Category: Productivity
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Three Research-Backed Tips for Scheduling Your Day
Feeling overwhelmed by a long to-do list and a shortage of hours in the day is a common struggle. We often hear the advice, “Work smarter, not harder.” However, drawing on research-backed insights allows you to structure your day for maximum efficiency and productivity.
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Email Productivity
Too many emails can reduce your productivity. But if you know how to manage them can help you get more done.
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Getting Your Calendar Under Control
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.
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Say “No” To More Useless Meetings
Nearly everyone has been in meetings that have seemed like a waste of time. Here are some tips on how to make meetings better and avoid the useless ones.
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A Risk To Going Paperless
Adopting a paperless productivity system can offer many benefits, but it also has one potential problem: staring at a screen all day can result in eye strain. Let’s examine what you can do.
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Going Paperless at Home
Going paperless at home is one way of being more environmentally conscious, but there are many other reasons to consider it.
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Digital Productivity: Process Your Notes, Tasks and Ideas
If you want to keep your notes and tasks with you at all times, you might want to move your productivity system online. One advantage is how easy it is to process everything you collect.
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Stop Rushing: The Secret to Doing Less and Achieving More
In personal finance, “aging your money” helps create financial stability by extending the time between earning and spending. Surprisingly, the same principle can be applied to productivity—allowing tasks to “age” before completing them can help you focus on the most impactful work, leading to better results with less effort.
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Digital Productivity: Going Paperless
It doesn’t matter whether you have a paper-based productivity system or are all digital. But if you want to be more mobile and always have your notes with you, you can do it.
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When Productivity and Goal-Setting Can Work Against You
Productivity and goal-setting are often viewed as indicators of success. However, what happens when ambition overshadows everything else, resulting in stress, burnout, and a lack of genuine connection? A hyper-focus on productivity can lead to chronic stress and mental fatigue. This occurs when individuals feel compelled to always be “on” in order to stay ahead.…
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Do Messaging Apps – Like Slack – Make Us More Productive?
Messaging apps like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and others have changed how teams communicate. While they help, they also have potential downsides.
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The Power of Digital Productivity
If you want to be truly productive, you need to be taking notes constantly. Thanks to cloud technology, notes taken or stored digitally can be game-changers.
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When You Have Too Many Projects
David Allen, the productivity guru, defines a project as anything you have to do that requires more than one action. That might mean you end up with too many projects to manage. It’s all too common.
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Stress-Free Writing Techniques: Making Writing Easier
Some people dread writing reports or articles. Here are some tips that have helped me write two books, hundreds of blog posts, and articles.
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What About Napping On The Job?
Would you favor a policy that would allow you, or even encourage you, to nap every day during work hours? Most would support this idea. But is there a benefit?
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Declutter Your Mind and Remember What Is Really Important
Unless you successfully clear your mind and start writing things down, you won’t be as productive as you can be.
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Make Meetings More Productive
Meetings have a bad reputation because they are frequently run poorly or are not planned correctly. But here are some ideas on how to make them work for you.Make Meetings More Productive
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Master Your To-Do List: Using The Eisenhower Matrix
With so much to do, it’s not always easy to decide what you should be working on. But what if there was a way to sift through the noise and focus on what really matters? The Eisenhower Matrix offers a clear, straightforward method for prioritizing your workload, helping you achieve more with less stress. Here’s…
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Why Planning Time Is Your Greatest Asset
We all have the same 24 hours daily, yet some people seem to accomplish so much more than others. The secret isn’t superhuman abilities or endless energy—it’s strategic planning. By setting aside time to organize your day, week, or even year, you can ensure that your time is spent on what truly matters.
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Pathway to Productivity: How Daily Goals Can Transform Your Day
Setting daily goals is important for anyone seeking productivity and progress in their personal or professional life. By identifying and focusing on specific tasks each day, individuals can ensure that their efforts contribute to long-term objectives, making each day a step toward success.
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Delegation Techniques in the Workplace: Empowering Teams and Enhancing Productivity
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your workload? Delegation is the key to reclaiming your time while empowering your team to shine. Effective delegation techniques can revolutionize your leadership and drive your team’s success.
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The Power of Single-Tasking and Strategic Focus
Most people want to be more productive. Some try to do more and engage in multitasking. Yet experts say that trying to do more than one thing at a time doesn’t work. I like to focus on “single-tasking.” Single-tasking, or concentrating on one task at a time, has proven more effective.
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Don’t Forget Your Next Great Idea
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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Productivity After Vacation
Have you ever said, “I need a vacation now that I’ve returned from my vacation”? According to one survey, 87% of knowledge workers dread returning to the office. They dread reestablishing a routine, catching up on administrative tasks, and dealing with a busy schedule. Here are strategies to ease the transition and boost productivity.
