How to Put Today’s Schedule on the Desktop
Putting your calendar on the desktop is a useful and unobtrusive way of staying on top of your schedule.
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The Ivy Lee Method: Simply Productive
Sometimes the best thing you can do to increase your productivity is also the simplest.
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Why Everyone Should Have a Personal Mission Statement
Everyone should have a personal mission statement. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do to shape your life, from what you do day-to-day to the person you become.
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6 Advantages of Watching Where You’re Going
Focus on what you’re doing now, but know what you’re doing next. You’ll be much more productive if you can keep the context of the day in mind.
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5 Tips for Staying On Top of Incoming Emails
Email can help you get work done, or it can get in the way. Here are five tips to get through your email quickly and get on with your day.
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How Planning Can Help You Handle Interruptions
A plan will never work out the way it was designed, but you’ll get there. Without a plan, you’re going to be lost at the first interruption.
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What I Learned About Priorities from Grandma’s Fine China
My grandmother’s fine china taught me a lot about her priorities, and paying attention what means the most to me.
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Fill Your Bucket with Big Rocks
Any space you leave open in your schedule will naturally and automatically fill with gravel. The key to being productive is to fill your bucket with big rocks before it fills up with gravel.
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Setting Up Siri with OmniFocus
Apple’s voice-activated assistant can schedule appointments, take a note, and add tasks to OmniFocus. Here’s how to set it up.
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Focus on What’s Important (and Not Urgent)
Everything we do can be put into one of four quadrants on a grid, depending on its importance and urgency. Keeping this model in mind helps keep your attention on the most important things in your life.
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