An old friend of mine recently told me “you’re going to die with your inbox full, you know.” I started to vehemently deny it, then I remembered a quote from the Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön, who opens one of her books with “You are never going to get it all together.”
One of the most important elements in the success of any business is making and nurturing contacts. Lasting relationships, whether personal or professional, require consistent communication. Communication takes time, and in the past, if you had a lot of friends, some were bound to occasionally feel neglected after not having received a phone call, card […]
Have you ever had a day that you felt like, the entire world was conspiring to prevent you from getting any work done? Sure you have. Almost everyone has. It’s the nature of modern work; and of modern life. But just because there’s a cloud of distractions buzzing around your head, that doesn’t mean you […]
It’s that time of year again. An annual season that strikes terror into the hearts of introverts the world over. Conference time. Few experiences are as terror inducing for introverts like me than being thrust into a swelling crowd and told, “Here … go be sociable.”
I have yet to meet anyone who wants to spend more time in meetings. They are pretty much universally disliked. We all want to spend less time in meetings, and we’d all like the meetings we can’t get out of to be far more productive. But how often does that happen? How often do companies, departments […]
Even productivity ninjas have limits. At some point, no amount of goal setting, productivity app mastery or personal management can help you get more done. At some point, it’s time to hire outside help.
A remote-based position is often a coveted opportunity. Visions of commute-free mornings, more family time, and relaxed work attire are enough to get most of us drooling. In my case, however, expectations failed to match reality.
According to the Nielsen Consumer Report in 2014, “Americans now own four digital devices on average, and the average U.S. consumer spends 60 hours a week consuming content across devices.” But is that time well spent? What if you could become more productive—and slash those 60 hours in half? In this post we’ll look at several Chrome […]
Modern life is weird. We’re awash in conveniences, yet our time has never been more cramped. We’re spoiled with choices, but all the decision-making just stresses us out. For some of us, it’s downright paralyzing. I’m pretty sure our ancestors did not wake up in bed and check their calendars on parchment. They did not […]
Everyone has a different definition of success, but of all the different definitions out there one thing remains constant: and that is that successful people get things done. Highly successful people get things done and they get them done in an extraordinarily more productive manner than the average Joe.
