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Setting Up a Productivity System
Productivity | Systems

Setting Up a Productivity System

In previous posts we’ve looked at the benefits of a personal productivity system. We’ve also looked at the three main elements of that system. It’s now time to get your calendar and task manager working for you. Put aside some time to work purely on setting up your systems. I recommend a full morning, or…

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Reference System for Personal Productivity
Productivity | Systems

Reference System for Personal Productivity

We’ve had a look at the requirements for a Calendar and for Task Management. Now we will have a look at the third element of a personal productivity system, the Reference System. The reference system can be thought of as a library. It fulfils two main functions. Firstly, it’s where you file your medium to…

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To List or Not to List
Productivity | Systems

To List or Not to List

To list or not to list, that is the question! Some people hate having a list of everything they must do. They find it depressing, or demotivating. Hate It A lengthy list is exceedingly difficult to manage. Difficult tasks end up forgotten, or ignored, at the bottom of the list. Everything that needs doing gets…

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Choosing a Calendar for Productivity
Productivity | Systems

Choosing a Calendar for Productivity

A calendar is one of the main elements of a Personal Productivity System. Most of you will have used a calendar for many years as it’s difficult to get by without one. How much it is used varies from person to person. I’m using the term calendar, but you might be used to other terms…

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The Basics of Personal Productivity
Productivity | Systems

The Basics of Personal Productivity

When you decide to introduce, or fine tune, a personal productivity system remember why you want to use a system. I have some previous blogs on how to use a personal productivity and when personal productivity actually makes things worse. (It may be worth a quick read before delving into this post.) The Goal of…

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When Personal Productivity Makes Things Worse
Productivity | Systems

When Personal Productivity Makes Things Worse

The internet is full of information on how to be more productive. There are tips on how to construct your task lists, how to manage your emails, how to create time and how to model yourself on busy people. In my post about when to use personal productivity I said it wasn’t always needed. In…

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When To Use Personal Productivity
Productivity | Systems

When To Use Personal Productivity

In my last blog post I wrote about some principles of personal productivity. Sticking to principles, I’d like to share when to use personal productivity, and a bit about not using it all the time. Systems and Mindset Personal productivity is a system combined with a mindset. Mindset is important because the best systems in…

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What is Personal Productivity?
Productivity | Systems

What is Personal Productivity?

In industry, productivity is measured in a scientific way. It is a way of working out how efficient your processes are. For example, how many widgets you can make in a shift, how many customers you can get through your supermarket till in an hour, or how many pages of writing you produce. It is…

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Choose how to Fully Relax
Stress

Choose how to Fully Relax

One antidote to busyness, stress or overwhelm is being able to relax. However, it’s easy to forget to relax when you feel like you don’t have enough time in the day. When you are switched on all the time it’s difficult to turn all the thoughts off and to stop the twitchiness of needing to…

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Too Busy, Overwhelmed and Stressed Out?
Stress

Too Busy, Overwhelmed and Stressed Out?

Several years ago, we started to hear about the cult of busyness. I don’t hear the term so much these days. I feel that it didn’t quite hit the mark for those who were busy in their lives. No one wants to think of themselves as in a cult. It doesn’t seem that things have…

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