This was originally published on superyesmore’s The Human in The Machine.
In certain (developed) countries, where a healthy amount of productivity role models hail from, productivity has been pretty much nailed down to a science.
Like many entrepreneurs, I’m constantly on the hunt for ways to improve my…
It’s not what you think.
The way we measure productivity is flawed…
I make sure I allocate time every week to work deliberately on an important goal. I have used for the following work schedule for…
A few months before the start of #Project20nine I found myself afflicted by a constant worry. It had crept up on me and settled in like a shadow in the night. I was worrying that I’ve been wasting my time and that no…
Consider the last vacation you took. Really take a second to remember it.
When it comes to accomplishing you tasks, it is one thing to tell yourself that you are going to do something and it is another to set up a system to get your task done. You do not want to rely on willpower. You do not want to rely on having to be in an energetic…
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed — that is the Law of Conservation of ENERGY!
The relationship between work and music goes back a long time. The trend of music…
“My legs were on fire, dragging…
この世界には、タスクというものがあって、このタスクは管理されなければならないらしい。タスクというのは、行動なので、アクションとほぼ同義だ。なぜ管理するかというと、そのタスクは何かを成し遂げるためにあるものなので、それが”いつ”できるかを知りたい人たちがいるからだ。
どんな管理方法でも、「成し遂げたいもの」があり、それを実現するためのタスクがあり、それを一覧にする。もう少し大きいものであれば、大項目、中項目、小項目（タスク）という階層構造が発生したりする。
to Improve Team Communication
Imagine if you had an extra hour every day.
It’s not quite the last day of November yet, but I already know I’ve failed…
Today’s question comes from Flore, in Kenya:
How do you avoid procrastination?
Well, the short answer is I don’t. I’ve known I had to write this for a month now. I also knew I was going to be traveling so I had to finish it on the weekend.
Hello Beautiful Souls,
We all know communicating as a group or a team can be pretty difficult. It gets even…
How to reduce 40 hours a week work life into 8 hours a week.
For this you should have the work place liberty. In office even if you finish up your work, it’s expected of you to still be there in office for 8 hrs.
Note: This story was first published in DeanYeong.com
I first heard about Will Smith from a movie “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Without knowing much about him, I…
Mornings determine how you spend your day. How you spend your day determines how you spend your…
I walked into my local bar the other night and took out my laptop. The bartender, a friend of mine, came over…
I started tracking my time in my own spreadsheet. Here’s what yesterday looked like:
Welcome everyone to Stride, a new product currently in preview from Atlassian.
It boasts features like group chat & direct messaging, voice & video conferencing, and built-in collaboration tools.
I was reading an interesting article not too long ago about the importance of making space…
Finally! I made the leap and created my first Trello board. The rest is history! Yes, i did it to simply have my own Trello…
Like every other average person, I took out a piece of paper on the New Year’s Eve and wrote down my New Year…
This one was also a difficult one to release…
Try. Fail. LEARN. Repeat.
Patience and consistency. An unstoppable force. Love it.
Personally, I’ve done a couple of things just lately to both cut out negative habits and form positive ones. I recognized that my time after 9pm was being completely wasted on TV/video games/mindless shit, and so I…
Are you browsing your Works-in-Progress with the gusto of a chemotherapy patient? Let’s…
“What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our…
Yes! And when you’re consistent, quantity and quality usually improves over time. You actually get the chance to get there!
One image. Four orientations. Which one is the “right” one?
Some days I do nothing. It’s funny, I left my full-time job almost exactly a month ago, and since then I mostly feel like I’ve mostly been…
This is one to keep in the memory bank 😃
Thanks for the note
In many companies, meetings are like a totem: it promotes democracy, knowledge and responsibility sharing, some sense of…
From the Boomers
My new mantra, at least for the next few months, is inspired by Cal Newport. I’m reading his book:
CompanyCam is committed to making your work less difficult through any means possible. For your convenience, we…
Most people have chosen a professional field to specialise in.
Thank you, Kyle.
That happens to me too. I have big goals and need big changements but changements usually require time and decisions.
I don’t have exactly a strategy for splitting activities in tasks. I follow experience and guts. What’s difficult is setting goals and taking decisions, then it’s…
What exactly is the expectation when we “hire” someone ?
How do we define the concept of “employee” ?
Do businesses own the time of their employees ?
