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Learning about yourself by measuring

 Do you know how much time do you spend at work each day? How much do you spend on take away coffees and lunch? And how about your health – Are you following your exercise and diet plan? We can learn a...

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Mastering Keyboard Shortcuts in Excel

Excel is a very popular application in the workplace as well as in the home. I use the program for managing personal lists, calendar, creating forms, personal budgets and even diagramming. Maybe you...

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Using a timer to improve your life

I am easily distracted. As soon as I start on a task I think of other things I would like to do, for example, “quickly” checking my email then losing track of time. Several years ago, Merlin Mann...

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The Checklist Manifesto (How to Get Things Right)

The Checklist Manifesto How to Get Things Right Atul Gawande Ths is a book about the humble checklist and its surprising power to ensure complex tasks are done effectively, especially in high stress...

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A Pomodoro timer to help your Productivity and Focus

In an earlier article I wrote about using a timer to set a short time goal for getting your work done and maintaining focus. I also wrote about the Pomodoro technique which is about using a 25 minute...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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