Category: Productivity
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Building a Second Brain
I just finished reading Tiago Forte’s book “Building a Second Brain”. The title is intriguing but it is about a methodology for organising notes in such a way they are actionable and useful for sharing and creating things.
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The How and Why of taking notes
The dullest pencil is better than the sharpest memory. Mark Twain is meant to have said this, but most quotations on the Internet get attributed to Twain. I have been taking notes for most of my adult life. Usually these notes are recorded with pen and paper in a hardcover notebook, and more recently I…
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How I use ToodleDo for capturing and doing tasks
ToodleDo is a powerful task list management system. It can be used in a desktop web browser, smart phone web browser or using the iOS or Android app. I have been using ToodleDo on my iPhone, home computer and office computer for the last three years. ToodleDo is my trusted system for capturing tasks, planning my projects…
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Make 2014 your Best Year Yet!
Happy New Year! Today is the first day of 2014 – another year of goals, plans and of course the unexpected. Every year I take some time to review the past 12 months and plan the year ahead. I use the book Best Year Yet by Jenny Ditzler which has an easy to use process and…
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Faster typing using Perfect Keyboard
Have you ever taken a break from typing to think about how often you type the same things every day? Your name, web addresses, today’s date, your mobile number or text in email messages? Recently I started using a Windows program called Perfect Keyboard. This program converts keyboard shortcuts into text – replacing a couple…
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Begin now!
The best way to get something done is to BEGIN. I saw this photo on Facebook recently and it inspired me to write this article about getting started on my tasks. Procrastination is something I have battled with for many years. I know what I want to achieve and become, but I struggle to actually…
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Mind Maps – An Introduction
A Mind Map is a way of writing notes in such a way to show associations, easily allow addition of new information and to quickly get an overview of a subject. This article shows you how to draw a Mind Map and some of my hand drawn maps. The benefit of using Mind Maps are…
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The Now Habit – Dr Neil Fiore – strategies for overcoming procrastination
The Now Habit by Dr Neil Fiore offers a comprehensive strategy to overcome the causes of procrastination and to eliminate its negative effects. His techniques will help any busy person get more things done more quickly, without the anxiety and stress brought on by failure to meet the workplace’s pressing deadlines. Dr Fiore’s work was…
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Procrastination – The Thief of Time
I am starting a new series of articles on productivity and getting things done. First of all I am focusing on the topic of procrastination – something we have all struggled with at some time in our lives. Have you delayed starting work on a school or university assignment then realised you needed more time?…
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Tweaking my earphones
My earphones are labelled L and R so that I know which earphone should go into my right ear, and the which one for the left. The manufacturers have labelled the earphones but in such a small typeface, that only a teenager with 20/20 vision can read team. Since I often use my iPod when…
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