Problem: Interruptions Solutions: Create blocks of time with no calls or visitors. Position your desk away from the door. Set a time limit on meetings. Cue ending (“Before I get back to this project, is there anything else I can…
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Get Organized with Home Helpers
Time management resources usually fall into one of two categories: Work Wonders or Home Helpers. Here are a few Home Helper Resources I’ve discovered. I’ve been reading the book, “1000 Best Quick and Easy Organizing Secrets.”by Jamie Novak. There’s lots…
Posted in Books, productivity
Household Records File
Adventures in Home Ownership The good news is I am on a clutter busting roll! The bad news is I’m exhausted…whew. I have just enough energy to share my mistakes that you may learn from them. It all started when…
Posted in information management
Quiet Leadership
Booknotes on “Quiet Leadership” by David Rock. (Affiliate link: I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you if you click through and make a purchase with an affiliate link. Thank you for your support!) Pathways in our brains are formed as…
Posted in Books, work skills
Click
A universal remote that actually controls life is the premise for the Adam Sandler movie, “Click.” After going to the “beyond” department of Bed, Bath and Beyond, he thinks he’s found a wonderful tool. However, the more he attempts to…
Posted in personal development
Why We Procrastinate
I have tackled a big project: cleaning the garage. It’s so easy to find almost anything I’d rather do, because I *really* don’t want to do it. I’d even rather do exercises, and that’s saying something for me. I’m trying…
Posted in productivity
Discoveries of the Day
Reading Orbit Now! Troy Worman’s Weblog (don’t wait for permission to succeed) led me to… Genuine Curiousity -Always on the lookout for new things to learn. Has some great stuff on GTD. This led to… ToDoOrElse -yup. more great stuff…
Posted in productivity
Dealing with Automated Telephone Hell
“Businesses choose effectiveness over efficiency to listen to customers.” Wouldn’t you like to see that headline? Do businesses really believe that automated telephone systems equals effective communication with customers? Hard to imagine. Who has not experienced the telephone hell of…
Posted in Ideas That Work
Food is a Four Letter Word
Recipe for Menu Planning No matter how busy you are, you’ve got to eat! 1. Organize Recipes. Favorite recipe websites are: AllRecipes.com and Taste of Home. I use the resources in my eBook “Simply Dinner: the Game Plan” to organize…
Posted in productivity
Unforgettable Customer Service
When our three-hole punch at work stopped punching effectively (meaning it took super-human strength applied to a single sheet of paper for it to make a few holes) I took it for a trip to our local office supply store.…
Posted in work skills
Daily PlanIt 