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Staying clear and ready are the most important productivity mindsets you can nurture. You do not know what is coming at you tomorrow, next week or next month for that matter. The world has a way of pushing work onto you. Most of the things that come into your life
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You can have a zeroinbox! Move fast! Many of our clients struggle to keep up. We want to share a quick productivity tip to help you move through your inbox quickly using Google Apps. If nothing else, take 5 minutes to improve the rest of your habits going forward for
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Dabblers and posers create a lot of noise without substance. With so many ways to market, promote or deliver, the need for excellent execution has become a premium demand item in the new economy. People with ideas are not hard to find. Everyone has them and offers them usually in
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What's more fun - buying new software or making it work? How often do we think about our next iPad, Android or Kindle purchase? Obsolescence with the tools we use is happening at a dizzying speed. It's easy to buy technology. Actually, "addictive", would
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With so many demands, I can get overwhelmed like the next guy. Here are some things I never consider a waste of time: * Going for a long run * Spending time with my kids * Kissing my wife passionately * Writing * Reading a business book * Reading a biography * Helping someone who needs it
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The elusive aspect of knowledge work is that many people cannot see the differences that skill bears on problems. We were able to differentiate more easily with physical challenges. If a guy is stronger than you and can pick up more, then moving items will be easier for the stronger
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Some of the teams we implement cloud computing systems for work in one location. Many more are distributed and work all over the country and the world. With Google Apps, for example, a team can be in completely different locations and feel together in one environment. Their collaboration is in
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What happens when you get a thousand followers on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform? How does this convert monetarily, if at all? You don't have to dig too deep to see the various motives on the platforms you participate in. Some play a game to
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As attention gets scarce, and the ability for everyone to push communications and work onto us is easy, our productivity is greatly affected. It is not uncommon for emails and calls to go without response. Furthermore, there are a lot of projects which suffer from interruptions from our computer screens
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We are told not to confuse the two - effort and results. It is not that they are opposed to each other. One is process. The other is outcome. Results depend on effort. Effort drives results. In the thick of your daily work, there is likely a lot of waste.
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There's a part of us that craves relief. We want to take our foot off the gas pedal and find comfort. It's the primitive part of us that seeks security and ease. It's a slippery slope. I can recall when growing my business years
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Your first hour of work is sacred. It often determines the pace of the rest of the day and how you are going to get things done. The habit of most people is to check their email. Their inbox is screaming with varied requests across a variety of topics. It