstacles in your way. Here are six things you can do today to make your life a bit more organized.

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.

Have you noticed that attending multiple videoconferencing calls each day seems to be more exhausting than meetings you used to have in the office? There are many reasons. As Gianpiero Petriglieri, a management expert at Insead Business School, told the BBC, “The video call is our reminder of the people we have lost temporarily. It isContinue reading “The Curse of the Video Call”

With all of the distractions around us, it is sometimes difficult to concentrate. But researchers have found some techniques that can help.

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.

Have you ever nodded off in a meeting? Most of us lose concentration while we are in an important conversation or working on a complex project. Here are some ways in which you can increase your level of concentration.

I used to struggle with writing reports, but because of a system that I have perfected, I have been able to write two books with two more on the way. Now I find writing less overwhelming.