It can be tough to make the most of your morning, but once you get into good habits you’ll wonder how you ever coped without the extra hours of productivity. Encouraging yourself into a more energetic morning won’t happen overnight, but take a look at these…
Great assessment of being a professional today. Thanks for sharing Derek! “Waiting to be taught by the organization” is a habit that will result in irrelevance very quickly. Honestly, most organizations don’t know how far behind they are and don’t understand WHAT to teach!
Bottom line — you have to own your career. Now, more than ever.
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Now, you must have heard about getting up early, but that is not what I feel. Getting up early at 4 or 5 in the morning maybe beneficial for some people but it also cause problem for the people who belong to the day. People…
If you know the shortcut keys of media composer keyboard, your work will become easier and simpler. Doing dozens of clicks with the mouse is quite hectic and it makes the work even complex. Without keyboard shortcuts, you just can’t think…
I am using TextNut SD to publish a post in my medium handle. Let us see how does it look.
Below are the features which they are promising they do :
Instead of suggesting anything specific, I would simply advise to manage your mental state and your environment.
There are writing prompts everywhere. Anyone raring to find the inspiration to write and feel stuck, can always look around online resources for a burst of inspiration. There’s a lot and it can be overwhelming. Then there’s the constant encouragement for writers to sit down everyday to meet…
Haha Bill I like the way you put it. It’s true, nice to know we are not alone. Thanks for the read and the note.
Imagine this: You’re laying in a dark, quiet room, peacefully enjoying your moment of solitude. You’re completely relaxed and the…
Author: Max Keller of Savior Realty
In our culture, we are convinced that more is more and more is better. What happens though, is more working results in less time with family, less time focusing on health and fitness, and those things that should be…
Ha! Victor this one is so important. Thanks for the read and the note.
I am not from a visual background but you are right. I think we need to make the product functional first of all then we can work on the rest. Beauty over function mean we haven’t done our jobs.
Thanks for the note Gavin.
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A few years ago, a friend and I were going to start an “excuse service.” If you were trying to get out of some commitment, or convince yourself to do or not do something, you would contact our service and we would help you come up with, and implement, an excuse.
With the new year quickly approaching, many people will start to think about resolutions for 2018. But why wait until January to think about your goals? There’s no time like the present! Here’s how to dust off your goals and get a jump start to the new year:
You can Jonathan but we don’t always have time to turn toxic people into nice ones. Ego is a bad scene and creates all sorts of trouble in design and way beyond.
I hope you ended in a good place. Thanke for the read and the note.
I recently ran across an article in Forbes from January 2016 called “15…
With the holidays in full swing, opportunities abound to recognize and celebrate your wins from the year. But before you throw the…
Yui that’s very cool, glad you like it.
Thanks for the note 🤓
100% true Smartphone bringing down the productivity even also bringing down the personal life. A common man take atleast take 6 hrs sleep, Play with Child in a day and spent good time with your love one but due to Smartphone, ppl away from sleep no more outdoor games with child and no time for Dearest love one’s.
Great article and to link to #2 I’d add that you need to have passion for what you are doing because without it, it’s very hard to keep up motivation over a long period of time for something that doesn’t excite/ make you want to get out of bed in the morning.
I agree with that Saki, that for your note
One of the most effective ways to become more effective is to change notifications and response. Instead of responding to different items and constantly reacting, we can shift this mentality towards something that is more planned, structured, and methodical. The former…
New Year Resolutions Do Not Work
Just write Mallika. You may find that it helps you putting your ideas down on paper.
Good luck and thanks for the note.
I’ve started my 30 days challenge 2 days before and it has been great.
The reason I did it is because I’ve been tired of adding list of things that I wanted to do and achieve but never or extremely slowly took them down. And to be fair, I think I am improving. Slowly but…
Awesome Arturo glad you enjoyed.
As far as I can remember and through all my career I was always intrigued with new, exciting, entrepreneurial ideas. Whether it be in tech, communications area or even in farming, ecology or at home.
I’m not sure what’s stopping me.
I’m not sure anything is stopping me. I think I’m supposed to be stopping for now….look around and assess what I’m doing, audit my circle of friends, and carefully select how I spend my time.
The average white-collar worker spends a whopping 6 hours a day on email according to an Adobe workplace survey.
And that’s without counting other distractions — just straight email time.
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Delegate, verb (used with object), delegated, delegating.* To send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
