Top productivity today means setting up ways to manage specific kinds of information. In the prior article on the Interrupted Self (part of The Notified Self), I described the need to set up interruptions so that you never run late or miss a task or …
Read MoreHow High Performers Convert Single Behaviors into Habits
There’s no way to achieve long-term professional success without learning how to convert critical behaviors into habits. It’s a skill that’s not taught in the workplace, even though it’s key to accomplishing all worthwhile goals. How can you develop this ability? Let’s start with a …
Read MoreUpdated Infographic comparing Listers and Schedulers
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Read MoreThe Notified Self is Now Launched
Ever since the completion of Perfect Time-Based Productivity, I have known that I left some gaps in its coverage of the 11 Fundamentals. If you have read the book you may have noticed – I have lots of detailed experience from classes teaching the 7 …
Read MoreA Mind Map of Perfect Time-Based Productivity
Eric Bouchet is no casual reader of Perfect Time-Based Productivity. He’s a French native who has a real passion for productivity. Over several weeks, he went through the book in detail and converted the concepts into a mindmap which can can be found here. I …
Read MoreCan Time Be Managed? A Project Nears Completion
In Perfect Time-Based Productivity, I glossed over an assertion that’s been made by a number of notable people, including David Allen, Dr. Brigitte Claessens and Earl Nightingale. It boils down the following: Time cannot be managed, therefore time management is impossible. In both my books …
Read MorePut on Your Thinking Cap! [Guest post]
Most people arrive at their desks and the only thing scheduled in their calendars are meetings; that is, places to put their bodies. If you are slightly more evolved in the management of your time and productivity, then along with meetings, you also have scheduled …
Read MoreAnswers on Quora
I just put a post up on the 2Time Labs website with links to some interesting time-based productivity questions I have been answering on Quora – the question and answer, social website. I invite you to come on over as it’s the most active place …
Read MoreDr. Melanie Wilson interview on SkedPal [podcast]
I sat down a few days ago to have an in-depth chat with Dr. Melanie Wilson about the different ways we are using SkedPal. It was a fascinating conversation that really just scratched the surface of what we have discovered in the past year. It’s …
Read MoreTechnology that Stops Meeting Time Grabbers in Their Tracks
Time Grabbers are colleagues who have found novel ways to waste your time. In this column, I explore their ability to do so via meetings that either should never have been called, or are badly run. I suggest a few technologies that already exist plus …
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