Posted on June 30, 2010 by LJ
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Although my daughter is too young to have assigned summer reading, she participates in the summer reading programs at her school and the local library. Managing her reading means helping her find books, reminding her to read, tracking progress and managing the books [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 29, 2010 by LJ
Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. Finally! Someone else admits there is no one-productivity-system-for-everyone. Stepcase Lifehack talks about this, and how to find what works, at “Navigating Productivity Advice: Finding What Actually Works”. The dangers of being connected 24/7 are spelled out in Stepcase Lifehack’s “Are You Becoming a [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 28, 2010 by LJ
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I’ve done it. Almost everyone I know has done it. We want to start a new habit. So the first thing we do is go out and buy something. We want to start walking every day. So we go out and buy fancy [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2010 by LJ
The makers of the Daysteps planner have graciously given me a copy of their 2010 July to December planner to give away to one of my readers. Instructions on how to enter are available when you sign up for the RSS feed for this blog. Want to know more? Instructions [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 25, 2010 by LJ
Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. The Problem I love being able to listen to my iPod and work. And since I usually have the thing on random, I want to be able to see at a glance what is playing. The problem is that the iPod Touch doesn’t [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 24, 2010 by LJ
I’ve talked about the 80/20 principle before (see Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.). Formally known as the Pareto principle, it says that 80% of the results will come from 20% of your effort. Today I want to apply this rule to housecleaning. Pareto and [...]
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