Organize IT Recap: Introducing The New Design, The Health Benefits Of Tea And Storage Solutions For The Home
Organize IT recap for 15th August 2008.
- You may have noticed that I’ve sneaked in a new design for the site to freshen things up, seeing as the old one was a year old and looked really cluttered. It’s very much a work in progress and I will be tweaking, adding and removing bits over the next several weeks. I like it, I hope you do too. Let me know your thoughts and feedback on it.
- There is a new productivity blog out there with some big names behind it, called Work.Life.Creativity. What makes this one special and different from the crowd is the active forum community, which I will regularly be posting on. There are some great ideas, great discussion and great people on there so I definitely recommend you check it out.
- If you haven’t checked out my new, free ebook covering how to de-clutter your life, please do! I’m going to be turning my attention back towards the topic of clutter soon, but in the meantime I have came across a Reader’s Digest article that covers 75 storage tips for each and every room in your home. Because how you store your possessions is one of the keys to effectively de-cluttering, it will certainly give you some ideas.
- How do I describe this site? The blog covers how to improve and accelerate your learning potential through a combination of mindmaps and life coaching principles. The mindmaps on it are incredible and well worth a browse. There is some deep stuff to delve into if you have the time.
- Tea is nowadays becoming a standard part of any healthy lifestyle thanks to more exotic variations like green, black and oolong teas. Personally, I’m a big fan of green tea, if only for the simple reason I think it tastes nicer. Men’s Fitness has a short but sweet look at these three types of tea and covers what the exact benefits are.
A Guide To Prioritizing By Needs: Tasks You Want To Do
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
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!
Smart Videos: Extreme Office Productivity In Action
Ignoring the fact this is technically just 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 a a corporate environment reminiscent of this? Seeing as the average manager nowadays can’t motivate staff using normal means, it wouldn’t surprise me if they did just put a little something extra in their water!
The 3 Stage Strategy For Dealing With Toxic People
We all have toxic people in our lives. Whether it be a friend, work colleague, associate, neighbour or relative, there is bound to be somebody who brings little or no goodness to your life and make you feel bad inside, as well as draining your energy and even affecting your health. They often possess one or more negative qualities that clash badly with your own personality, such as jealousy, selfishness or negativity. You can rarely control these people so it’s a wise strategy to cut them out of your life.