Posts Tagged ‘organization’

The Work of Worry

I admit, I'm a worrier. Always have been – when I was a teenager, I used to lay awake nights worrying about… well, whatever teenagers worry about. In college, I used to worry about classes, girls, money – and eventually about the fact that I was laying up nights worrying instead of sleeping. Today, I worry about… well, I worry about the same things, I guess, except now I'm on… Continue reading

October 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: anxiety, energy, organization, procrastination, work, worry | 25 comments»

This One’s Free: 10 Basic Tech Tips that Make a Difference

Coaching is usually about ‘the big change’: generating significant new business strategies or leadership behaviours. But along the way there are dozens of small adjustments that make a big difference as well. Many of those are in the realm of technology.Especially when working with small businesses and lone entrepreneurs, I suggest to a variety of tools and approaches to build capacity and pull down obstacles. Here are 10 tips that… Continue reading

September 1 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, Communication, email, networking, organization, Productivity, software, time | 18 comments»

Stripped GTD: 3 Habits That Make You More Productive

David Allen's Getting Things Done has been a huge help to me as I've created processes and systems for many of the things I do, be it writing, other work, or just budgeting my time so I can spend more of it doing the things I love.The problem with GTD, the snag I've hit time and time again trying to implement its practices, is that it's just so darn… Continue reading

June 15 2009 | By David | Tagged: gtd, notebook, organization, Productivity, review | 19 comments»

9 Lists To Keep Updated, and Keep Handy

I bought a Moleskine notebook a long time ago, and for a while it got zero use. My productivity system is totally digital and Web-based, as is my personal journal. I bought the Moleskine because it looked awesome, and because so many other people found

April 27 2009 | By David | Tagged: lists, memory, moleskine, organization | 70 comments»

9 Places to Always Keep Pen and Paper Handy

Wouldn't it be nice if ideas came to you when they were supposed to? You sit down, decide to be creative, and boom: you're creative. The juices flow, the ideas are endless, and your brilliance just runneth over onto the page.Unfortunately, that's not the case. For most of us, our creative and inspirational moments come at random, unpredictable, and often totally inconvenient times. There's no rhyme or reason to it… Continue reading

April 21 2009 | By David | Tagged: capture, inbox, notebook, organization, paper, pen, ubiquitous capture | 26 comments»

Organization Session: A Weekly Check In Practice for Ultimate Development

Creating a weekly retreat gives yourself a delightful space to reconnect, review, and readjust, where necessary. It is a big picture look in which you set up the blueprint for your week. This frees you up so that you can relax into it and trust that you have already implemented the wishes of your highest self. Everything works more beautifully as you get better at being more aware of what you want while setting up your time. Continue reading

February 16 2009 | By Danielle Marie | Tagged: blueprint, clarity, daily, opportunity, organization, perspectives, planning, priority, routine, self-development, thrive | 5 comments»

How to Procrastinate Productively

There's a popular quote floating around productivity circles that says, "eat a live toad in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." Many people apply this to getting things done, saying that if you tackle your most difficult and overbearing task first, nothing else will seem so difficult.I disagree. The way I see it, the thought of having to eat a live toad… Continue reading

February 5 2009 | By David | Tagged: cleaning, errands, gtd, organization, procrastination, Productivity | 15 comments»

Organize Your Work in 2009

Regina Leeds, the best-selling author of One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Desk to Your Deadlines, the Week-by-Week Guide to Eliminating Office Stress for Good, has a brand new book out that might come in handy as you work on getting your work organized for 2009. It's called One Year to An Organized Work Life — and it's different from a lot of the self-help, get-yourself-organized books that… Continue reading

January 8 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: book review, organization, regina leeds | 10 comments»

How to End This Year on a High!

Are you looking forward to the New Year or are you bogged down with unfinished tasks from this year? No matter what sort of year you have had, you still have the opportunity to end this year on a high, and start the New Year on a positive note.You will have had a number of successes in the last twelve months and it is important to acknowledge them. At… Continue reading

December 15 2008 | By Arvind | Tagged: clutter, exercise, holidays, improvement, organization, resolutions, review, year | 6 comments»

Back to Basics: Reference Filing

One of the greatest sources of clutter in just about any office environment is unfiled paperwork. I think everyone suffers at least a little from Keep-It Syndrome, that horrendous affliction that causes us to imbue every scrap of paper that crosses our desks with a mysterious power that makes it nearly impossible to throw anything away.At least part of the problem is indecisiveness. Many of the papers that we keep… Continue reading

November 14 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: filing, keyword, office, organization, paper-tiger, paperwork, tagging | 17 comments»

50 Ways to Make Your Home More Organized, More Attractive, and More Efficient

The modern home is far bigger than the home of just 30 years ago – and far more cluttered! How can that happen? Basically, our demand for stuff is outstripping our ability to buy space – no wonder self-storage is one of the leading growth industries in the United States.Questions about runaway consumerism aside, what all this excess stuff means for most of us is more time spent maintaining… Continue reading

September 8 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: cleaning, clutter, home, organization, paperwork, storage | 21 comments»

Back to Basics: The Tickler File

A long-time standby in the productivity realm, a tickler file is a reminder system intended to act as an adjunct to your regular calendaring and scheduling system. Although there are several different kinds of tickler file, the most well-known (thanks largely to David Allen’s Getting Things Done and Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders) is the 43-folders system, with 31 numbered “day” folders and 12 labeled with… Continue reading

September 5 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, file, folders, office, organization, reminder, tickler-file | 9 comments»

Summer Giveaway: Let’s Organize Stuff

Welcome to Day 2 of the Lifehack Great Big Summer Giveaway. Today, let’s talk about organizing your home.Keeping your house, apartment, shack, or cardboard box organized and presentable is a constant struggle for most of us. There never seems to be enough space for all our stuff – and if we do find a place to put everything, we can never seem to find it again when we need it.Maybe… Continue reading

August 19 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: giveaway, home, life, organization, rubbermaid, work | 76 comments»

Summer Giveaway: How Do You Balance Your Work and Home Life?

Let's open the Lifehack Great Big Summer Giveaway with a big question -- and a big prize! How about a 1-year subscription to The Clutter Diet? The Clutter Diet puts a team of Professional Organizers – including our own Lorie Marrero, creator of The Clutter Diet – at your disposal to help you whip your house into… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: clutter-diet, giveaway, home, life, organization, work, work-life balance | 10 comments»

Shiny New Toy? 7-Step Checklist for New Gadget Nirvana

Got a new gadget? Maybe it's a beautiful new iPod, Blackberry, or camera. We've seen a lot of debris from these gadgets in our organizing work... empty boxes, drawers and bins full of old cords and cables, and files full of obsolete manuals. Here's my 7-step checklist for making sure your gadget has the best possible life!1. Look at the return policy. Right when you get home with your new… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Lorie | Tagged: gadget, hardware, organization, Technology, theft | 6 comments»

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