Are People Who Don’t Use Facebook More Productive?
I don’t think having or not having a Facebook (or any other social media) account has anything to do with how productive someone is. You can shut down one source of distractions, but if the fundamental aversion to your work that is driving you to distraction is still in place, you’ll find something else.
Productivity 2018 gut check – our employers won’t solve this problem. It’s on us.
Overloaded inboxes can wait – it’s time for my productivity gut check for 2018. Here’s why we shouldn’t wait for our employers to seize the day, and why the digital skills gap factors in.
Relax! You’ll Be More Productive
THINK for a moment about your typical workday. Do you wake up tired? Check your e-mail before you get out of bed? Skip breakfast or grab something on the run that’s not particularly nutritious? Rarely get away from your desk for lunch? Run from meeting to meeting with no time in between? Find it nearly impossible to keep up with the volume of e-mail you receive? Leave work later than you’d like, and still feel compelled to check e-mail in the evenings?
The Importance of Being Productive; It’s Your Choice
Take a moment to consider everything you know about being productive. Perhaps you think about methodologies and concepts; Getting Things Done, Inbox Zero, The Pomodoro Technique. Your thoughts go to the tools you use, like Evernote, OmniFocus, or Knowmail. And all kinds of productivity tips and advice can come to mind: “don’t multitask,” “eat the frog,” “no screen time after 9 pm.”
Information Overload, Technology, and Productivity
Information Overload is a large and growing problem that detrimentally affects individual, group, and organizational performance and productivity.
Why Constant Learners All Embrace the 5-Hour Rule
At the age of 10, Benjamin Franklin left formal schooling to become an apprentice to his father. As a teenager, he showed no particular talent or aptitude aside from his love of books.
When he died a little over half a century later, he was America’s most respected statesman, its most famous inventor, a prolific author, and a successful entrepreneur.
What happened between these two points to cause such a meteoric rise?
Underlying the answer to this question is a success strategy for life that we can all use, and increasingly must use.
Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices
An insightful book containing the definitive experiment on “Quiet Time” in a corporate setting.
Some More Thoughts on To Do Lists vs Calendars
To Do lists can be a useful part of your workflow and productivity processes. But if overused and abused, To Do lists can become sources of stress and frustration. In fact, they can actually reduce, not improve, your productivity.
To Do or Not To Do, that is the Question!
Recently, there was a lively debate between Kevin Kruse and Sir Richard Branson about the Pros and Cons of using To Do lists as part of your productivity workflow. Learn what they had to say!
Read This Story Without Distraction (Can You?)
Stop what you’re doing. Well, keep reading. Just stop everything else that you’re doing.
Mute your music. Turn off your television. Put down your sandwich and ignore that text message. While you’re at it, put your phone away entirely. (Unless you’re reading this on your phone. In which case, don’t. But the other rules still apply.)