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Confessions of a Chaos Whisperer
So here’s the deal … I’m starting this blog as a resource for my clients and anyone else interested in finding tips, tools, and information on personal productivity and organization. It occurred to me...
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When Going Through Hell … Don’t Stop!
When going through particularly stressful times … don’t abandon your organization strategy, because you feel you need to switch to fire fight mode. When you’re going through a particularly busy or...
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The Devil’s in the Lack of Details
So I’ll confess, I’m very much a “big picture” kind of a guy, and can really loath work that requires too much attention to detailed. But that doesn’t really matter, because details do matter. Don’t...
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Instant Messenger … A Weapon of Mass Distraction!
If you had a coworker who constantly barged into your office, and started blabbering on and on every time you were right in the middle of something important … By neglecting to manage your status in...
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The Insomniac’s Guide of Things To Do When Failing to Sleep
As one who has been plagued by trouble sleeping my whole life, I thought I’d post my thoughts on this article I read over at lifehack.org. The only part I disagree with is the recommendation to think...
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Worst Things First!
Do you ever find yourself saving really important, but less than fun tasks for last? Before you answer that, let me just remind you of two things: Paying bills and submitting expense reports! I...
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A False Sense of Organization
If trays are not given a clearly defined, single purpose … they’ll become a magnet for miscellaneous crap. They’re everywhere! Everywhere I go I see them. They litter millions of desks all over the...
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What it Takes to be Great
I recently came across this extremely enlightening article that references some scientific research into the subject of “greatness.” The lesson I gleamed from it, is that it’s just too easy to see...
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Indecision Halts Progress … Always!
One of my clients is a busy Silicon Valley executive who faces literally hundreds of decision a day. Some of his decisions are as simple as where to file an email; others include major policy shifts...
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The Case of the Missing Post-it Note
Several years back, before becoming a productivity trainer, I worked in a sea of cubicles like so many of the rest of you. One day my manager gave me a post-it note with the name and phone number of...
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