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Simple Productivity Tip 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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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Delete Something From Your To-Do List

11.17.2011 GTD

This is one of the most powerful tools in helping yourself get things done: delete things from your to-do list. I didn’t say to check them off as completed. I said delete them. If you make long lists of things to do, you probably have things on that list that don’t really need to be [...]

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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Reorganize One Bookshelf

11.16.2011 Books and Literature

When I am at a loss for what to do next it’s typically not because I have nothing to do. It’s more likely that I have too many things to do. My mind is a jumble. I’m uncertain. It seems like it’s better to do nothing than that impossible list. When things need sorting out [...]

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