Organization & Productivity
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Setting goals is easy, but prioritizing them is hard. Humans suck at properly weighing what we need to achieve our goals.
Focus Your Ambitions with the Lifehacker Hierarchy of Goals
A New Way Of Looking at Your To-Do List
How do you decide which tasks you tackle first on your to-do list? If you're choosing based solely on priority, your system is probably breaking down on a regular basis, according to father of GTD David Allen .
Time is a precious, limited resource, so we're always looking for ways to make the most of it.
The Multiple Benefits Principle: Spend Your Time and Energy Where You Reap the Most Rewards
How to Get Started with (and Stick with) a New Productivity Tool
Whether it's as simple as finally getting that Dropbox account set up for everyone on a team or as complicated as starting a completely new productivity method, the barrier of entry for getting started with a new productivity tool can be tough when you're set it your ways. It's not impossible to teach an old dog new tricks and with a little patience you can try a new tool without disrupting your workflow.
Time Management from the Inside Out, Second Edition: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule -- and Your Life: Julie Morgenstern: 9780805075908: Amazon.com
I can't help but express my disapproval at how a review from 2000, which rated this book one star, is a spotlight review.
I was recently having dinner with a friend who was telling me his plan to get in shape.
The Laziness Paradox: Embrace Your Weaknesses to Accomplish More
Uncover and Manipulate Your Triggers to Optimize Your Work and Life
You're surrounded by all types of triggers.
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Information Diet | Notifications are evil
What's your maximum NPH? How many notifications are you exposed to every hour?
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What You Want to Do Is Who You Are
On modern social networks, the question of the moment is What are you doing? (or perhaps more provocatively, What's on your mind? ).Two Ways To Build Up Willpower
If you had stronger willpower, what would you be able to accomplish? What would you stop doing? What projects would you start?The Done Manifesto Lays Out 13 Ground Rules for Getting to Done
Sometimes (or maybe all too often), you have to churn out work—good, creative work done with tight deadlines.Tweak Your Environment to Optimize Your Productivity
A large part of how quickly you get into the zone and how much work you get done when you're there has to do with your surroundings—physical aspects like the level of ambient noise around you all the way to psychological distractions, like the ones we've mentioned before .Don't Try To Prioritize, Work On Your Timing - Ari Meisel - The Art of Less Doing
I've discussed at length how you should get rid of your to do list immediately and the harmful effects of the Zeigarnik Effect which is that voice in our subconscious that nags at us to finish the unfinished. People often ask me how they should prioritize the things they do because they look at their list of tasks and it's a big mess. Every time they get something done they have to add two more things to the list.Tools
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