Blog / Categories / Prioritization
Datum: 2021-03-09 12:33
One of the reasons some people pause one task to work on another for a moment is ..
Datum: 2021-03-08 12:15
Setting due dates on all our to-do-tasks is a trap that is easy to fall into. I only recommend that ...
Let the to-do-list write itself in Office 365
Datum: 2020-02-18 11:38
Let us say that there are things you do at work more than once, perhaps even relatively often. And they are not tiny tasks either, but rather ...
The best part of December
Datum: 2019-12-17 07:20
Christmas if fast approaching and with it a few days holiday (at least for most of us). If not, then at least ...
How to avoid being in a hurry, feeling scattered and being interrupted
Datum: 2019-02-17 21:38
In this first in a series of videos for 3minTalk.com, I share five ideas about ...
A template calendar makes your week turn out how you want it
Datum: 2019-02-03 20:38
I have had a template calendar for years and it has ...
An ostrich to make you focus
Datum: 2018-10-04 14:42
When I held an open full day seminar about structure at work in Stockholm recently, Anna Diop told me that ...
Four focus hacks for Klarna
Datum: 2018-09-10 20:57
Bank and payment service supplier Klarna asked me to share four focus hacks that ...
That’s why you stop using the app you are testing
Datum: 2018-06-14 07:19
A common structure pitfall is that we try a new to-do-list tool for a while but then stop using it, whereupon we ...
How to quickly get back on track after being interrupted
Datum: 2018-03-14 16:40
The researchers Mark, Gonzalez and Harris at the University of California have conducted a study on how often we get interrupted ...
The Ivy Lee method
Datum: 2017-12-19 07:43
People have always had various ideas on how to get things done with the least amount of ...
Reading a bunch of emails at a time reduces stress
Datum: 2017-11-29 07:27
Many of those I meet during my lectures and who write to me feel stressed due to the seemingly endless ...
Everything needs to get done in due time, but not necessarily on a specific day
Datum: 2017-11-22 08:35
Setting due dates on all our to-do-tasks is a trap that is easy to fall into. I only recommend that people set a due date for a task if it actually ...
Create a ”Go Fish”-corner
Datum: 2017-10-26 11:16
There are some things that we believe we need to do but which seldom get urgent enough for us to ...
How to set goals for ambiguous areas of responsibility
Datum: 2017-10-18 07:38
Setting goals when our work involves producing or selling something is fairly ...
Celebrate New Year's more often
Datum: 2017-10-11 10:39
Regardless what you think of New Year's resolutions, they are pretty common. And for good reason too. To many people ...
Follow up on what you actually need to know, not what's easy to measure
Datum: 2017-10-05 11:43
It became clear the other day how deceptive measuring our progress can be. I was discussing with a client what ...
Remove the rabbit-hole-apps
Datum: 2017-09-12 09:54
Have you ever suddenly realized that you just spent much longer than you intended browsing the ...
Hit the breaks when the rush is over
Datum: 2017-08-29 16:06
Occasionally we have a deadline before which the workload seems to increase, and our working speed certainly does. For some, this ...