True Professionalism by David Maister was one of the first books I purchased when going solo in the mid-1990s. And whenever I’ve felt in a dark place professionally, it has been an enduring source of insight. I highly recommend it. Anyhow, I’ve been recently listening to David’s Business […]
This week saw a delivery from Amazon (my week is always better when such an event transpires!). One of the books I purchased is The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now. Although there are many good things that I’m learning as I read it, this […]
One of my friends dropped me an email yesterday asking: If you had a top 7 tips list for managing the flood of digital information, what would it be? Here it is: Write a blog. Of anything that I’ve done in the last 5 years, becoming habitual about […]
Last week I publicly reminded myself that the next action list is not a project management system. My list has entropied out of control, and it was because I was not maintaining a hard-nosed distinction between something that was (a) directly and immediately actionable on a current project, […]
Pascal Venier has been kind enough to converse with me on my recent post Reflections on GTD’s Horizons of Focus. In his first posting, Pascal concludes: However, I would tend to consider that the main purpose of the 20,000 ft level is to help check and monitor the […]
In my pursuit of higher productivity, I have embraced the ideas of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. The concept of maintaining a list of projects and next actions is key, central, and top-of-mind for many in the GTD community. However, I’ve observed that my next action […]
I have been a long-term student of personal productivity, have purchased all the books, have tried lots of different systems. My current set up is heavily influenced by David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. As I have been working GTD into my life, I have been thinking […]
Mission Control Productivity, LLC is a business focused on helping people increase productivity (they’ve been around since 2003, based on the copyright notice on their web site). They promise that by using Mission Control you will find yourself accomplishing what is important to you. You will DOUBLE YOUR […]
I recently opined on the topic of “how to double productivity“, and my friend Pascal weighed in with a comment suggesting that the focus should instead be on doubling effectiveness. I replied by saying that I saw the construct of “productivity” including both effectiveness (doing the right things) […]
Here’s the challenge I’m thinking through at the moment: How can I double my productivity? How could I double the amount of work outputs that I get done in the same amount of time that I’m currently spending in the office? I guess, however, to answer that, one […]
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