This guest post was written by Jay Frawley. We all have the greatest of expectations when we begin a new day. We map out what we’re going to do with our time the night before, right down to the last detail. We wake up and get in the right frame of mind by deciding that [...]

This guest post was written by Jay Frawley. Many of the best selling productivity books out there come with a one size fits all mentality that is hard for everyone with their varied lifestyles to apply. For instance, experts tell you to take your most important task (MIT’s) and do them first thing in the [...]

View original source Simplifying is very popular right now – with many even saying it’s the new productivity – and with good reason too. Nowadays we get bombarded with stuff everywhere we go, whether it be via the zillion channels on TV and radio, the squillion blogs that cover every potential interest you might have [...]

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, especially me because thanks to being a productive so-and-so I was on top of everything. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, the blog was updated, the paperwork was all filed at work and the glass of port [...]

In my last two posts I’ve repeatedly used my filing system as an example of productivity (epic) failure. As the end of the year is coming up I thought now would be a good time to shake things up a little. At the moment I use what is probably quite a traditional approach. It is [...]