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Writing Things Down: A Key To Productivity
I used to forget a lot of things until I adopted the habit of writing things down. On this edition of LEADERSHIP PLUS, I describe how I have adapted David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” methodology into my daily routine.https://youtu.be/ydBsYVdgJOM
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Avoid Vacation Chaos: Pro Tips for Perfect Pre-Vacation Planning!
Taking a vacation is essential for rejuvenation and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. However, you don’t want your absence to cause problems for your colleagues or cause an overwhelming backlog when you return. Here’s how to plan.
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On-the-Go Efficiency: 11 Tips to Stay Productive While Traveling
Traveling doesn’t have to mean sacrificing productivity. With the right strategies, you can turn your trips into opportunities for efficiency and focus, ensuring you stay on top of your game no matter where you are.
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Productivity and Cherry Pie
I learned a lesson the other day about productivity while picking cherries.
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Beating Burnout: Essential Tips for Reclaiming Your Well-being
Burnout goes beyond mere overwork, stemming from a lack of control and misalignment with personal values, leading to emotional exhaustion, isolation, and decreased productivity. There’s a strategy you can use to beat burnout.
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Increase Your Productivity By Writing Things Down
Every idea you have and everything you need to do should be written down. That includes ideas that surface in meetings or just things you want to remember to do.
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Unlock the Secret to Crushing Procrastination: Discover Why You Keep Putting Things Off
To some degree, we all can be procrastinators. But there are things we can do to get our work done without delay.
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Be Productive Even When You Don’t Feel Like It
Some days, you don’t feel motivated to get your work done or be productive. But there are several ways of overcoming this feeling.
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Digital Declutter: Boost Productivity and Reduce Stress
We’ve all seen people who have messy desks but even those who have tidy workplaces, they might have cluttered digital spaces. Excess files, unused apps, and disorganized folders—can be just as disruptive as physical messes, impacting productivity, causing stress, and posing security risks. Here’s how you can effectively declutter your digital environment.
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Tips To Avoid Burnout
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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The Surprising Truth About Daydreaming: Can It Boost Your Mood and Creativity?
We have all experienced times when our mind wanders. It can happen when you attend a meeting or in the middle of a task. Researchers have a better understanding of why this happens and how it can be a good thing.
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Stop Forgetting
I used to forget a lot of things until I adopted the habit of writing things down. Here is how I have adapted David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” methodology into my daily routine.
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Big Brother In The Workplace
Before Covid, few people worked from home. Since then, it’s become more common, but some bosses worry if work is really getting done. Some companies are using surveillance software to track at-home work. Opinions on this practice are sharply divided, highlighting its complex influence on job satisfaction, employer-employee relationships, productivity, company morale, and work-life balance.
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Do You Have To An Early Bird To Be Successful?
You’ve probably heard the most successful people are those who get up as the birds start to sing. Apple CEO Tim Cook starts his day at 3:45am, and Richard Branson rises at 5:45am. But, what if consider yourself a night owl? Should you force yourself to change?
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Calendar Tips
Effectively managing your calendar is key to your productivity. If you don’t manage your calendar, it will manage you. Here are some tips.
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Improve Your Concentration to Boost Productivity
Research shows that improved concentration leads to increased productivity. Here are some ways you can accomplish this.
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The Keys to Effective Delegating
Sometimes, work must be delegated. However, it can be frustrating when the tasks you have passed off to someone else are ignored. Here is how you can follow up without micromanaging.
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The Difference Between Being Productive and Being Busy
Some people are proud to say that they are always busy. They see this as a sign that they are hard workers and productive, but they are not usually the same thing.
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5 Ways To Avoid Miscommunication In The Workplace
When people share ideas with others, they communicate important information. But sometimes, miscommunication can damage work projects, interpersonal relationships, and morale. Here are five ways you can actively avoid miscommunication in the workplace.
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Is The 4 Day Work Week Viable
Would you like to work four days a week and still be paid for five days? It is being tried. And now we know if it would work.
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Writing “Meaningful” Performance Goals
Some people have problems with the performance evaluation process because they aren’t conducted fairly and have vague expectations. They can be complaint sessions. But the process can be helpful if done correctly.
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Feel Like You Have More Time If You Help Others
If you spend time helping others, you will have less time and feel more stressed. But research indicates that’s not really the case.
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Some Things You Don’t Think About When Setting Up A Home Office
With more and more people working from home permanently, think about how you should set up a home office to make you more productive.
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Maximizing Productivity Through Task-Batching and Time Blocking
While the simple solution to having too much to do is to learn to say no, a better approach involves the strategic grouping of tasks to increase productivity.
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