Don’t all this structuring just amount to more work? Do we really need a to-do-list? Is it really worth ...
Saying no to a colleague who asks for our help can be very difficult for many of us. It is easy to judge yourself and think that ...
I want to make things as easy for myself as I possibly can, all the time. Simplifying is definitely ...
Do you keep creating new ways of structuring all the time? Do you ...
A new year has just begun. Even if we live in a ...
Erika e-mailed me and gave me a tip about an episode of ...
Microsoft To-Do has it. So does Trello. And Things. And Todoist as well ...
You know how it is. You return to work after a few weeks of vacation and the inbox is virtually filled to the brim with unread e-mails. And as if that was not enough ...
Does someone who has a case management system really need a to-do-list? It is apparent what to do next by looking in the system, so there is no need for you to remember anything yourself. And what about those ...
I have noticed that having and using papers in your work, especially a lot of papers, is by some people regarded as being old-fashioned. Someone shamefully confesses ...
Even if the item we need to save and store is not flat so that you can hole-punch it and file it away in a binder, we still need to keep it since we use it from time to time, although we do not want to ...
Should you separate the work related tasks from the ones related to your private life or ...
If you feel an acute need to improve on your structure, you might also feel that it is hard to know where to begin. Perhaps you want to ...
A common structure-pitfall is to get stuck in your e-mail. We have a to-do-list and perhaps we even transferred it into the latest app someone recommended to us, but when we arrive at work in the morning and ...
When you have developed a well-functioning structure to lean on in your work, your working-methods will have gotten rather refined. You sort and categorize, put things in folders and assign tags. You label, group and organize. This helps you to ...
When you have so much papers and stuff surrounding you in your office (or on and by your desk if you are seated in an open office landscape) that you spend more time than you would prefer ...
In order to progress in a project or with a more extensive task, we make sure to always have a next step clearly defined. It might sound obvious. But do we always adhere to this simple rule? This is particularly useful ...
If you are an ”eager beaver” such as myself, then you do not like being ...
If you never ever handle physical papers in your work, you can stop reading this structure tip now. You can also consider yourself lucky to be ...
