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Why Top Talent Leaves (And How to Keep Them)
Great companies don’t happen by accident. They are built by the people who work there. The quality of your team shapes the future of your business. Let’s look at how to build an organization that people want to work for.
Should You Split Your Productivity System?
Should you use one productivity system or split your productivity system in two? It can be challenging to balance the needs of both your professional and personal lives.
Why Leadership Is Mostly a Battle for Time
Leading an organization may look simple from the outside, yet the role imposes heavy demands. The head of an organization must guide people, manage time, and balance many competing needs every day.
Evernote Helps Create Titles
If you don’t do a good job setting titles for your notes, your Evernote account gets messy. But using its built-in AI feature, you can get some help.
Build Your Own Reference System in Evernote
If you are only using Evernote as a place to keep projects and your notes, you are missing out on the opportunity to build a powerful reference system.
Non-Profit Board Recruitment Tips That Always Work
Many nonprofits struggle with board recruitment, even with a strong mission. Why do some nonprofit boards thrive while others stall? A few smart nonprofit board strategies can change everything.
GTD Time Blocking- Are You Doing It Wrong?
Many people read Getting Things Done and still feel confused about calendars and task lists. Then they hear about time blocking, and things get even murkier. So how do you follow the GTD method and still block time to get…
Easy vs Hard Tasks — What To Do First?
When your workload grows, do you choose easy tasks or hard tasks first? Research on productivity and task choice shows that this simple habit shapes long-term performance. The twist is that what feels efficient today may quietly limit your growth…
Evernote Updates: Pinned Tabs, Wrapped Images, and Calendar Problems
Evernote has added a way to pin tabs and wrap text around images. But they have also recognized problems with calendar integration. Here’s what we know.
Book Notes: A World Appears – A Journey Into Consciousness
Have you ever thought about your own consciousness? Our inner voice and thought process is different from those who observe us. They have their own consciousness. Despite that being a topic most of us have thought about, we know very…
Change Default Font in Evernote
Your Evernote notes don’t have to look the same forever. Default font settings control how every new note starts.
Doing This Will Prevent Staff Burnout
Do long work hours really lead to better results, or just more burnout? Research on productivity and leadership tells a different story than hustle culture.
Getting Things Done When There’s Too Much To Do
Sometimes, even GTD author David Allen feels that there’s not enough time to do all that needs to be done. He offers some advice.
Book Summary: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Book Summary The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great MigrationIsabel Wilkerson 2011 – Vintage – 640 pages Dave’s Summary The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of the Great Migration through the lives of three Black Americans…
What I Read in April
This month, I continued my journey of reading about American Presidents and key figures in our nation’s development. The biography of JFK was one of the best. But the book about our efforts to clamp down on Russia and Vladimir Putin…
Evernote Shortcut Hack
Discover a simple trick that can put your most important notes just one click away.
How to Give Feedback Without Upsetting Your Team
Think giving tough feedback will hurt morale? Done correctly, it actually motivates, clarifies expectations, and strengthens team spirit.
Using GTD To Manage Projects on Paper
Much has been written about going paperless. But you can manage projects and be faithful to the Getting Things Done methodology using paper.
Why Busy People Still Get Nothing Done
Most people don’t have a time problem. They have a focus-and-energy problem. I’ve seen how easy it is to stay busy yet finish nothing
Do You Have To Be A Morning Person 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 you consider yourself a…
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