Blog entries tagged 'productivity'

Busyness Does Not Equal Productivity

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gain, delivering missed papers. That night, the cycle started all over again. Add to that a husband and two small kids and you begin to get a fuller picture of what my life was like.

Seven days per week, 365 days per year, we kept up that schedule.

What about vacations you ask. Ha! What vacations?

After total burnout and a bout with depression, I asked a few serious and personally important questions: is there a better way? Is there a way to do what needs to be done with [...]

On A Good Day, Motivation Lasts About 5 Minutes

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on. The big 'poof' has an important job: to get the fire started. Then the 'poof' vanishes, just as quickly as it came. It was great while it lasted.

When the poof vanishes, a fire remains. Now, the charcoal is engaged. It is set on fire and can continue to burn for hours. No one would attempt to burn lighter fluid for hours; it's impractical and dangerous. Knowing the nature of lighter fluid makes it easy to apply it where it's needed, with care and attention.

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Take Back Your Life #3

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rn recommends that you, "Ask yourself, if tomorrow flies out of control, what one task would I be thrilled to get done - what can I do to earn my salary by 10 a.m.?" Your answer is your most important task to complete for the day.

Sometimes the challenge of your most important task is the size or time required to complete it. You may be tempted to knock off a few quick, easy tasks. Beware the "quick" vs. "important" trap - although you [...]

Take Back Your Life #1 -- Creating the Time to be Effective

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nce of a project in order to determine our focus.

Morgenstern offers an innovative solution: create a time map for your day. This is simply a personal productivity chart to "schedule" choices with your time and energy. If you have a daily or weekly routine task, choose a block of time to complete that task within. Also, schedule your most critical task in the morning - this is when your mind is freshest and can accelerate your performance. Making pro [...]

2 Quick Steps to Improve Microsoft Office Productivity

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Do you use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel? If so, there are two quick changes you can make to your Office settings that will save you time and disk space!

Fast Saves

The first change you need to make is to turn off Fast Saves. Fast Saves is a feature that (at first glance) looks like a good idea. After all, who doesn't want to save thier documents faster? Unfortunately, when you have Fast Saves turned on, you are actually telling Office to save your documents fast, but o [...]