My Hiatus is Over
Thanks everyone for being so supportive as I took a few months off to grapple with some big stuff. The blog is back and the podcast will restart in September. There are some changes around the blog, hopefully not too earth-shaking. :)
Podcast Episode 57: Getting Through The Busy Times
Some of us are sighing in relief now that December's busyness has passed. However, busy times can come at any point in your year. Today's episode talks about how to get through the busy times.
It’s the Most…Busy Time Of The Year
Have you ever forgotten to thaw the turkey? Get gifts? Mail something on time? Holiday tasks can get out of hand, and missing a deadline can be hard. Enter the Holiday Task Helper
Handling Inputs With Getting Household Things Done
One of the weak spots of the Getting Things Done process is that it doesn't deal well with household and family type items. This article is the second in a series to show how you can create a system for Getting Household Things Done.One of the big foci of Getting Things Done is handling the inputs that come into the system in such a way that you get them out of your head and into a trusted system. Once they are in the trusted system, they will be served up to you at a time and place that you can deal with them.
Podcast Episode 50: Why You Shouldn’t Overplan
Today we've talked about the dangers of overplanning and how it ties into traditional project planning. Agile planning is a better way and we talk about how to do this.
How I Moved From Evernote to OneNote and Trello
When I made the decision to move away from Evernote I knew I had to find a new home for my information. After a lot of searching and trial and error, I settled on OneNote and Trello. However, I was facing a major pile of pain in moving the information over. There was nothing on the web that told me how to do this. So I cobbled together a solution. Today's article is about this solution.
Anti-Procrastination: Clear the Deck
Every now and then I take a long look at my to do list and I realize that drastic action is called for if I am gong to significantly cut it down. I schedule a "clear the deck" day. I never thought this would be a useful method for anyone, because honestly, how many people get that behind on their tasks? Apparently, a lot of us.
Book Review: Eat That Frog!
Eating frogs? Ick! Well, if you eat a frog first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. And that applies to productivity as well. Brian Tracy's book, Eat That Frog! puts some basic productivity principles he's used for success into terms of how to find the frogs, and swallow them down.
