At Stiernholm Consulting, we strongly believe that good structure strengthens productivity. This applies to us as individuals as well as for our organizations. Here, David Stiernholm, Struktör, shares his concrete tips on how to visualize, simplify and get more time for what is important.
Sometimes Lady Luck comes in disguise, and what we first thought of as a disaster, or at least a defeat, will prove to be a positive change for the better ...
Do you have difficulties saying no? Are you keen to be of service when someone asks for your help, but later wish you hadn’t been so accommodating when you realize how much you have to do already? If you are a person who feels bad when saying no to someone, I believe you are also the kind of person who only says no ...
Last Sunday’s lesson in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about ...
We pick tasks from our to-do-list which we think we will be able to finish in the time we have at our disposal at the moment. We often make an accurate guess and manage to complete the task before it is time for something else. But sometimes we only manage to get half-way through what we are doing before we get interrupted by ...
Every Sunday, I write a course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter.
The third lesson, about ...
When our lives are just spinning and you feel as if your everyday-life is like a rat race it is easy to lose sight of where you are going. Saying that it is important to explicitly formulate a vision for what you strive to achieve in the long run, is almost a truism. But I am not saying it for nothing. Remembering this will make what you do in your everyday life feel ...
This winter, I have the privilege to write a ten weeks’ training course column about structure and personal productivity in ...
My father in law is a horticulturist, which means he is an expert on gardening. As he crops trees and prunes gardens, the plants and trees can grow stronger and the entire garden can become a more beautiful whole. This principle goes for our project-lists as well…
If you want to quickly be able to assess if you have enough time to complete a task of not, there is a simple method you can use to make it easier to identify how long each task takes to complete ...
There is a word which is sometimes deceivingly tempting to use. There we are at the management conference we have every six months to set the course for the six months to come. It is at the end of the day and we are quite drained after a full day of discussions. The word starts emerging in everyone’s mind, and before you know it, someone says it ...
And so the year of 2011 has come to an end. It has been a fun year for me, in more ways than one ...
Merry Christmas, dear reader of the Structure Blog!
I hope that you, like me, will be able to ...
Do you use your calendar as a to-do-list? Are you successful in ...
You might think that the problems arising from distractions, disruptions, disturbing sounds and other things that makes it difficult to concentrate are products of the 21st century´s communication-intense way of doing business ...
On occasion, you get an idea or two. They are amazing, marvelous and exciting ideas and sometimes even show a true stroke of brilliance. If you are in luck, they fit right in with what you need to focus your strength and energy on right now. But they can often concern matters which ...
Are you one of those who tend to postpone something you have to do, week after week, without really knowing why you do this? Speaking for myself, I ...
If you sense that you need to make improvements in your personal structure, there is only one way to get started. Perform a ...
I love the time reserved for Q & A at the end of each lecture.
For an hour or more, all I have heard is ...
Are you in despair when it comes to your personal structure? Don’t be. Read this and see if it helps ...
A question I frequently get when I am out lecturing is how often you should go through your e-mail. My guess is that what makes this such a common question is that ...
