Archive for the 'Productivity Pointers' Category

A Chance to Win Free Time (or the next best thing)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
When Burt Bacharach penned the above lyrics, he was, of course, referring to “love sweet love,” but I can think of a few other things that could fit into that category… take time, for example. There aren’t very many people who have [...]

Alternatives to the Dreaded To Do List

Friday, February 19th, 2010

I recently read a statistic regarding the number of outstanding tasks the average person has at any given time. It was so depressing that I quickly put it out of my mind, but the fact is, we all have many things to do, both personally and professionally. Most people have some kind [...]

The Mini-Vacation

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

When I was featured in one of Alex Fayle’s Someday Interviews a few months ago, I identified my biggest “someday” as taking a vacation and getting away. Shortly after that, Alex launched his Freelancer Vacation Clinic, an email course for people who find it hard to take a break from their [...]

It’s Fight Procrastination Day!

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Today is an important day, because it’s dedicated to an issue that affects each and every one of us at some time, procrastination.
Although procrastination manifests itself differently for each of us, I believe we all procrastinate at times, especially when a task or activity that takes us outside our comfort zone [...]

Time Management Project, Step 2

Friday, July 24th, 2009

It’s been a while since I blogged about my time management system, so for a bit of background you may find it helpful to go back and read Time Management Project, Step 1 and Using Excel to Manage Your Weekly Schedule.
My new system was challenging at first, because I was busy [...]