Productivity
Are productivity systems for everyone?
Is it only certain types of people who benefit from the productivity systems such as Getting Things Done (GTD) that people like me know and love? Or is it that while everyone can enjoy the benefit, but not everyone can see that benefit?
I ask this because the response I get when I talk about [...]
New Beginnings
I’ve got a new job. As of next month I’m going to be a productivity trainer. Just like David Allen. In fact almost exactly like David Allen. That excites me very much.
It’s a huge change of direction in my career. I’m giving up the warmth and security of the civil [...]
Why increasing personal productivity isn’t just for overworked executives
Many people know they have to be at their desk for eight hours a day regardless of how quickly they get things done. They have no incentive to become more productive because they know their only reward will be more work or staring blankly at an empty screen. They might as well just [...]
How You Conspire to Beat the Procrastination Busters
photo credit: atconc
I have plenty of personal projects and goals I want to pursue in addition to my paid employment, but the time I can spend on them is relatively scant and must be shared with my other non-work activities.
Sound familiar?
At the end of the day or at the weekend when I turn my [...]
How to Benefit from Your Finite Capacity for Worry
photo credit: javiekitela
Do you find that you’ve always got something on your mind or something to worry about? Have you ever noticed that the fewer worries you have, the more time you devote to each?
I seem to have a finite capacity for worrying or debating things with myself. If there are lots [...]
Great so I’m an early riser, but my partner isn’t…
photo credit: JF Sebastian
The strapline here at pantsonfaster.com is “productivity in the real world”. That’s because some of the productivity advice I see around the place is fine in theory, but not so easy in practice.
In this post I’m going to take a simple example. I’ve read plenty of posts about why [...]
Guest Post Published at PickTheBrain
photo credit: Extra Ketchup
I’m excited to announce that major productivity blog PickTheBrain.com has published a guest post I wrote that I hope you’ll like:
Productivity in a Hostile Environment
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Don’t Go on a Crash News Diet
photo credit: Guacamole Goalie
I’ve read on several of the blogs I read that in the interests of productivity and wellbeing you should go on a ‘news fast’ to cut down on stress, information overload and reclaim some time.
Apparently all the killings and violence will make you sad, angry and stressed out.
But going on a [...]
Turning Good Intentions into Results
photo credit: B Tal
You know the problem; so many projects you want to pursue, maybe writing, maybe music, maybe just reading some of those books up there on the shelf, and yet so little progress.
When you’re lying in bed or staring out of the train window you can promise really to make time [...]
Alcohol versus Productivity
This is going to be a slightly tongue-in-cheek post but it raises an issue I can’t be the only one to think about on occasion.
I’m a young guy, and like most young guys I like a drink now and again (and again). Now clearly alcohol can have a very significant effect on one’s productivity. [...]
