Chaos, productivity and lint.
Some mornings I wake up with an air of calm self-assurance that carries me through my day. Other mornings my dignity is... Read More
No list is a good list
Today, writing about productivity makes me feel like a fraud; I spent this afternoon trying to convince a co-worker that his Sunday... Read More
What eating brussel sprouts as a child taught me about motivation
Until I ate sprouts I didn’t know that body odour could be a flavour. I can only assume that, like the spikes... Read More
Roll and reward your way to productivity
Over the long term rewards become expensive and can keep you focused on checking off tasks rather than engaging with them, but... Read More
Choose your rewards carefully
A little while ago I posted about rewarding yourself for doing revision. It turns out that this isn’t the whole picture. Some... Read More
Goal setting on steroids
“Are you freaking kidding me?!? Do you mean to tell me – do you actually mean to say that there’s a way... Read More
An incredible gift from a time management genius
Mark Forster, the British time management expert, author of Do It Tomorrow and creator of some incredibly smart productivity systems, has just... Read More
Wrestling a gorilla, project dead ends and the Next Action trap
One of the greatest time management techniques is the concept of the ‘Next Action’ from GTD (Getting Things Done by David Allen).... Read More
The procrastination panacea problem
Procrastination features in almost every time management and personal productivity book. For a while I was frustrated at what seemed to be... Read More