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‘Block Time’ Is Your Best Friend

‘Block time’ may be one of the most important productivity strategies you incorporate into your life.

What is ‘block time’? Continue reading ‘Block Time’ Is Your Best Friend

Kick Time Leaches In The Butt: Smart Phone Alerts

Studies show that it takes 20-45 minutes for people to get back into the ‘flow’ of what they were doing after they’ve been interrupted.

Technology is great (when it works) for increasing your productivity. But it can also quickly and easily eat up your entire life if you’re not careful. Continue reading Kick Time Leaches In The Butt: Smart Phone Alerts

Kick Time Leaches in the Butt: Telephone interruptions

“Ring…ring! Answer me! Answer me!” Can you let the phone go to voice mail without experiencing stress? Or are you the type of person who can’t stand not answering the phone every time it rings? Continue reading Kick Time Leaches in the Butt: Telephone interruptions

Are you being productive or just active? How to automatically increase your productivity.

How much actual productive time are you logging? I find it interesting how we sometimes kid ourselves into thinking we’re working a lot harder than we actually are. Continue reading Are you being productive or just active? How to automatically increase your productivity.

S.W.A.T. came to my door... (true story)

The offer on the house was accepted on Wednesday morning (January 27, 2010). Later that afternoon while I was on the phone, I heard a VERY LOUD explosion; kind of like when a transformer on a telephone pole blows up, which happens around here every now and then (2-3 times a year).

But this was MUCH louder. It startled me it was so loud. It sounded like a bomb! Continue reading S.W.A.T. came to my door… (true story)

Definition of Time Management

What is time management? There are several definitions out there. Simply put, time management is the art of Continue reading Definition of Time Management

Automation Is Your Enemy (sometimes)

Is there anything that you should UN-automate? Absolutely. And it could increase your productivity effectiveness several fold. Continue reading Automation Is Your Enemy (sometimes)

Automation Is Your Friend, Part II

Besides automatically updating your multiple online social networking sites and bill paying (last week), “What else can you automate?” Continue reading Automation Is Your Friend, Part II

Automation Is Your Friend, Part I

Anytime you can use automation to streamline your life, I say, “Do it.” Continue reading Automation Is Your Friend, Part I

Another Year — And Decade — In The Books

Now is the time to take stock of not only the last year, but also the last decade. This Thursday will be the end of the first decade of the 3rd millennium AD.

Think back to the end of the year 1999. Did you expect to be where you are today (2009) back then? Most people tell me “No.” Not that that’s a good or a bad thing. It is what it is. Things change.

Did you have one or more 10-year goals in 1999? Most people didn’t. Most people never get really clear about what they want.

Thinking long-term is a very good strategy if you want to be successful. Continue reading Another Year — And Decade — In The Books