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Be productive using pen and paper

Even though I have worked with computers for 35+ years I still prefer to manage my own tasks using pen and paper. I have a paper calendar, not any high tech solution and when it comes to my to-do-lists I am writing lists - by hand. At work I use the calendar in Outlook for [...]

Slice up your time and get more done

Jason Alba has an interesting post, Living Life 16 Minutes At A Time, where he describes how he managed more in less time since he for a while had to work in 16 minutes sessions.
I find this really interesting, it is sometimes far too easy to lose focus and do something else. With a limited [...]

Writing lists - by hand

Penelope Trunk from Brazen Careerist is guest blogger at JibberJobber and has posted about Writing Lists. She writes I am a list writer. I do it by hand. Every day.
I write lists by hand too, it makes me think more about what’s in the lists than when I just enter something into a computerized list. [...]

Vision, Commitment and Action

The first step in The Hunger Project’s strategies worldwide is to awaken people to a new possibility. This is achieved through the Vision, Commitment and Action Workshop. These three steps are crucial in any process to achieve something.
Vision is “the long-term desired future state of an organization (or person)”. Visions should inspire and motivate.
Commitment is [...]

Zen Habits

Zen Habits is one of my favourite blogs. The topics covered are mostly things I am interested in, writing is great and often personal. The About-text says:
Zen Habits will cover: achieving goals, productivity, being organized, GTD, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, getting a flat stomach, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, and successfully implementing good [...]

Getting things done with Gmail and Firefox

GTDGmail is an extension to Firefox that integrates Getting Things Done (GTD) with Gmail.

Getting Things Done with Remember The Milk

Getting Things Done (GTD) is a concept created by David Allen. I have looked at it a few times but it never got off the ground for me.
Today I found a blog post titled Getting Things Done with Remember The Milk. Coincidentally I have looked at Remember The Milk (RTM) before too but could [...]

The best way to manage your tasks

Remember The Milk has the tag line above. If is true can be disputed but on the other hand, what works for you is the best way. Here is a quote from the website:
Managing tasks is generally not a fun way to spend your time. We created Remember The Milk so that you no [...]

Project fun

Today I did attend a one day seminar about Celemi Cayenne. It is a business simulation where the participants run a simulated project through the pre-study, design, development and implementation phases. In other words, taking a project from start to end.
I had fun and we had great discussions in our group. After each step you [...]

43 Folders

43 Folders is Merlin Mann’s site about personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better.

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