August 8, 2008  Miscellaneous

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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!

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August 6, 2008  Lifestyle Design

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The 3 Stage Strategy For Dealing With Toxic People

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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.

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How To Make Definitive Changes To Your Habits

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.

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August 1, 2008  Miscellaneous

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Best Of Organize IT: July 2008

July was a very busy month. I got married, finished my first ebook and started the personal productivity Twitter list. I won’t be resting in August though as it will be Organize IT’s second birthday with a site redesign to accompany it, too. If you haven’t read my book or joined the Twitter list yet then please do! Now onto the best posts from July (an especially good month thanks to some great guest posts).

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July 30, 2008  Miscellaneous

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The Productivity, GTD And Lifestyle Design Twitter List

A while ago Problogger asked readers to submit their social media profiles. The result was a list of over 500 Twitter users. This resulted in a big bump in my number of followers, so I thought why not do something similar for productivity, GTD and lifestyle design fans? It should prove to be a great opportunity to connect and communicate with like minded people.

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