Organize IT

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.

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!

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!

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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.

This is a guest post by Mike King of Learn This.

There is a lot of value in making change in life and so learning to do things differently is worthwhile for improving your own life and the life of others around you. Habits make up a good portion of our behavior and so there are many things we do that become habitual and there is a lot of value in learning to change some of those habits and overcome the bad ones. These are my tips and methods to do that.