Posts Tagged ‘tasks’

Increase Your Motivation by Framing Tasks

In Getting Things Done methodology and most other personal productivity systems, dividing projects and large tasks into the smallest tasks divisible is considered a basic, fundamental concept. These systems tell us to divide a task into individual actions until we get close to a point where we can't break things down into any further actions.The point is to focus the brain on something small enough to tackle right away. When… Continue reading

November 5 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: hacks, lists, motivation, tasks | 6 comments»

6 Signs Your Lifehacks Aren’t Working

Upping your productivity isn’t an exact science — and it isn’t something you can do overnight. Instead, you will probably need to try out a few things, see what works and throw out what isn’t working for you. Of course, to get rid of things that aren’t working, you have to recognize the warning signs before your productivity hacks turn into problems. Here is a spotter’s guide to a… Continue reading

May 20 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: frustration, Lifehack, Productivity, tasks | 7 comments»

How to Maximize Efficiency by Grouping Tasks

There’s a metaphor many of use on a daily basis that compares our brain to a car or a bicycle with gears. I need to shift gears or my head’s in the wrong gear for this indicates that the human brain, for the sake of efficiency and concentration, hones in on the task at hand to the point where it takes time to remove our concentration from the subject… Continue reading

March 26 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: efficiency, organization, scheduling, tasks | 8 comments»

Stay on Track with a Treadmill Journal

Nobody knows more tricks and hacks to keep themselves working towards their goals than writers! From getting fired up to start to knowing when to quit -- and all the struggles to keep on going in between -- writers need every dollop of motivational help they can scrape up.One trick that some writers use is a "treadmill journal". Unlike a typical journal, a treadmill journal is a single-purpose journal… Continue reading

February 29 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: journal, motivation, project, sticking_point, tasks, time_management, writing | 17 comments»

The 7 Energy Sinkholes (and How to Avoid Them)

Energy sinkholes are situations that repeatedly drain your energy and stress you out. There are plenty of good reasons to invest your energy, so don’t waste your attention on a sinkhole. Unfortunately, it is often hard to see sinkholes since they rarely cause a drain all at once. Instead they slowly leech away at your lifeforce until your stressed, depressed and apathetic.The best way to get… Continue reading

October 11 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, energy, gtd, procrastination, Productivity, relationships, tasks, time, to-do, work | 50 comments»

15 Tips for Surviving a Task Explosion

A task explosion happens when you are suddenly faced with more tasks than you are used to. I’ve faced many times where you suddenly need to handle twice as much work, with twice the pressure. Stress levels rise, and you might feel about ready to snap.I’ve prepared a survival list of things to do when you get caught in the middle of a task explosion. Hopefully… Continue reading

October 4 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: energy, gtd, procrastination, Productivity, tasks, time, to-do, work | 21 comments»

Improved productivity with Web 2.0

If you're at all like me, you're more than sick of the term "Web 2.0." The amount of Web 2.0 applications available can seem overwhelming. However, understanding what each application can do can really increase your productivity. Go 2 Web 2.0 is a site that indexes all Web 2.0 applications and lets you search the applications based on the task you want to complete. For… Continue reading

February 7 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: online, Productivity, tasks, web2.0 | 1 comment»