Naming files and documents in a good way is quite an art. Perhaps you have heard me compare naming documents to magnetic poetry, where you ...
“When did we decide that?”, one of your colleagues from the highly prioritized project asks in the middle of the intense workshop you are having. “I was working on ...
“Storing” and “doing” are not the same thing. Things that need to be done have a definite ending - when you have done them. Once you have done whatever it is, you can ...
Sometimes there is just not enough time. You have a deadline fast approaching, but what you need to do takes longer than you had anticipated - much longer. You ...
There’s so much that needs to be done, but who ...
Even if we work digitally most of the time we sometimes need to print things. It can be something that needs to be ...
One of the participants in my Swedish online course called “Keep track of everything you have to do with Microsoft To-Do” asked me if he ...
Do you allow emails to remain in the inbox until you have done everything you needed to do as a consequence of receiving it? If you do, this means ...
How will you find time for other important things when customers constantly call and email? Your idea of what you’ll get done during the day falls apart repeatedly!
This week’s episode of Done! is about a blunt trick for those of you whose customers seem to control your time.
We all end up in situations at work when we have to say no. If it feels uncomfortable to say no to your colleagues, you will ...
Let’s say your new employee needs to learn "how things are done here." Over the years, you have developed smooth routines and processes, but how do you..
Many people describe their everyday lives at work as a constant struggle for their time and ...
Every time I give a lecture and speak of how we can deal with our email in a more structured way it becomes clear that ...
Have you ever been distracted by an email you see just as you're about to send a quick message?
In this week’s episode of Done!, you’ll learn how to send a quick email without ...
A few years back I gave a lecture on structure to the people at the museum of ethnography in Stockholm. As usual, during my assignments, I myself learned something new ...
Creating a good structure is immensely helpful - if you can remember it, that is. A common trap many fall into is ...
I had just spoken enthusiastically about the immense value of choosing only one tool to keep your entire to-do list in at the full-day course when one of the participants ...
When I worked as a quality manager many years ago I was often reminded of that what we needed ...
You keep putting off one of your tasks again and again – even though you know you could get it done.
In this week’s episode of Done! - No. 645 - I show how an AI can help you ...
Amongst many other useful tips in his book "Deep Work", Cal Newport shares what he calls his “shutdown ritual”, which is a method intended to ...
