Getting Things Done

Make things happen (with friends) The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them) I'll add one to the list - there are extremes of tasks that can be done sloppily and quickly and not make any significant difference and there are the other extreme of tasks that require extreme care to do right that make a significant difference.

The challenge is to understand and know where each task should lie on the continuum between the extremes and act accordingly regardless of time pressures so you don't waste time on the unimportant and don't spend enough time on the important. So often in workplaces like mine, the time pressures and deadlines can cause a lack of focus and pushes the taking of shortcuts or the lack of validation and checking. The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of meeting the schedules.

If you don't have the time to do it right, where are you going to find time to fix what was done wrong? Plan Your Career Like You Would a Four-Phase Project. Being a software engineer, I am completely biased here, but I believe the software lifecycle can apply to making plans like this. 1) Requirements and Specification Before you can plan for your career, you have to know what it is you want to get out of it.

This extends out as well, such as to how you want your personal life to develop. 2) Design Figure out how you would like to attack your career plans in order to achieve your goals. A Look at the Growing "Work From Home" Phenomenon [INFOGRAPHIC] Working from home is more prevalent and more widely accepted than ever.

With 26.2 million teleworkers in the U.S. in 2010, the virtual workforce is expected to grow in coming years. For starters, 56% of senior leaders and hiring managers at Fortune 500 companies believe that the workforce will steadily or greatly increase at their companies, according to a recent survey by WorkSimple. The study findings outline the changing virtual workforce with a number of compelling stats and findings, as seen in the infographic below.

Have you noticed an increase in the number of employees at your workplace that work remotely? Getting Things Done. Daily Todo 我的每日簡單生活練習題，放上瀏覽器啟動首頁.