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Today we’re up to strategy #17 in our ongoing video series on getting stuff done, tools to make leaders more productive in the limited time we seem to have. Today’s tip is to block your schedule. Block your schedule Blocking
Earlier in this series on productivity tools for leaders, I offered a few ideas on overcoming procrastination. Specifically, in strategies #7, #8 and #9, I discussed “going public”, using the Zeigarnik Effect, and schedule unappealing tasks 25-minute blocks. Today, I
It has been over a month since I’ve added another idea to our current video series on ways for leaders to boost productivity. So it’s time! Today’s tip to boost productivity is to automate information requests. Let me explain. To
In my last strategy earlier this month in our series on getting things done, I told you about the importance of taking control of interruptions, specifically by other people. But studies show that 44% of interruptions are actually self-induced. In
Since the start of this year, the topic of our video series has been Productivity Tools for Leaders. Today we’re up to strategy #12 and I’d like to talk about what you can do to control interruptions. It’s imperative that
It’s been three weeks since my last post in our video series on Productivity Tools for Leaders. In How to manage distractions (aka the “Squirrel syndrome”), I put forward what turned out to be a controversial idea. The idea of