Posts Tagged ‘time’

There’s More to Productivity Than Time Management

What does it mean to be productive? A typical definition might be something like, “Getting the most done in the least possible time.” In a workplace context, this means one and only one thing: more work. If the process for a task can be streamlined so it can be done in half the time, then you can have your employees do that task twice as many times.

In order to… » Continue

March 12 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: balance, fulfillment, life, Productivity, satisfaction, time, work | 20 comments»

12 Hours to Better Time Management

Work. Kids. School. Sports. Second job. Partner’s job. The next great American novel. Your knitting circle. Remodeling the guest bathroom. Taking your car in for its 30,000 mile tune-up. An on and on and on — it seems like we have things to do in abundance. What we don’t ever seem to have enough of is time.

I think we all know what we should do, but the prospect… » Continue

February 20 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: calendar, password, schedule, time, time-management, tool, web-app | 36 comments»

Determine Never to Be Idle: A Simple Productivity Strategy

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing.Thomas Jefferson

We lack time not because there is not enough time but because we lose too much of it. That’s why I believe this quote represents a simple but effective strategy to boost our productivity… » Continue

February 20 2008 | By Donald | Tagged: Lifehack, procrastination, Productivity, time, work | 14 comments»

The Power of Ritual: Conquer Procrastination, Time Wasters and Laziness

Life is wasted in the in-between times. The time between when your alarm first rings and when you finally decide to get out of bed. The time between when you sit at your desk and when productive work begins. The time between making a decision and doing something about it. Slowly your day is whittled away from all the unused in-between moments.

The solution to reclaim… » Continue

January 22 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: energy, habits, procrastination, Productivity, ritual, time | 28 comments»

What’s Stopping You from Getting Started (and What to Do About It)

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of projects on your back burner that you hope to get to someday but aren’t quite ready for. Writers call this a “one-day novel” — as in “one day I’m going to write that novel.” Of course, that one magical day never comes.

Perhaps too there are a few things on your list that have been sitting there… » Continue

January 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: confidence, focus, project, starting, time | 21 comments»

11 Tips to Carve Out More Time to Think

“The person who reads to much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking” - Albert Einstein

How much time do you get a week to just think? Not while listening to music, driving your car or during group brainstorms. Not while playing video games, doing chores or taking a shower. Just you and your brain.

I’d wager that few people ever average… » Continue

January 10 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: creativity, gtd, ideas, learning, Productivity, smart, think, time, weekly review | 18 comments»

How to Use Time to Make 2008 the Best Year Ever

Of all the things people cite as the reason they don’t start or finish something—write that book, lose the weight, build the business, or invent the widget—time lands squarely at the top of the list every time. What clients say time and again (sorry) is that becoming conscious about how they use every hour actually creates space for beginnings to take hold and completion to become routine.
Before you even… » Continue

January 2 2008 | By Lisa | Tagged: distraction, goal, new_year_resolutions, time | 16 comments»

11 Tips for Nuking Laziness Without Becoming a Workaholic

Rest is important for productivity. Trying to work straight without recovering your energies leads to a wandering attention, procrastination and, in extreme cases, death. But when does “recovering your energies” just become an excuse to waste time? How do you draw the line between constructive rest and laziness?

I don’t believe this question has an easy answer. The most productive people I know have a… » Continue

December 11 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: energy, lazy, Management, procrastination, Productivity, recovery, rest, time | 29 comments»

The Top 4 Misapplications of the 80/20 Rule

Eighty percent of the output comes from twenty percent of the input. That is basically a summary of the Pareto Principle, or as it is more commonly known, the 80/20 Rule. The rule comes from Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who noticed that 80% of Italy’s wealth was in the hands of 20% of the population.

The 80/20 Rule points out the imbalance of effects. Just as… » Continue

December 6 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: 80/20, 80/20-rule, effective, efficient, energy, Lifehack, Management, pareto, Productivity, time | 28 comments»

Five Hints to Reclaim Time for Yourself

Sometimes it seems like your life just isn’t your own anymore - work, family, and other obligations swallow it up to such an extent that we often look back and wonder where all the time went! No wonder, then, that many of us feel as if life is just passing us by, and we can do no more than helplessly watch. However, with these tips and a little willpower… » Continue

November 29 2007 | By Shane | Tagged: relaxation, self, time | 20 comments»

15 Tips to Make Today the Day You Finish Your To-Do List

You’ve seen it before. Every checkmark only leaves two more unfinished tasks. Your to-do list has become an living organism, spawning more and more work while leaving you less and less time to finish. Is it possible to stop your to-do list, or will it just become an unstoppable blob of extra work?

Your best weapon against the rising tide of to-do is dedicating a day

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November 13 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Management, organization, time, todo | 30 comments»

Why Do We Overcommit?

A study in a 2005 Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that it is just human nature we allow for more time in the future that is actually available.

Do you find yourself committing to too many tasks and activities, only to realize on the day that you have much too much to do? Gal Zauberman, PhD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and John Lynch Jr., PhD… » Continue

October 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: time | 7 comments»

Seven Things That Keep Us From Getting Home on Time

Time wasters are often things that we enjoy. They often are the seed of great frustration as well. The frustration manifests at the end of the day when we think, “What did I do today?” or “Why didn’t those things get done?” or “I guess I’ll be here until 8pm so that I’m not late with that project.”
Recognizing some of our time wasters as we get into them is… » Continue

October 18 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: frustration, habit, time, waster | 17 comments»

15 Ways To Get 2 Hours More From Your Day

This is just about what the whole ‘productivity’ thing comes down to; allowing yourself more time by working smarter.

Ririan Project takes 15 small tips, not only focused on work, and puts them together to help you get a couple extra hours out of each day.

Morning glory.
Unless you fancy the cleaner, staying late at the office is a waste of time. Our natural bodily rhythms make us most alert… » Continue

October 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: time | 6 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

October 11 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, energy, gtd, procrastination, Productivity, relationships, tasks, time, to-do, work | 45 comments»