When does productivity really matter?  When you’re doing something that matters.
An article caught my attention a few months ago.  Merlin Mann at 43Folders.com announced he was taking his productivity-type blog in a different direction. Course correction?  Yes.  Compelling?  You betcha.
As an organizer, I guess it’s widely known that as a group, we have a somewhat [...]

Have you ever had one of those days when you feel like “I don’t wanna….”  Not really a grumpy day, but just when you feel, well, blah….  Know what I mean?  Here’s a few things I do when I have a day like that:
Just starting doing.  Don’t wait to “feel like it”, just start moving [...]

Repetitive emails, email signatures and repeated visits to the same website oh my!  Know the feeling?  There’s a tool I use that can help with all of the above.  It’s called Active Words. 

I’ve been using Remember The Milk for a while, and love it!  However, since I have inadvertently Tweeted a couple of tasks (yeah, don’t forget to DM them to @rtm… *sigh*), I’m thinking of switching back to Outlook.  I’ve switched back to Outlook.  (Although Remember The Milk is a great tool, though if you have [...]

Need some inspiration on organizing your paper?  Want to learn more about Need a new planner or calendar, decorating or ideas to set up your home office?  It’s amazing what you’ll find when poking around the world wide web.  Here’s some great posts and articles I’ve run across.  Enjoy!
“Week Nine: Organizing Paper”: An editor at [...]

Here in my area of the country, we are getting some serious snow.  (Notice my frozen grass above.)  Since we don’t really get much snow (that stays for long), this is quite an event for us!  To the tune of around 12 inches of snow in a matter of a few days!  Many people have [...]

Let’s talk about the “Dailies”.  No, not the fresh-off-the-press kind, the daily task kind.  You know, that stuff you need to get done today.  How do you track this stuff?  Are you stuck between a software and a dog-eared notebook?   Let’s talk about how to track, with the goal of getting them done!

I had an opportunity sit down and chat with Peter Shankman of Help a Reporter Out.  The audio is below, but here are the highlights:

“I don’t have time” is really a myth, because we make time for what we like and things we want to do
Passion will take you a long way, so be sure [...]

Drowning in email?  Boy, I understand!  Today I decided to buckle down and tackle my inbox.  You know what else I did?  I created a label (I use Google Apps for email) that is for “calls to make”.  Why would I do such a thing?  Cuz email is out of control, and sometimes it’s easier [...]