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Uninterruptible Tasks
This one comes from discussions that I have had with direct reports on many occasions. The phone rings, the emails keep coming, people nearby talk to each other or to you and much of this is part and...
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Do You Make Checklists?
I used to work with someone who had a great habit of keeping daily checklists in a specific notebook, including starting each new entry with a box to check off once completed. If I asked her to do...
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Being Productive Means…
Productive is one of those firmly squishy words that we like to use as adults. We like to be efficient, even lazy folks want their tasks to be over (efficient) as quickly as possible so that they can...
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Defining Done
Has it ever happened to you that you happily turned in a completed project only to have the other party sort through it and respond with, ‘oh, but’? The one or two of you out there who said no don’t...
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Busy, Rushing… Oops
Show of hands – who makes more mistakes when rushing? (Hmm, are we being honest with ourselves today – I think there should be more hands up. This is a safe zone, your boss can’t see us.) It is a...
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Structure – Limiting or Freeing?
What is your relationship to structure? Late last year I posted a piece about personal styles of organization, Chaos is a Style, but I’ve been thinking lately that we don’t go deep enough when we talk...
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Tick, Tock – Watching the Clock and Marking Time
There is nothing worse than a slow day at work and even in these days of fewer coworkers and greater pressure the slow days do appear. Agonizingly dull while your mind whirls through all of the things...
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Hassle Anticipation
We’ve all heard the advice not to buy trouble. But we should also be prepared for certain eventualities. Some days, certain activities are just like… doing your taxes or going to the dentist. A...
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All the Little Life-keeping Tasks
I am amused or perhaps bemused by the occasional articles in various sources about people who have successfully simplified their lives and are happier for it. I like to be aware of where all my edges...
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Time to Shine
What time does your alarm tell you to ‘rise and shine’ every day? (I’m assuming here that you do not get to sleep until you naturally wake up on any given work day. A safe assumption on my part,...
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