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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)