Do you spend a great deal of your time at work by a computer? Does your work description include a great deal of e-mailing, phrasing and formulating things, typing things out and so on? Then you might want to consider learning the ultimate skill for drastically decreasing the time spent typing ...
It’s one thing to decide to rid yourself of binders and papers that you no longer need, but a whole different matter entirely to determine what is good riddance and what is not.
What if we happen to throw away something we one day might need?
Sure, you could ...
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 ...
Some things are best done in cooperation with others. That is why we need to have meetings. In order to meet, we need to find an appropriate time when everyone is available.
But ...
On a Monday in the beginning of March I had the intention to fly to a client and hold a one-day course in personal efficiency. But what was initially a two-hour flight turned into eight hours of traveling and I only made it half-way before I had to turn around and go back home with my mission unaccomplished. When things like these happen, it is easy to regard it as a lost day, but there are several things you can do to still make it into a productive day ...
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 ...
We pick tasks from our to-do-list which we think we will be able to finish in the time we have at our disposal at the moment. We often make an accurate guess and manage to complete the task before it is time for something else. But sometimes we only manage to get half-way through what we are doing before we get interrupted by ...
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 ...
There is a word which is sometimes deceivingly tempting to use. There we are at the management conference we have every six months to set the course for the six months to come. It is at the end of the day and we are quite drained after a full day of discussions. The word starts emerging in everyone’s mind, and before you know it, someone says it ...
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 ...
On occasion, you get an idea or two. They are amazing, marvelous and exciting ideas and sometimes even show a true stroke of brilliance. If you are in luck, they fit right in with what you need to focus your strength and energy on right now. But they can often concern matters which ...
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 ...
If you sense that you need to make improvements in your personal structure, there is only one way to get started. Perform a ...
Are you in despair when it comes to your personal structure? Don’t be. Read this and see if it helps ...
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 ...
Have you ever experienced that you have been asked or assigned to do something, but later on it turns out that you and whoever made the request had a different view of how the task or service was to be performed. And perhaps ...
