One Thing Well

March 28, 2011

I have always been an avocate of multi-facited tools. Swiss Army Knives for productivity. If a website, a device, an app, or an interface could do everything I could possibly want then it was what I needed. Then I realised that the one thing that best fitted this criteria was Microsoft Word. And then I [...]

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Silver Bullets and Panaceas

February 21, 2011

Just a quick note to those of you out there looking for a quick fix or secret password. A sliver bullet or panacea. Change, unfortunately, takes some work. Improvement requires some discomfort. And Growth needs a little pain. Sad fact of life – but the sooner you realise this, the sooner you can stop enduring [...]

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Starting from Blank

November 23, 2010

Do you start the day with a blank sheet of paper? When you wake up is your inbox clear, your voicemail empty, and your to do list snowy white? Or do you begin everyday with a full pile work already tapping you on shoulder, reminding you that you are already behind schedule? One of these [...]

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Marathon or a Sprint

November 4, 2010

How do you work best: Settling down for a concerted effort; or Short bursts of activity interspersed with periods of faffing. There is no right answer. But what you must have done is tried both, and decided on which is most effective for you. You need to know whether your work, personality and attention span [...]

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95%

November 3, 2010

I like things that are 95%. 95% complete, 95% correct, or 95% appropriate. Don’t worry, this isn’t another sermon on the virtue of the Pareto principle – there are enough of those here, there, and everywhere. No, this is sermon on the virtues of giving up when you have done as much of the work [...]

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Location, Location, Location

November 1, 2010

So I haven’t managed to post here in the last 7 days. Because I have been on the road making my friends and enemies. And the thing that is really interesting? Well, I have more than enough ways of posting content here – but my I just wasn’t where I normally do it. Funny isn’t [...]

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You Can’t Do What You Can’t Do

October 21, 2010

So I am rushing out of the office late one evening in a vain attempt to try and get home in time to say goodnight to my son (“Mummy, who is that strange man in the tie…?”). I am very conscious of the fact that I need to do some more work this evening, so [...]

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A Blank Canvas or an Idle Idea?

October 18, 2010

What is the biggest statement you can make about your ninja organisation skills? A perfectly clear desk. What is the best way of making your boss think you are slacking off all the time and bump you name to the top of the ‘chaff’ list? A perfectly clear desk. Bit of a bugger isn’t it. [...]

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Stop Right Now!

October 14, 2010

Do you ever just stop? I don’t mean ‘have a break’, ‘take a breather’, or ‘grab a coffee’. I mean just stop. It can be 10 hours, 10 minutes, but best of all, just 10 seconds. Stop. Put your pen down. Stop everything. Yes, including Twitter. You see, it is damn easy to not do things, [...]

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Productivity Isn’t Fun

October 13, 2010

Of course productivity isn’t always fun. It is mainly getting jobs done isn’t it? It is about recognising the workload you have, and getting through it as methodically and as efficiently as you can. Only, this means that if you have had a REALLY productive day, then you probably had no fun. I’m not saying [...]

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