Thanh Pham

+Thanh Pham is an obsessed productivity geek, systems thinker, blogger, avid reader and a world traveler. He specializes in time management for organizations and personal productivity for executives. Read more about him over at Asian Efficiency.

March 12 BY in Communication

Five Simple Yet Effective Tips for Managing Your Email

348 Shares Everyone nowadays gets way too many emails and spends too much time dealing with them. If you feel like you are wasting too much time on email, you need re-evaluate how you manage it. Here are five simple tips to help you regain control over your inbox so you can do more important (and fun) things. 1. Keep it under six sentences Nobody likes to read long emails. As more people are checking their emails on their phones and tablets, you need to be succinct with what you write. Try to keep... More »

February 27 BY in Lifestyle

The Need for Work/Life Balance

172 Shares Do you work over 40 hours a week and still feel like you can’t get everything done? We have all been there. You are sitting at your desk saying… “If I just could work 3 more hours today, or 10 more hours this week I could get all this work done.” Then you sit there hour after hour, day after day and the work is still there, but you are more stressed out because your productivity has gotten even worse. Why, you wonder, is this happening? We all think the solution is... More »

February 19 BY in Productivity

7 Time Management Tips for Road Warriors

251 Shares Traveling for business purposes often takes up a lot of time and it can really kill your productivity. It is easy to drop your habits, slack on work and to slip up on activities that could unnecessarily waste your time. Whether you’re new to being a “road warrior” or you’re a veteran – here are seven time management tips to help you make your business trips more efficient. 1. Smart Packing Don’t leave packing till the last minute. Your chances of forgetting important documents, chargers and miscellaneous things are very high if... More »

November 28 BY in Productivity

How I Learned 5 Habits in 30 Days

145 Shares If you have been reading about personal productivity on the Internet, I’m sure you’ve read plenty of articles on how to build a new habit. One of the common pieces of advice is to work on one habit at a time until it sticks and then move on to the next one. If you try to focus on too many at a time, you will have a high chance of failure. I’m here to say that is not true. I found a hack that allows you to learn multiple habits at a... More »