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Posted on January 12, 2009 by LJ
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. In my quest for a saner and simpler life, I have come across ten blogs that I believe are must-reads for anyone interested in simplifying their lives. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Clutter Control Blog Stacks and Stacks Clutter Control is a [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by LJ
Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. A few weeks ago I had someone who is not following productivity look over my site, to see what she would turn up. Her one suggestion (thanks, Mom!) was to make it easier to get started. Consequently, I went back through the posts [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2008 by LJ
Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Personal productivity has gone mainstream, and is riddles with jargon and abbreviations that are often hard to decipher. Here are some of the more common ones: Common Abbreviations in Productivity 7 Habits 7 Habits refers to Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by LJ
A couple of weeks ago I read two articles that really struck me. I wrote about them in Aids for Genuine Productivity and Simplifying Productivity, and I formed a resolution to focus on the whys and hows of productivity and simplification; in fact, simplification of productivity can itself be considered [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by LJ
Simplifying is often times about getting down to basics. I am reminded of an essay in All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (aff) that Robert Fulghum wrote where he said that he would pit his elderly chopping bowl and knife against a new-fangled food processor. Often [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by LJ
I was reading an article over at Lifehack.org called “The Trouble with Productivity”, whose title caught my eye. The article made me think. Author Lisa Gates says, “I feel that much of what passes for productivity is simply ubercybersonic doingness dressed up in happy faces.”. I have felt that at [...]
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