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One of the most difficult demands that David Allen's Getting Things Done makes on followers of his system is to set aside a couple of hours a week for a weekly review. It's hard enough to find the single block of uninter
There’s no escaping the fact that the world is getting smaller: your company’s vendors might be in India, with customers in Britain, while you are somewhere in the U.S. That’s why employers, from international non-profit
All of us want to be useful to others in some way. We want to feel needed, competent -- like we're making a difference, in some small way. Some people, though, are insanely useful. They are the go-to people whenever some
As both a teacher and an office supply junkie, I always have plenty of dry-erase markers handy. Which is a good thing, because I use them all the time -- usually without a white board anywhere in sight. Here's just some
Working productively can be broken down into several key skills: time management, organization and controlling your attention and energy. One of the often neglected but most important factors is your creative output. Suc
Turning a good idea into a successful innovation requires the glass to be full. A half full glass simply isn’t enough. There are many things involved in bringing a product to market successfully or turning an idea into r
I bet there’s a habit you’d like to quit. Maybe you have even tried, but things haven’t worked out as you hoped. Unfortunately, the very idea of “quitting” can make things difficult for you: let’s discover why. The forbi
Fair or not, your spelling skills are used throughout your life to evaluate you as a person. Several months ago, the results of a study of Fortune 500 human resource employees were published, saying that of the people th
We equate being popular to mean getting lots of positive attention. But what actually makes someone popular? The secrets are more simple than you think!
I'm not a big fan of mind mapping, though I concede that it does have its uses. Recently, I learned of a different approach to brainstorming that seems both more practical and better grounded in the way the mind works th
It’s impossible, right? In order to get more done, you need to invest more time. Working ten hour days will make you more accomplished than a colleague that only works seven. Studying three hours a day will get you bette
Things have been pretty hectic around here. We lifehackistes talk about and write about productivity as a way of dealing with the everyday distractions and time-sinks that prevent us from getting our important work done
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first
Famous inventor Thomas Edison is probably the most experienced note-taker in the world. His diary which is still maintained as an important part of the United States historical record contains five million (5,000,000) pa
Art is a great status symbol in modern society and because of that it can be quite intimidating to the casual viewer. For many the first impulse is to blow it off, to see it as a worthless plaything for the rich and bori
