simple productivity

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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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Collect Your Thoughts

01.02.2012 GTD

Many people make lists of things to do, but their minds are frequently filled with other thoughts. They’re not all things to do. If you find yourself having a difficult time getting things done, even if you’ve captured all your to-dos, perhaps you need to clear out some other things, too. Try this: sit down, [...]

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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Close Everything With Alerts

12.14.2011 GTD

The other day I was in the middle of a big writing project and making really good progress, finishing hours of writing, uninterrupted. When I was done I felt great and was surprised to see that I didn’t have any email, no one had mentioned me on Twitter, and no one had tried to get [...]

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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Isolate Yourself

11.22.2011 gadgets

Here’s one more Simple Productivity Task Of The Day (SPTOTD) suggested by Michael Schechter (@mschechter): Use a pair of headphones, but play no music. Use them to reduce the surrounding noise and let you concentrate on a task. This is an excellent and easy thing to do. You could certainly play music to help drown [...]

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