Tag: Productivity
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5 Quick Tips To Increase Your Productivity
I’ve been writing a lot in recent years about improving your productivity. Today, I want to share my top 5 quick tips that you can implement right away.
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Evernote: Backlinks In Action
Evernote introduced a new feature called ‘backlinks.’ Now when you add a link to a new note, you can track your link backward to the original note. Here are some practical uses of this new feature.
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Maybe I Was Wrong About Email
Some people spend all day checking their emails. That’s an inefficient strategy and hurts your ability to get a lot done. I’ve recommended processing your email only once a day, at the end of the day. I think I’ve changed my mind.
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Getting Things Done While Traveling
It’s difficult enough to remain productive on a daily basis, but when you are traveling, it can be even more difficult. But there are ways you can stay on track.
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Evernote Introduces Backlinks
Evernote is rolling out a new ‘backlinks’ feature. It will help us navigate through our notes that link to other notes. Here’s a preview.
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Is Multitasking The Enemy of Productivity?
Are you a secret multitasker? Research shows it can slow our productivity by 40%. But can there be a time when it makes sense?
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Staying Productive During The Holidays With GTD
With the holidays upon us, our productivity system may not get the focus it deserves. David Allen, the author of GTD “Getting Things Done” has some thoughts about how the holidays shouldn’t cause that level of stress.
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Adapting to Changes In Evernote
Productivity systems evolve and it means we need to make the time to make them work for you. Even Evernote staff have to go through those evolutionary changes.
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Creating A Project List with GTD
How many items do you have on your project list? Some people worry that they have too many projects. But it is more important to have the right kind of things on your project list.
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Is The GTD System Too Rigid?
David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done has helped people worldwide to be more productive. But some people feel that it is too rigid. What does its creator think?
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Getting Reminders from Evernote
There’s been a lot of attention given to how Evernote has expanded its task feature. And it is pretty impressive, but today, I want to show you how you can use the reminders features that go beyond remembering a task.
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“Getting Things Done” While Working From Home
A recent survey of people who have been working from home since Covid shows that 53% say that they are tempted by distractions and have a hard time separating work from nonwork life. Given that more people will continue to work from home, we have to find a way to remain productive. David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” has some ideas.
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Should You Use Calendar “Time Blocking” As Part of Your GTD System?
Your work calendar is probably full. Of lots of meetings and the challenge can be finding enough time to get your own work done. David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” answers a viewer’s question about time blocking.
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Merging Notes In Evernote
It’s common to have thousands of notes in Evernote, but what if you want to combine them so that you don’t have a lot of similar notes from different sources. Lett’s look at how to merge notes in Evernote.
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GTD: Clarifying Your Ideas
Step 2 of the GTD – Getting Things Done system is taking all of the ideas you’ve collected and learning how to clarify them so you know what to do next.
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6 Tips To Get More Control Of Your Time
If you are stressed with an ever-growing to-do list, it might be tempting to throw up your hands and surrender to the demands of your work. Some simple time management tools could help you deal with your many tasks.
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How David Allen Became A Productivity Expert
David Allen is known as the guru of productivity. In this conversation with Dave Edwards he discusses his early background and how he came upon the principles that became known as “Getting Things Done”
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Processing Your Evernote Inbox
While we have to periodically have to clean out our email inbox, the same applies to our Evernote inbox.
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Establish A Soundtrack For Your Day
Some people insist that listening to music while you work can boost your productivity, while others say it can be too big of a distraction. It could depend on the type of music you choose.
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Book Summary: Building A Second Brain
We all come across interesting facts while we are doing our work or reading a good book. We are certain that this information will be valuable to future projects or our general knowledge. But how do we store these facts? And, how will we remember them when we need them? In his book “Building A Second Brain”, Tiago Forte shares a workable system.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Getting Stuff Into Evernote
While Evernote is most commonly used to store documents and track projects, it can be very helpful at storing everything from PDFs, emails to audio files. On this edition of Evernote Tips and Tricks, we look at inputting data into Evernote.
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5 Ways To Avoid Procrastination
Many of us procrastinate when there is something we need to do. Here are five steps to fix that habit.
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Scanning Notes or Documents Into Evernote
Have you ever lost notes you’ve taken during a meeting? Are you keeping daily journals that eventually sit in the bottom of a drawer? You can bring them alive in Evernote even if they are handwritten.
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Productivity On The Go: Paper vs Digital
Computers have made it easy for some people to try and go paperless rather than keep a lot of paper documents on hand. This is especially a challenge for those who have to travel on business. But David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done” finds that a paper-based system is more efficient.
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Improving Your Attention Span Will Increase Your Productivity
A short attention span can sabotage our best efforts to be productive. As a result of many studies, we’ve learned that there are seven things we can be doing to create better focus.
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Tame Your Calendar and Increase Your Productivity
If your calendar is out of control with meeting after meeting, I have some ideas on how you can use it more effectively.
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Staying Productive While Traveling
Airplanes are full as more and more people travel again for business and pleasure. That means it is time to refresh our productivity systems so that we are just as efficient on the road as we are in the office. David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done” explains his system to Dave Edwards
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Happy People Are More Productive
Teaching yourself how to be happy, or see the good in every situation, will help you to be more productive.
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Building Better and More Productive Habits
We’ve all tried to build new habits into our daily routine. Sometimes we are successful, but often it is more difficult than we think it will be. Here are five ways to establish better and more productive habits.
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Tips for Using Your Calendar To Increase Productivity
Manage your calendar, or it will manage you. To begin, I suggest that you use your calendar correctly. Protect your calendar so that meeting requests can be prioritized.
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How To Use Your Calendar More Effectively
Productivity expert David Allen recently wrote, “Seldom have I seen someone use their calendar optimally. The tool is very much underutilized.” In this conversation with Dave Edwards, Allen offers ideas on how we can make better use of our calendars (plus a look at his calendar), and other time management tips.
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Tracking Projects and Clients with Evernote
If you are looking for a digital system to track your projects and clients, I’d like to show you how I use Evernote. It has also helped me reduce the amount of paperwork I need to keep.
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What Are Your Employees Worried About?
Organizations that aren’t afraid of addressing their employees’ concerns will see more productivity and have less turnover.
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The Power of Writing Things Down
“Every idea you have and everything you need to do should be written down.” That’s the subject of today’s LEADERSHIP PLUS.
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The Problem with Email
Did you ever receive or send an email in which your tone has been misinterpreted? Here are six tips to avoid confusion.
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The Power of Digital Note Taking
Digital note-taking has improved my productivity and information accessibility. If taking notes is not second nature to you, or if you can’t find the notes you make, consider developing system like the one that has worked for me.
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Declutter Your Mind and Remember What Is Really Important
We all try to remember too many things. As a result, we forget important items and get easily distracted. There is a way we can clear our minds for increased concentration.
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Waiting For Others To Do Their Jobs
I’ve developed a system to keep track of tasks that I’ve assigned to others so that deadlines are kept. It’s also a good way of keeping tabs on promises that people make to me.
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