photo credit: ario_ Most e-mail articles tell you to sit down and go through your e-mail several times a day. But, not every five minutes. That little pop-up message, though, telling you that another e-mail has come in (begging you to read it) is too often too tempting to ignore. Especially ignore for a while…. Continue Reading
Tag Archives: David Allen
Relentless reminders render us unproductive
Relentless reminders — about our calendar, appointments, tasks — will overwhelm our productivity. Not just in our jobs but in our life. I have a great dentist. I’m going pay him and his firm a lot of money for work that really needs doing. But I have this issue about his service: he has relentless… Continue Reading
Focus your work on the big wins
Focusing work on the big wins seems like stating the obvious. The problem is this: what are the “big wins” from your work? Life Optimizer notes in Focus Your Effort on the Big Wins that even though this focus should be a no-brainer, the reality is different: One reason is that the big wins are… Continue Reading
Use task management to get job credentials
Here’s a personal observation: people are doing much less of what they say they will do. Apparently, the use of task management tools is failing in today’s recessionary climate. The purpose of a task management system has a two-fold purpose: keep your inventory of work so you can judge what you should be working right… Continue Reading
Task management principles for the Cubicle Warrior
Task management articles range from tools to specific recommendations on time management. I don’t know about you, but after a while, we lose all the tools and techniques in the task management maze never to be seen again. What’s missing is some perspective on task management work. The tools don’t matter much as long as… Continue Reading
Book Review: Making It All Work
Those who consistently read this site know that I am a big fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done method of organizing all of your work. “Work” in this instance means all of your work in your life, not just your employer’s work. I started practicing this method when I read David’s first book, Getting… Continue Reading
Cubicle Warriors Need Crankable Widgets
Back when manufacturing ruled, crankable widgets were supreme. For example, in my summer vacation back in college, I worked at a paper factory. My job was pack boxes into cartons and put them on a line that went down to shipping. I was cranking out widgets – twelve diapers to a box, twelve boxes to… Continue Reading
Getting to “Done”
It has become a lot harder to have that “accomplishment” feeling at work, hasn’t it? It used to be that we could do our tasks, finish our project or complete the sale and know we were “done.” Yet, in today’s working environment, we are never “done.” We just move on to the next iteration of… Continue Reading
David Allen: Getting Things Done
I’ve been committed to the “Getting Things Done” methodology to handle my work and life tasks. I’ve encouraged people to read the Getting Things Done: The art of stress free productivity book and sent them to a subscription service called GTD Connect which is a forum for like minded GTD’ers. David, however, recently presented the… Continue Reading
