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Productivity Tip: What to Do When Waiting for a Widget
Ever work on a project at where things are almost complete…yet you end up waiting on one last item? Here’s some ideas to help you make the most of your time: Set up a tickler list. Make notes for yourself in your to-dos or on your calendar to follow-up on your...
Productivity Tip: How Much Polishing Is Enough?
Here’s a little puzzle for you to think about. Let’s say there are 200 pairs of shoes that need to be polished for a background display for a photo shoot for an image in a magazine. The requirements are that the shoes not be dull, that’s it. You have 3 hours to polish...
Productivity Tip: Backup Your Memory
Nowadays we tend to rely on cellphones, smartphones and other digital devices to “remember” information for us. Such reliance can sabotage the best of intentions when it comes to being productive, especially when you cannot retrieve information if you lost or...
Productivity Tip: Define Your Product
Lots of times when we are interested in becoming more productive, we can tend to glaze over the fact that while we are so excited and anxious about producing “something,” we have little idea as to where we are going exactly. For example, if someone were to ask you,...
Productivity Tip: Mix Things Up with Different Task Types
Ever sit and read a book in one day? Or perhaps you stood and filed away a gigantic stack of papers? While you might have enjoyed reading the book and congratulated yourself at finally getting the filing done, how did you feel afterward? Most likely drained; either...
Productivity Tip: Finessing The Follow-Up
Do either of these two scenarios sound familiar? You make a phone call to someone but they are currently unavailable. You leave a voicemail for them to call you back. You send an email to someone with a question or a concern. You look forward to hearing back from them...
Productivity Tip: Plant Before the Harvest
What do you want to do if you want to grow some plants or flowers in a garden? First you buy some seeds, prepare the land, plant and water the seeds, watch over them and in time you’ll have a full garden. There’s no way around it. If you don’t make plans now...
Does One Have to Work Fast In Order To Be Productive?
This is one of those riddle-type questions that will surely bring up two camps of thoughts. Let’s take a look at both sides using a production line example. Yes, You Must Work Fast In Order To Be Productive If you want to churn out sheer numbers of something, it can...
Productivity Tip: Finding the Right Environment
We all work in different ways and perform better or worse under a host of different environments. Do you know the optimal conditions for you in which to produce your best work? Location, Location, Location Where do you work best for any given project? Obviously there...