To-Do Lists

Lila Maclellan suggests shrinking a daily to-do list to one item , called the "Hunter Method" by Aytekin Tank.

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Coping With A Return-to-Office Mandate

Cathy Bussewitz guides remote employees hit with a " return to the office mandate ."

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Productive and Enjoyable Work Environments

Benjamin Laker discusses how to improve a work environment .

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Work Smarter, Not Harder

Anne Helen Petersen condemns workplace virtue signaling behaviors such as working long hours, and encourages the production of quality work rather than performance.

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Gmail Productivity Tips

J. R. Raphael offers awesome Gmail tips that increase the utility of your Gmail account.

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Productivity in Times of Stress

Aisha Ahmad muses on attitudes and behaviors which tend toward allowing an individual to remain productive in times of stress.

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The Eisenhower Box

James Clear shares a set of criteria for allocating time made famous by U.S. President Eisenhower . The "Eisenhower Box" assigns tasks to one of these four values:

1. Urgent and important (tasks you will do immediately).
2. Important, but not urgent (tasks you will schedule to do later).
3. Urgent, but not important (tasks you will delegate to someone else).
4. Neither urgent nor important (tasks that you will eliminate).

I attempt to use this concept at work. In doing so, I have discovered that a missing dimension in the Eisenhower Box is the need to let time pass for more information to become available. And that some urgent tasks may not be important in your work life but are very important in your personal life (spending time in the hospital with a sick spouse, for example) and cannot be delegated.

This is still a useful framework.

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Productivity

Justin Ferriman shares tips for being productive .

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Macintosh Productivity Apps

Johnny Evans shares Mac productivity apps .

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Apple Mac

Johnny Evans gives 40 tips to improve productivity with an Apple Macintosh computer.

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Chromebook Productivity Tips

J. R. Raphael suggests 40 tips for using a Chromebook productively.

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Opinions on Early Rising and Productivity

Hilary Potkewitz interviews white collar workers who rise before five to organize their life . She quotes Russ Perry, who says that the period from four to six o'clock is “the most planned, most organized and most scheduled part of my day. It’s a crapshoot from there.”

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Android Productivity

J. R. Raphael suggests how to tune the Android mobile operating system into a productivity tool.

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Productivity Apps

Paul Mah shares nine productivity apps for Windows computers.

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Security and Productivity Tools

Ann Bednarz shares enterprise security and productivity tools.

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New Green Revolution From Data Mining

Jon Markman indicates that agribusiness is obtaining higher yields by examining existing data about field productivity. He cites a Wall Street Journal article reporting doubling or tripling of crop yields as a result of close analysis of past practices.

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Travel Apps and Productivity Practices

Sujan Patel suggests apps and practices that will make an entrepreneur more productive on the road.

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Productivity Videos

Rachel Gillett recommends TED Talks which encourage personal productivity .

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Productivity Tips

Sharon Florentine shares five productivity tips . These include:

1. Working alone, such as in a quiet area or home office;
2. Use your phone calendar to note birthdays and life events for co-workers;
3. Schedule when you shall reply to email;
4. Ensure your workplace is at a comfortable temperature, and,
5. Take advantage of the ultradian rhythm.

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Break Time Is Necessary

Lisa Evans says knowledge workers should take more breaks .

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