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Spring For Writers: Clean Your Desk

04.18.2012 productivity

Spring cleaning is a rumored activity of the past and let’s face it, your desk could use a proper cleaning. Opening your windows to the fresh Spring air is a good reminder for you to quit putting it off and get it done. Here’s what I recommend: Completely empty the desk surface. Remove EVERYTHING. Dust, [...]

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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Save Up Your Admin Work

03.26.2012 GTD

Writers are experts at procrastination. We’ll do virtually anything to avoid writing. We call the things we do “pencil sharpening.” Pencil sharpening activities can involve desk cleaning, mail sorting, and screen cleaning, but are typically replaced today with “doing research,” another term for poking about the Internet. As one expert procrastinator to another I can [...]

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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Let Something Go Out Of Your Control

03.22.2012 GTD

Do you know that feeling of panic when you fear that a project is about to spin out of control? Here’s what I’ve discovered you can do when you feel that way. Let go. But won’t that make things worse? Maybe, but probably not. When you’re feeling that panic, it’s more about you and less [...]

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Management Essentials: No Busy Work

02.27.2012 Business

“Do something to look busy.” Don’t do this. When you work with your staff, give them guidelines and encourage them, but never, ever, give “busy work.” If you tell people to look busy or create an environment in which you give out unpleasant and unnecessary tasks when there’s not enough work, you’ll end up creating [...]

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Management Essentials: How To Address A Performance Problem

02.14.2012 Business

Managing is an important skill, but too often it is thrust upon the unsuspecting and unwilling. I’ve learned a lot about managing others though hard knocks, but also by making mistakes. Here’s the most importing thing I’ve learned about being a good manager: it’s not about being “the boss.” It’s helping others and helping yourself [...]

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