How we structure our lives and workdays is a constant process that requires continuous refinement. If you ever were to ...
People talk about impulse control, that is, the ability to remain focused on doing something even if you get an impulse to do something else. My good friend and fellow speaker ...
Have you ever put up a sticky note where you see it in order to not miss something, but end up seeing it so much that you after a while do not see it (and still miss the thing that was written on the note)?
This is similar to ...
Arriving at a meeting out of breath and painfully aware that you have not had the time to read the material you were supposed to have gone through previous to the meeting, isn’t that great ...
Do you know the principle "Sift out at the source"?
I first heard of that when I gave a talk at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm.
It can be useful for you who often get too much to do.
How? Well, let me tell you!
Sometimes at work, you need to say no. It can be hard - at least in the moment. Here is a tool that makes it a lot easier.
In Done! No. 528, I share a way for you to make sure that you spend your time at work wisely:
We all need to declutter our workspace from time to time. But, did you know that ...
Knowing that you should get enough sleep is one thing. Actually going to bed when you ought to is ...
Welcome to the autumn season and a new edition of Done! - the 523:rd, about mistakes and why it might be wise to collect them.
When the holiday is over and a new season begins, and we do not want to sucked into the business aimlessly and rush here and there depending on what comes up that we have to deal with, but rather ...
About six months ago or so (in Done! No. 500, to be specific), I addressed the issue of remembering to read, respond to, or in some other way acknowledge messages you and I receive in an increasing number of channels. I am referring to ...
We get some tasks done right away without any problems or delays, while others we postpone - over and over again. We know very well ...
The less you get distracted, the better the virtual meeting is. But, in a digital setting, the possible ...
There are of course worse disorders, but I really suffered from being constantly in a hurry, from arriving sweaty to meetings and ...
When you are overwhelmed with work and things to do outside of work, a useful trick to feel less stressed (and thereby more productive) is to ...
Do you find searching for an email in Outlook gives you far too many search results? I have found a guide that would help you out.
We all have tasks that we have to do on a regular basis, for example every week, the last working day of each month, or every other Tuesday. Some of my recurring tasks are ...
Once in a while the implications of our structural inefficiencies and traps are particularly apparent. The workday feels overwhelming, we run from one ...
Rather than writing things down in a to-do-list in order to remember, I want them to get done automatically. It is wonderful knowing that ...
