Getting Things Done
Are you a procrastinator?
This is post 1 of my series Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator.
The first point in the article by Hara Estroff Marano gives this statistic:
Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one. And it cuts across all domains of their life. They don’t pay bills [...]
Inside the mind of a procrastinator
I’ve been mulling over the mental processes of a procrastinator (me) in light of the article I linked to yesterday. The article listed ten things to know about procrastination. As I read through the article, there were things that I could identify with easily, and others that did not fit my experience.
I thought it would [...]
Procrastination: Ten Things To Know
There a good article on procrastination at the Psychology Today website. The author spoke with two experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timorthy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
As one of the “20 percent” that would qualify as [...]
An overview of the GTD system
If this was shareware, this post would be titled YAOGS (Yet another overview of the GTD system.) There are likely dozens of overviews of this system, available on the Internet, but none of them by me.
Background of the GTD System
Some version of David Allen’s “work-life management” system has been around for almost 25 [...]
4 keys to staying motivated
I had someone in my office a couple of weeks ago. As we talked about work, she told me she was having trouble getting motivated about work. When I pressed her for details, she wasn’t really able to nail things down. It was just some sort of “feeling” she had.
One of the tricky bits about [...]
6 Secrets of Stress Management
I’m on vacation right now. Not the vacation we had planned, but a break nonetheless. We were going to drive to Winnipeg to visit family, but we’re still waiting on a replacement window for the van. (You can’t do much highway driving without a window.)
Instead of sitting around moaning about our circumstances, we’re taking advantage of [...]
Bits and Pieces - June 22
David Allen: The master of getting things done – What he is really selling is a thought process designed to help people keep track of the endless tasks of modern life — whether buying birdseed or closing a billion-dollar merger. People who commit to his step-by-step program, Allen claims, will not only gain control of their [...]
Time Management Tip - Guard your schedule
Learn to say no. We can be quick to ‘respect’ time demands from others while putting personal requirements on hold. Recognize the importance of your schedule and develop respect for your own time demands.
2 Key measures of effective productivity systems
that I learned from my mother.
When the Instigator blog was compiling tips for The Ultimate Guide to Productivity I posted my best tip, use the productivity system that works for you.
“There are people that make getting ready to get things done an art form. They have the slickest looking DayTimers, the latest PDAs and the most powerful software, [...]
Dealing with being late
Susan Sabo of Productivity Café has an article at lifehack.org on the differences between those who know how to show up on time and inefficient, ineffective people.
Here are the negative associated with people that arrive late:
* Latecomers are holding up others and hurting the productivity of everyone who has to wait* Latecomers are demoralizing [...]
