I do a lot of writing about productivity, self-improvement, and creativity. Some of it, I put here. Some of it, I put on my own site, and then some more, I put over at D*I*YPlanner.com, which is a great site with all kinds of great stuff, like downloadable planner pages for your paper planner of…

It is normal that most of the time in life will be consumed by normal days – And that’s why we have to find ways to improve our normal days to get the most out of our life. Steve Pavlina shows us his ways and habits of normal days optimization. Many of them has discussed…

Any oldschool Dungeons and Dragons readers get that reference? If not, here’s my basic premise: view your personal development like you would character development in role playing games. Capabilities- Some things you are born with, and others can be trained. For instance, strength can be developed to certain end points, but intelligence is something that one…

I’ve got Jeffrey Gitomer on the brain, as I’m reading his LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING. In one part, he says that lessons on time management are pretty much a waste of time. It’s provocative, sure, but is he right? Becoming more productive and learning to master the ways in…

Bill Westerman tried couple of time management systems, including Getting Things Done, but all of them didn’t suit his working style. He came up with a method called “getting sh-t done”. It involves with simple task management, prioritization, and structure of his moleskine notebook: … If my list of to-do’s is relatively straightforward, then I just…

I have some very simple advice for you this week which can revolutionize your workweek productivity. It describes a habit I had fallen into out of sheer necessity when I was a corporate VP in operations, finding that appointments could easily and completely dominate my entire day if I allowed them to. My calendar was a…

Leon Ho, the brains, heart, and guts of Lifehack.org, has a mistress. He’s also creator of the gorgeous-but-useful Listible site. I thought I’d show you a sampling of the useful LISTS users create over at Listible: Text to Speech Editors- Lifehack use? : burn your emails to mp3 files and take them on the…

I’ve got this crazy notion that comes partly from living in a space that is basically one big giant room (a loft). The house has been a little messy lately, and no matter what we do, it’s just not coming back to a state of “organized” lately. So I’ve got this thought. Bear with me…

I’m wired wrong. I’ll be the first to admit it. To be in the Getting Things Done crowd, I’m supposed to blissfully work along on a project until I’ve completed all the next actions, pausing one might assume, for lunch and bathroom breaks. Not me. I can’t do it. I need chunking. Computer processors can…

If you don’t have time to read the great book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, Michael Gray has released his summary notes for the book: From Dependence to Interdependence Personality vs. Character Ethics Proactive, Personal Vision Beginning with the End in Mind Personal

Scott H. Young has it right – being productive will be much easier when you are enjoying the task on hand. You enter flow easily without procrastination. Unfortunately, world is not perfect – you may not be interested on all of the tasks. For this, Scott provides some ideas to enjoy the tasks you hate…

A frequently asked question about my productivity is, “How do you find the time to do all that?” I often joke that I don’t sleep (and well, I don’t really sleep enough), but the truth of the matter is that I’ve spent a lot of time really examining the way I spend my time, and…

One thing that is “evergreen” with the Getting Things Done set is the topic of workflows. HOW do you do things? What’s your process? How do you settle in and decide what to attack first, second, and so on, until you’re done? My good friend, Shawn, and I were talking about workflows when I wrote…

(Leon’s going to poke me for this). I haven’t gone to the forums much yet. I’ve focused on putting up front-page material, and hadn’t really taken the time to see what the Community was about. Wow! There’s lots going on there. So, imagine my surprise when someone has come to YOU asking for help. Beijaflor…

A civilized workplace is one where people have the time and freedom to do their jobs to the best of their ability. No one is bullied or hassled by some boss high on ego and testosterone. Leaders trust their subordinates to do what they’re paid to do; and subordinates trust their leaders to act with their interests in mind as well as the firm’s profits (and the executives’ stock options).