From Zero to Effective in About 30 Minutes
If you have longed to get yourself organized, productive, and effective yet have not known where to start, try a single list and just one …
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A Perfect System?
What would it be like to have a perfect system for managing your time and tasks? Though it seems to make sense to want the …
Unclog Your Effectiveness System
We can clog our Effectiveness Systems by dumping too much into them. Our systems become too hard to work if they are clogged. Here are …
Do Less
We often believe that the reason to get organized is so that we can do more. This is a huge source of distraction and frustration. …
When You Don’t Know What’s Next
The fuel for the engine of your Effectiveness System is knowing the next step for each project/desired outcome. Knowing the next step tames daunting projects. …
4 Ways to Handle Too Many Meetings
“Meetings! I do nothing but attend meetings! Meetings after meetings after meetings. I can’t get my real work done.” Many of us have calendars filled …
Your Effectiveness System is Yours
We may think we want someone to show us the one best organization system that we will use forever and be finally ahead of the …
We Cannot Multitask
We can try to do many things distractedly. We can try to improve how quickly we switch from task to task. We can be stressed …
How to Better Handle Other People’s Requests
When people ask us to do things, we usually respond unthinkingly with “yes,” “no,” or silence. That’s because we are unsure about what else we …
What To Do When You Just Can’t Get Organized
Sometimes, no amount of tools, tricks, habits or systems are enough to get us and keep us sane and organized. When that’s the case, the …