productivity

(via Just For Fun: ADHD and Routine )

The Simplest and Most Effective Method of All? – Blog – Get Everything Done 3 + 2* Write down three tasks Do the first two in order Add another two tasks (so there are three tasks again) Do the first two in order Repeat ad infinitum (…) I myself have found it works best for me the less I consult them [ lists ]. This is because every time I do two tasks the method requires me to think carefully about what I should do next....

I must admit my heart sank a little bit a lot when saw this on my RescueTime “Weekly Summary” email… Oh dear! “Notepad”? Really?!? Sounds like a clear case of corporactivitis to me 🙁 For The Week Of April 04, 2013Top applications and websites: 13h 06m — wiki.netpost 6h 16m — NotePad 5h 01m — MS Excel 3h 39m — MS Outlook 2h 09m — Windows Explorer

Three useful one-liner anchors to use on e-mail | Ricardo Clerigo I also find that starting text with a “> [Keyword]” combination works great, as in: Agreed: text Follow-up: text Action: text

Only be as organized as you need to. No more. (via The greatest advice I’ve ever had on self-management )

Shortcat – Keyboard productivity app for Mac OS X onethingwell : Shortcat is a keyboard tool for Mac OS X that lets you “click” buttons and control your apps with a few keystrokes. Think of it as Spotlight for the user interface. Shortcat leverages the Accessibility API, which is supported by all applications that come with Mac OS X and most applications.

(via Time Timer | Visual Timer, Classroom Timer, Autism Timer ) The Time Timer® is a visual timer. As time elapses, the signature red disk disappears, helping everyone see how much time is left.

Time, tide and formation wait for no man. US Navy

Perfeito, é o que está feito! Michele Félix Rodrigues

RescueTime Product Tour (Mac/PC) … is a web-based time management and analytics tool for knowledge workers who want to be more efficient and productive. … sits in the background and measures which application, web site or (optionally) document is actively being used.

Don’t tell me what to do, just show me what’s true. Bernie @ discretionary dismissal

The secret of all progress and every virtue is, in fact, to know how to begin again – to learn from a failure and to try once more. Nunc coepi! Begin again! Fr. Georges Chevrotl

Effective Projects, Efficient Maintenance. Erik

I Don’t Want To Be Motivated By Anyone But Myself Motivation is made up of two factors: personal structure – meaning values and principles learned in family, things learned studying or making experiences – and consciousness – meaning the capacity of recognizing and dealing with problems.

Productivity is measured by quantity against capacity. Effectivity is measured by value against effort. The paradox is that you can be very productive without being effective at all! Troels Richter Nice quote on productivity! – Get Everything Done

Life is 90% maintenance Popular Saying

(…) flow is completely focused motivation. Colloquial terms for this or similar mental states include: to be on the ball, in the moment, present, in the zone, wired in, in the groove, or keeping your head in the game . Flow theory postulates three conditions that have to be met to achieve a flow state: One must be involved in an activity with a clear set of goals. (…) The task at hand must have clear and immediate feedback....

A good carpenter is only as good as its tools; A bad carpenter is only as good as its skill. Popular Saying

You want to eat through tasks at the speed of light; use AF/SF. You want to have a vision of where you want to go; you need project management. You want to make sure you have the time; use a calendar 😉 You want to be sure to balance your commitments; you need life management. Erik

Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything | Video on TED.com Main takes from it, emphasis mine… And proceeded to look at — I wanted to set competition so I’d have a deadline — Parkinson’s Law, the perceived complexity of a task will expand to fill the time you allot it. So I had a very short deadline for a competition! This brings us to the point, which is, it’s oftentimes what you do, not how you do it, that is the determining factor....