How I Learned to Rely on My Own Memory (and Stop Depending on Technology) Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret. Influence Yourself With a "Why-Do" List. It’s Wednesday evening after work and you have a ton of things on your To-Do list.
Drop off your son at baseball practice Pick up the cleaning Get dinner Make plans for friends visiting over the weekend Go to the gym Finish that overdue report for work Oh,…and don’t forget to pick up your son! The To-Do list has in many instances turned out to be a highly effective way of getting things done. Fix the towel rack in the half bath Make an appointment for your annual physical Play your guitar (which makes you think, “As if there’s time for fun!”)
Join a softball league. Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012 - Dorie Clark. By Dorie Clark | 2:55 PM December 15, 2011 I recently got back from a month’s vacation — the longest I’ve ever taken, and a shocking indulgence for an American.
(Earlier this summer, I was still fretting about how to pull off two weeks unplugged.) The distance, though, helped me hone in on what’s actually important to my professional career — and which make-work activities merely provide the illusion of progress. Inspired by HBR blogger Peter Bregman’s idea of creating a “to ignore” list , here are the activities I’m going to stop cold turkey in 2012 — and perhaps you should, too. Responding Like a Trained Monkey. 7 Things Highly Productive People Do. 50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily - S. To-Do List : the 3 + 2 Rule. There are SO many grammar and spelling problems in this article, I found it VERY difficult to follow what the author was trying to say.
Normally I can look the other way, but when the grammar is so bad it interferes with the message, it needs to be fixed. "Why bother why you will be working the whole day anyway? " * should be: Why bother when you will be working the whole day anyway? "Or sometimes I haven't been switching for a longer time and then I completely loose track about the project and it took me hours to get on the track again. " * s/b: Or sometimes I go a long time without switching and then I completely lose track of the project and it takes me hours to get on track again.
"Context switching is ridiculously easy because this way you don't switch just very few times per day! " * s/b: Context switching is ridiculously easy because this way you only switch a few times per day! "…considering how easy is to switch between (small number of) projects, just do switch! " #corrections. Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning - Peter Bregman. By Peter Bregman | 11:00 AM May 27, 2009 I was late for my meeting with the CEO of a technology company and I was emailing him from my iPhone as I walked onto the elevator in his company’s office building.
I stayed focused on the screen as I rode to the sixth floor. I was still typing with my thumbs when the elevator doors opened and I walked out without looking up. Then I heard a voice behind me, “Wrong floor.” I looked back at the man who was holding the door open for me to get back in; it was the CEO, a big smile on his face. The world is moving fast and it’s only getting faster. So we try to speed up to match the pace of the action around us. But that’s a mistake. Never before has it been so important to say “No.”
7 Things You Should Add to Your Stop Doing List...Right Now! You probably make lists of things to do and follow them through.
But what about the things you should stop doing? Successful people do not do the following things but chances are you still do. Make a decision to add these to your “stop doing list” these from today going forward: Making Excuses. Successful people do not blame others or make excuses or complain about their bad luck. If you can eliminate the low value activities and the negative things you do then you will free yourself to succeed. (Photo credit: Stop via Shutterstock) The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time - Tony Schwartz. By Tony Schwartz | 8:53 AM March 14, 2012 Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work?
It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. What we’ve lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines and boundaries. Technology has blurred them beyond recognition. Wherever we go, our work follows us, on our digital devices, ever insistent and intrusive. Tell the truth: Do you answer email during conference calls (and sometimes even during calls with one other person)?