Posts Tagged ‘Productivity’

11 Simple Ways To Avoid Burnout

Are you exhausted, annoyed, and ready to throw in the towel on something that once made you leap out of bed with joy every morning? I know that feeling well. It's one I suffered from often in the past and still encounter occasionally. It typically signals an impending burnout.Not the type of burnout you get from dropping your 93 Honda Civic into 3rd gear at 6,000 rpm's. The type… Continue reading

March 10 2010 | By Seth | Tagged: health, life, Lifehack, motivation, personal-development, Productivity, stress, tips, work-life | 8 comments»

9 Ways To Handle Interruptions Like A Pro

Are you easily distracted? I bet you are. If I told you this link led to a list of funny pics of deranged kittens, you'd likely click through and quickly forget our conversation.That won't happen this time!Interruptions do the most damage when we allow their appearance to affect us long after we've returned to our initial task. This can happen for a few reasons:

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March 8 2010 | By Seth | Tagged: creativity, howto, motivation, organization, personal-development, procrastination, Productivity | 20 comments»

The 90 Best Lifehacks of 2009: The Year in Review

Another year is winding down, and that means it's time to take a look back at what we've done here at Lifehack over the last 12 months. 2009 was a scary year for a lot of people – corporate layoffs, a shaky global economy, stunningly vicious politics, old wars grinding on and new ones flaring up. In the midst of all this, though, many saw… Continue reading

December 31 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: 2009, application, creativity, family, finance, gtd, Money, networking, new year, online, Productivity, review, social-networking, success | 19 comments»

How To Have A Chilled Out Holiday Season

Feeling snowed under in the run up to the Christmas?As kids we look forward to this time of year. There's the advent calendar, lights, tree, decorations, school vacations, stocking, a visit from Father Christmas and, of course, the long anticipated presents.But sadly, once you've grown up, with all the responsibilities and obligations being an adult entails, your Christmas spirit can get snuffed out. Even thinking about the planning, preparation and costs involved can fill you with dread. Continue reading

December 8 2009 | By Annabel | Tagged: children, christmas, family, Lifehack, parenting, Productivity, relaxing, stress-buster, xmas | 12 comments»

New eBook from Lifehack: Back to Basics Productivity

This is an important day for me – after months of preparation, I can finally announce the launch of our new ebook store and our first title, Back to Basics Productivity! Back to Basics Productivity The easy way to get more done in less time so you can concentrate on living your lifeIf you're looking for down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts advice on how to make your work and your life better organized… Continue reading

December 7 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, ebook, Productivity, stepcase-books | 8 comments»

Ask Reader: What’s your dream iPhone app?

Stepcase Lifehack readers and other lifehackers, we are reaching out to hear what types of applications you guys would like to see on your iPhone. Think of it as your dream iPhone app. In the past, Stepcase Apps were developed based solely on our team needs. However, as we continue our development of mobile apps for the iPhone, we’d like to get our readers involved and see what kind… Continue reading

November 11 2009 | By Angus | Tagged: iphone, Productivity, stepcase | 21 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»

In Defense of Multi-Tasking

Ten minutes ago, here's what was going on my life: I was watching TV - "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," to be exact. I was being yelled at by my friend, who wants to go play golf. I was surfing the Web, trying to find the perfect man-bag (because those are totally allowed now). And, in the midst of it all, I was "at work," doing some of the things… Continue reading

July 22 2009 | By David | Tagged: attention, focus, multi-task, Productivity, work | 26 comments»

The Benefits of Automation

Automation is the use of control systems to control processes, reducing the need for human intervention. Putting this into context, automation is having technology do things for you so that you don't have to.Automation is all around us. When you're at a set of traffic lights, there isn't a traffic light operator that decides when to change the light from red to green. It is done automatically… Continue reading

July 2 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: automation, email, Productivity, time, twitter | 13 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»

Dealing with Distractions

We each have many distractions that keep us from getting things done. I noticed a few prominent distractions in my life this week (Twitter and Digg are taking over!) and I felt that it was time to address the problem! I know that I am capable of getting things done and achieving things but I've noticed that distractions can get the better of me. When I've planned to research… Continue reading

May 25 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: attention, concentration, distractions, Productivity | 12 comments»

How to Be More Productive In Your Business

I’m frequently asked about productivity. My clients are often desperate to be more self-disciplined, less “lazy” (their word, not mine), and want to know how to get more work done in less time. As a small business owner or entrepreneur, you wear so many hats and have so many things to do, it often seems overwhelming. As a result, some just give up, while other work non-stop, perpetually feeling like… Continue reading

May 19 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: entrepreneur, home-based-business, Lifestyle, Productivity, small business | 5 comments»

How to Wake Up and Instantly Achieve Something Everyday

Imagine this: you wake up and you instantly achieve something. You complete a goal, you make progress, you build momentum and you build self-esteem. You make it part of your routine and achieve something everyday, instantly.All you have to do is tackle a goal when you wake up. Continue reading

May 15 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: achievement, goal, morning, Productivity | 38 comments»

How to Head Off Small Business Fear in This Economy

This is a scary time. Everyone you know knows at least one person who has gotten downsized and new jobs are scarce. People are scared to start businesses and they’re scared to invest in their existing businesses right now. Part of it is that in an economy like this, mistakes are even more costly than before. And part of it is that people are just plain scared to lose anything… Continue reading

May 7 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: economy, entrepreneur, fear, frugality, home-based-business, Productivity, recession, small business, thrifty | 5 comments»

Know When to Unplug From the Internet

I’ve recently had a very troublesome realization about my line of work. I’m the managing editor for a few websites and a contributing editor for a few others. Websites happen to be on the Internet; a job that revolves around websites tends to require that you use the Internet.The troublesome part is that the Internet can make it very hard to get work done. Child labor laws aside, it’s sort… Continue reading

April 20 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: internet, offline, Productivity | 24 comments»

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