Productivity

Differences between Productivity and Time Management

Managing your time is not the same as being productive.
What Is Time Management?
Time management is making the most of your time. A good time manager will never have idle moments unless they were planned, and works on doing things the best way in order to use a minimum amount of time.
What Is Productivity?
Productivity is doing [...]

5 Ways to Simplify Errands

We have limited time. That’s a fact of life. And few of us want to spend our precious free time running hither and yon doing errands. Here are five ways to simplify errands to make the time spent more productive:
Have One Designated Errand Day
Even though it seems like a good idea to run errands every [...]

The Secrets of Eliminating Daily Stress: Multitasking

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Stress doesn’t always come from huge events in our lives. It can be caused in little amounts by small events, and build up to the point where it has the same impact as a major catastrophe. Over the next few Fridays, I’m going to examine some of the causes of daily stress and [...]

Natural Multitasking: Being in the Moment

Not too long ago I posted articles on the negative impact of multitasking. Not long after that, I ran across an article from Robert Fulghum on a different take on multitasking. It occurred to me that we are not ever truly focused on one thing. Even at our most concentrated, our brains are picking up, [...]

Break The Habit of Multitasking

The method of focusing multiple things at a time is called multitasking. The theory is that multitasking allows you to do more than one thing at a time. Sounds like the perfect answer to productivity woes, doesn’t it? This week I am going to focus on multitasking and how it actually complicates our lives and [...]