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Is it worth the trouble?
Datum: 2022-03-08 10:28
Don’t all this structuring just amount to more work? Do we really need a to-do-list? Is it really worth ...
Fifty nuances of no
Datum: 2022-02-23 15:04
Saying no to a colleague who asks for our help can be very difficult for many of us. It is easy to judge yourself and think that ...
Allow the computer to write for you
Datum: 2022-02-23 14:59
I want to make things as easy for myself as I possibly can, all the time. Simplifying is definitely ...
Create your own structure-guide
Datum: 2022-02-22 14:42
Do you keep creating new ways of structuring all the time? Do you ...
Make an e-mailing pact
Datum: 2021-12-20 16:07
You know how it is. You return to work after a few weeks of vacation and the inbox is virtually filled to the brim with unread e-mails. And as if that was not enough ...
You do not have to only work digitally
Datum: 2021-12-09 10:00
I have noticed that having and using papers in your work, especially a lot of papers, is by some people regarded as being old-fashioned. Someone shamefully confesses ...
Three plus one ways to start building structure
Datum: 2021-10-19 14:50
If you feel an acute need to improve on your structure, you might also feel that it is hard to know where to begin. Perhaps you want to ...
How to avoid getting stuck in your e-mail
Datum: 2021-10-11 13:35
A common structure-pitfall is to get stuck in your e-mail. We have a to-do-list and perhaps we even transferred it into the latest app someone recommended to us, but when we arrive at work in the morning and ...
Datum: 2021-10-04 19:47
I am sure that you have heard that you will be able to focus more easily if ...
Away with structure!
Datum: 2021-09-28 21:01
When you have developed a well-functioning structure to lean on in your work, your working-methods will have gotten rather refined. You sort and categorize, put things in folders and assign tags. You label, group and organize. This helps you to ...
Clean out reasonably
Datum: 2021-09-23 22:17
When you have so much papers and stuff surrounding you in your office (or on and by your desk if you are seated in an open office landscape) that you spend more time than you would prefer ...
Datum: 2021-09-16 12:45
Have you ever had to work very late one night and right after finally sending those last emails that have been hanging over your head a few hours past midnight the thing you least expected happens - someone responds straight away?
Use this function to ...
Why you need a physical inbox
Datum: 2021-09-13 14:08
If you never ever handle physical papers in your work, you can stop reading this structure tip now. You can also consider yourself lucky to be ...
Four simplified things to include in names of documents
Datum: 2021-09-01 16:11
We want to be able to find the documents we save in matter of seconds whenever ...
Let the to-do-list write itself in Office 365
Datum: 2020-02-18 11:38
Let us say that there are things you do at work more than once, perhaps even relatively often. And they are not tiny tasks either, but rather ...
Kill your (former) darlings
Datum: 2018-03-21 20:23
When we improve our structure, we create new things. We begin using ...
Reading a bunch of emails at a time reduces stress
Datum: 2017-11-29 07:27
Many of those I meet during my lectures and who write to me feel stressed due to the seemingly endless ...
When others do not cc: as you think they should
Datum: 2017-11-01 14:32
Some us receive our fair share of cc’d emails, meaning we receive a copy of an email primarily intended for ...
Don’t just wing it, trust your to-do-list
Datum: 2017-06-20 19:36
When something new you have to do lands on your desk, it can be tempting to ...