What should we do in the situation where we, in addition to our own to-do-list, have plans and tasks concerning workgroups and projects in other task management tools? It is ...
Most people want to use the time we spend working as efficiently as possible - partly because we then have time to do the things that will have the greatest impact and are most important in our work, and partly ...
There is a time for working, and then there is a time for reflecting on the work we do. Judging by what was being shown in a study led by Francesca Gino at Harvard Business School, it is well worth ...
Are only the more extensive structural improvements worth your time and trouble? By this I mean ...
To withdraw, close the door behind you and make sure that you are not disturbed when you need to focus on a prioritized task is only possible to do wholeheartedly when ...
“I have always died a little on the inside when hearing words such as ‘structure’, ‘order’ and ‘routines’”, wrote a reader of my book on structure last week. I perceive this to be a rather common perspective on the subject in question. Perhaps it has to do with ...
Do you have tasks that you tend to postpone more than others?
This week’s episode of Done! - No. 586 - is about a trick that ...
Let us say you want to create a better structure at work. You are constantly overwhelmed and want to get organized so that it becomes ...
When we have difficult and demanding tasks to do, the kind where we need to be creative, some of us tend to ...
Have you ever been in charge of a recurring meeting in a project or a collaboration, and when the meeting is about to start you ask yourself “What are we going to talk about today?” - and you have gone completely blank?
Some of us save documents on the computer desktop. It may feel as a good idea, because then we can ...
We all need to work uninterrupted from time to time. When we have a difficult task before us it often requires ...
How often should you take breaks when working?
There's debate among experts, but ...
Do you think of work when you are free - even if you don’t want to?
This week, episode No. 584 of Done! is about how to feel...
If you have promised to meet someone at a particular hour and then mistakenly book another meeting at the very same hour, you know how ...
I often ask the audience at my lectures if they receive a lot of email and I virtually always get a loud ”Yes!” shouted back at me, accompanied by ...
When I gave a talk recently, one of the participants said: ”Yes, but if I make a to-do-list instead of having everything I need scattered on my desk, how am I supposed to ...
It is never pleasant when something big and overwhelming happens to or at our ...
Sometimes we simply have too much to deal with. We are already doing what we perceive as our very best and still we barely ...
Erik emailed me the other day and asked me what structure habits that make the greatest difference when it comes to ...
