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How To Stay Productive When Bombarded By Interruptions August 18th 2008
 Productivity
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This post was written for Organize IT by Chris Bowler who is the author of The Weekly Review, a blog covering his adventures and experiments with GTD and productivity with a focus on creativity. Top posts include The Power Of The Weekly Review and Moleskines – As Good As Advertised? I recently returned to work after four months of parental leave. Four months does not seem like a long time, but it was long enough that I forgot about some of the aspects of working on a larger team in the same physical location. Specifically, I had forgotten just how many interruptions there are at the office. In comparison, even three kids at home were no match for the number of interlopers appearing at my office door. How does a person remain productive in the face of these distractions? What I’m going to say here is common sense, but I needed to remind myself of these ideas and thought other folks could use them as well. Organize IT Recap: Introducing The New Design, The Health Benefits Of Tea And Storage Solutions For The Home August 15th 2008
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Organize IT recap for 15th August 2008.
A Guide To Prioritizing By Needs: Tasks You Want To Do August 13th 2008
Productivity
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A few months ago I started experimenting with a different form or prioritizing, where tasks are prioritized by whether I need, should, or just want to do them. While this is hardly a radical departure from traditional forms of prioritizing, I do find it to be much more flexible (for instance, you don’t need to do something when the deadline is a long time away) and in line with basic commonsense. I’ve introduced the concept but now I want to expand on it. In the first part of this regular guide I take a look at the lowest (I use the word loosely) level of the hierarchy, which covers items you want to do. The 4 Ideas That Will Revolutionize Your Productivity August 11th 2008
Productivity
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Recently, it occurred to me that there are four practices in my life that I use to great effect. I’m so used to thinking in terms of fully systems like GTD that I hadn’t thought about individual methods and practises that I use. Below I’ve detailed them and discuss how they all work together to great effect. As part of this it would be very interesting to see what you would choose as your four techniques, tools or ideas that boost your productivity. Share them in the comments! Amazing Videos: Extreme Office Productivity August 8th 2008
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Ignoring the fact this is technically an amusing advert for Xerox, it’s a brilliant parody of extreme business productivity in action. I wonder how many of you actually work in an environment reminiscent of this? If you can’t motivate the staff normally, just put something in their water. Cunning… |
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