Archive for May, 2010

How To Organize Coupons

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. There is no doubt about it: using coupons can save a lot of money. Yet many people give up on coupons because they are so hard to manage. And if you aren’t careful, coupons can also turn into clutter. A reader was kind [...]

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Book Review and Contest: Experience Your Good Now

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

Experience Your Good Now: Learning to Use Affirmations by Louise HayPublisher: Hay House, 2010Amazon Link: Experience Your Good Now!: Learning to Use AffirmationsISBN: 978-1-4019-2748-6 General Information This book’s purpose is to show you how to use affirmations. An affirmation, according to the book, is you “saying to your subconscious, ‘I [...]

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Getting out from under a task list

Posted on May 17, 2010 by

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. We all get buried in our tasks lists from time to time. I find that if I am not vigilant about keeping up the list, I end up with an avalanche every month. Luckily, it is fairly easy to get out from under [...]

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Getting Through a Minefield at Work

Posted on May 13, 2010 by

When I first wrote this post, I wrote a lot of details. None of that matters. The situation is briefly this: After I walked away from a promotion, I knew I didn’t want to go back to working all sorts of crazy hours. Since then my job has become like [...]

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5 Secret Destructive Behaviors You’re Probably Not Aware Of

Posted on May 12, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. If you were to come to me and tell me you weren’t as productive as you wished, and your life was complicated, I would tell you five things you probably do that contribute to this state of life. The thing with organization, productivity, [...]

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Open Loops 5/11/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on May 11, 2010 by

Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. I have rarely seen a more succinct and to-the-point article about what shouldn’t be on a task list. Lifehacker’s article “Clean Out Your To-Do List for Guilt-Free Productivity” does a great job. The points: Your To-Do List Is Not a Dumping Ground; Your [...]

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Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog.   “Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.” Perfectionism is a deadly enemy of productivity. Whether it is self-imposed, or imposed by others, the quest to get things absolutely right is a [...]

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Random Thoughts 05/08/2010

Posted on May 8, 2010 by

Here are some random thoughts I’ve been having this week. I have to have a plan. After walking away from a promotion, my job situation has gone to you-know-where in a handbasket. I realized this week that if I don’t come up with some sort of plan, I am going [...]

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