In order to make yourself wholeheartedly “uninterruptible” when you need to focus, you need to ...
I have often used the verb “process" to describe how I (and I am sure you as well) deal with what comes in via emails and other messaging channels in a systematic way ...
Are you spending time on the right things? Are you spending the right amount of time on the right things? Or, are you wasting ...
Since I tend to “just keep going” and find it harder to remember to pause and celebrate wins, I’m constantly on the lookout for ...
How can you come up with alternative solutions to a task when you’re stuck and time is running out?
Today’s edition of Done! is about a very interesting study that ...
You need to declutter your workspace from time to time - or at least you feel the need to declutter, clean, or clear things out. There is just so much ...
When you’re trying to formulate something and it’s slow going, what do you do to get unstuck?
This week’s episode of Done! is about the versatile author Neil Gaiman’s trick for ...
We all make mistakes when it comes to our daily structure. Myself included, from time to time, believe me. The mistakes we make ...
If you have to decide every day which tasks to focus on to reach your goals, your direction can easily become arbitrary and unsteady.
But if you ...
A while ago, I addressed the issue of remembering to read, respond to, or in some other way acknowledge messages you ...
In spite of all our best efforts to keep our workload on a reasonable level, we occasionally become ...
That thing you talked about during the coffee break that was work-related and really good—has everyone heard it?
This week’s episode of Done! is about a trick to ...
Naming files and documents in a good way is quite an art. Perhaps you have heard me compare naming documents to magnetic poetry, where you ...
“When did we decide that?”, one of your colleagues from the highly prioritized project asks in the middle of the intense workshop you are having. “I was working on ...
“Storing” and “doing” are not the same thing. Things that need to be done have a definite ending - when you have done them. Once you have done whatever it is, you can ...
Sometimes there is just not enough time. You have a deadline fast approaching, but what you need to do takes longer than you had anticipated - much longer. You ...
There’s so much that needs to be done, but who ...
One of the participants in my Swedish online course called “Keep track of everything you have to do with Microsoft To-Do” asked me if he ...
How will you find time for other important things when customers constantly call and email? Your idea of what you’ll get done during the day falls apart repeatedly!
This week’s episode of Done! is about a blunt trick for those of you whose customers seem to control your time.
Many people describe their everyday lives at work as a constant struggle for their time and ...
