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We interrupt the regularly scheduled program to present the following rant:

I read a couple of newsgroups discussing productivity methods. There has been a rash of “this system won’t work for me because….” These are inevitably followed by all the excuses about why the person can’t possibly be productive. Do any of these sound familiar to [...]

Mondays are Productivity days at SimpleProductivityBlog
About two articles into the “Whys of Productivity” *[Insert Link]* I had a flash of insight. Productivity books and systems cover two areas: organizing and executing. And it seems to me that no system or book covers both sides of the issue well.
Organizing System Examples
The organizing systems tell us how [...]

In this segment of “The Whys of Productivity”, we will look at why productivity systems all want us to keep things together in one place.
Minimizing Places to Put Stuff: Part of Every System
Every system out there, particularly those that are dependent on a specific format and/or planner, advocate putting everything in one place. Some systems [...]

In this segment of “The Whys of Productivity”, we will be looking at the gathering or collecting of information into its proper place.
What Is Gathering?
The secret to any organizational system is that like items should be stored together, be it by type or by purpose. But in order to see what needs to be [...]

In this part of “The Whys of Productivity” we will look at a fundamental concept that goes through every system out there: writing things down.
Writing Things Down: Part of Every System
It doesn’t matter which system you look at: Daytimer, Filofax, 7 Habits, GTD, Do It Tomorrow…every system insists that you write things down. Each system [...]

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 a “how”!
As I was [...]

I suffer from a nasty case of perfectionism. Learned and strengthened by a number of circumstances growing up, it is a full scale awfulness I fight every day. But I also realize that perfectionism will drive me crazy and suck up major amounts of energy that I simply don’t want to give up.
But perfectionism means [...]

This past weekend had something very odd about it.
I had nothing scheduled.
And while I should have welcomed it as an opportunity to work on projects without deadlines, the truth is I wandered aimlessly around the house, feeling very uncomfortable with my unscheduled time.
This worries me a little bit. I have always thought that the purpose [...]