I am fully aware that not all people are as devoted to the concept of ”structure” as I am. Once in a while I meet people who ...
Are you in the habit of breaking your day-plan?
Do you tend to have an idea of what you want to do and complete during the day in the morning, which at lunch-time makes you feel slightly queasy with stress, and which ...
Since we who enjoy living a life where structure plays an active part want things to be done as smoothly as possible, we are interested in ways to use every situation we are in optimally and as efficiently as possible. There are ways to make this happen without making any extra effort ...
If you feel as if you have too much stuff, papers and things around you, and that you get so distracted by all the clutter as soon as you raise your eyes that you have difficulties concentrating on the task in front of you, I am sure you would like to have ...
There are a few themes are more recurring in the whole subject of structure than others. They are themes which seem to permeate the working methods of those who most successfully keep track of things and who by doing so have more time to do other things. One of these themes is ...
In most people’s work, the intensity and workload varies. Sometimes there is less to do, and sometimes the tempo accelerates to an almost unbearable level where we can barely keep up. When there is a lot going on around us, it may be tempting to compromise in terms of our structured work-methods and just let everything ...
Do you have difficulties saying no? Are you keen to be of service when someone asks for your help, but later wish you hadn’t been so accommodating when you realize how much you have to do already? If you are a person who feels bad when saying no to someone, I believe you are also the kind of person who only says no ...
When our lives are just spinning and you feel as if your everyday-life is like a rat race it is easy to lose sight of where you are going. Saying that it is important to explicitly formulate a vision for what you strive to achieve in the long run, is almost a truism. But I am not saying it for nothing. Remembering this will make what you do in your everyday life feel ...
My father in law is a horticulturist, which means he is an expert on gardening. As he crops trees and prunes gardens, the plants and trees can grow stronger and the entire garden can become a more beautiful whole. This principle goes for our project-lists as well…
If you want to quickly be able to assess if you have enough time to complete a task of not, there is a simple method you can use to make it easier to identify how long each task takes to complete ...
Do you use your calendar as a to-do-list? Are you successful in ...
You might think that the problems arising from distractions, disruptions, disturbing sounds and other things that makes it difficult to concentrate are products of the 21st century´s communication-intense way of doing business ...
Are you one of those who tend to postpone something you have to do, week after week, without really knowing why you do this? Speaking for myself, I ...
A question I frequently get when I am out lecturing is how often you should go through your e-mail. My guess is that what makes this such a common question is that ...
Do you have a feeling that you actually strain yourself more than necessary? Do you have more to do than you are in fact comfortable with? Do you have things you would like to do, but never seem to have time for? OK. Then it appears as if you might ...
There are numerous ways in which to handle the moments when we feel overwhelmed with work.
The problem might be that ...
Once upon a time there was a young man (and that young man was me) who was about to introduce a rather radical idea to a potential partner, who in this case was a slightly older man.
Me and my colleague were attempting to ...
Do you have an “open door”-policy at your office? What I mean to say is; does your company culture encompass the reasoning that “in this workplace we never close the door since this is a place in which we are always available for each other”? This can at times put us in an awkward situation when we need our space but others are less inclined to provide us with uninterrupted time. Here is my suggestion as to how to solve the dilemma ...
When you are receiving more emails than you would like, when you feel that your colleagues are constantly disturbing you, when you can’t get many feet outside of your office-door before someone stops you to ask for something – then this might be due to ...
If you are like me, the summer vacation works as a cleansing bath for the thoughts regarding your job. If so, just like me, you think more clearly about your job after ...
