Organize IT Recap: The Lie (Of The Lie) Of The Four Hour Work Week And Time Management In The Age Of Social Media

April 3rd 2009   Recap   4 comments

Organize IT recap for 03rd April 2009.

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Productivity Tip #12: Do Something, It’s Better Than Nothing

April 1st 2009   Productivity Tips   6 comments

Productivity Tips: 10 Clever Ideas For Getting Things Done is an updated and expanded collection of the first ten posts in my popular productivity tips series and is now available to all. For full information please view its dedicated page.

The hardest part about getting things done isn’t necessarily trying to shift through countless productivity books or implementing a fancy, hi-tech setup to manage your super-crazy life. It’s not even trying to regularly do a weekly review or capturing all the loose ends in your head. It’s often just finding the motivation…

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Why The Weekly Review Is Here To Stay

March 30th 2009   Getting Things Done   4 comments

The weekly review is a common productivity practise. It basically involves putting time aside to figure out what’s happening in your life, chase anything that’s fallen through the gaps over the last several days and basically get a clear picture of everything. Every weekend on Twitter I see hundreds of people announce that they are doing their weekly review. But has anybody asked why it has to be weekly? Why not monthly, or even daily? Why, oh why!

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Best Of Organize IT: March 2009

March 27th 2009   Featured Content   0 comments

It’s nearly the end of March, so that means it’s time for my regular recap of the best posts from the last month. Whether you are looking to control negative self-talk, simplify your filing system (perhaps using my own letter tray approach?) or wanting to clear your head and do an effective mind sweep, there should be something here for you to enjoy. If you like any of these posts, please help me promote it and get the blog out there to a bigger audience. Tweet it!

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Simply Put, Always Carry A Pen And Paper With You!

March 25th 2009   Productivity   16 comments

Today I was sat in Pizza Hut having a nice chat with my wife about a few projects going on in our life. Over the course of this conversation several ideas occurred to me, a couple of thoughts came up and I was reminded of a few tasks I’d forgotten about. Slight problem though. I didn’t have a pen or paper to capture any of them down. It was a nice meal though…

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