Sure we need structure and systematic working methods. But sometimes we simply need to work faster ...
Sometimes our newly established and super-structured working methods run smooth like clockwork. But occasionally everything collapses and ...
As I was working in the garden a few days ago I turned a stone, and under it a colony of ants had made their home. As I lifted the stone, frantic activity amongst the ants erupted. A few days later I lifted the stone again but ...
Sometimes no matter what you do, you cannot seem to progress with a certain task. We know we need to complete it by the end of the day, but we feel great resistance and ...
I was working with one of my individual session-mentees the other day. We were reviewing what we had accomplished so far and ...
During an ordinary day we are faced with a number of choices ...
By all means, being structured is great, but is it really something that applies to everyone? Do we really have to improve our way of working? Is being structured really an end in itself? Of course it isn’t ...
When we have too much to do in relation to the amount of time we have at our disposal, one strategy is of course to do fewer tasks, so in other words, simply not prioritize some of our tasks (and for instance delegate them to someone else). But what if we do not have ...
If you have a tendency to agree to do too many things and are later sorry you did since you end up having too much to do, you are not alone. But not to worry ...
In my business I am currently focusing on simplifying, minimizing and getting rid of materials, tasks, and even entire parts of my business that no longer contribute to my progress as much as they used to but rather ...
Do you have small recurring tasks you need to do but which you find it difficult to remember? You keep thinking “Oh, right, I needed to…” over and over again ...
When we are in an intense phase of work and our available primary tools are the e-mail, the to-do-list and the calendar, it can be hard to see the full picture. Sure, you can have ...
When you are in the process of improving you structure at work, it is highly probable that you will need to change a habit or two as well, that is, how you deal with certain situations in your everyday life. It might be ...
In one of the first chapters of my book on structure, I ask the reader to decide how he or she will visualize the progress made through the 31 exercises. This in order to stay motivated for as long as possible.
Recently, Anna Eriksson in Gävle, Sweden, e-mailed me and ...
When we have little time to play with and many things that need to be done, we need to prioritize. It might be quite obvious ...
The other week I stayed at a nice hotel in the center of Oslo. If you travel a lot, you will be aware of that the standard of hotels can vary significantly. Some places do not ...
Not all tasks we perform in our work are of equal importance. Some are the type of things we just need to get done and other tasks are of the kind that makes the business take quantum-leaps forward in the right direction. Those of us with ...
Sometimes when I tell people I am a ”struktör”, I get asked the following question: ”OK. Well, you work with this every day, tell me: ...
Sometimes you might find yourself in a meeting without your laptop. In spite of that you had decided to always take notes during meetings using the computer, you now have to take notes by hand. If you, like I, prefer to always ...
When we have more to be done than there is time to do things in, we need to prioritize amongst all the things we have to do. We can not do everything at the same time and perhaps not ...
