According to Wikipedia, sunk costs are “past costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered.” Usually an economic term, it also applies to other areas of our lives. Failing to recognize them means we put time and energy into something simply because you already have. That is not necessarily wise.
I am a reader. I can cruise through a couple of books a week. However, my backlog is continually growing because I am only reading fiction. I decided a couple of months ago that I had to address the growing pile of nonfiction books. But it has not been an easy switch. In this episode, number 78, I will share the tips that I have used to make time for reading.
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that it is easier to choose between two options than it is to choose between twenty. By ranking your tasks in two different ways, you can limit your choices and make deciding what to do next easy.
I have a lot of pens. And most of them don’t work for me. Even though I have a few that work, I keep buying, hoping for better. This is giving me a lens to examine my consumption; and to give you a challenge for Earth Day.
Since I released my video on my OneNote work planning system, I have gotten questions about how to personalize the notebook. This video is about how to save time and effort by using templates to customize a OneNote notebook.
Time management is the key to make sure that you don’t fritter away a precious resource on meaningless activities – at least without meaning to. Yet many people fall for time management lies, much to their detriment. Do you fall for these time management lies?
We all know that multitasking is bad. It has been estimated that multitasking can cost as much as 40% of your attention. But what about multi-projecting? Is it better to work one project and see it through? Or work several at a time? We will explore this question in Episode 77: One Project at a Time or Many?
“Life is too short to fold socks.” There are so many wonderful things in life. And there are things that really don’t need to be done. Here is a list of things I’m not doing anymore.
Have you ever completed a job task or a project, just to be told that it was no longer needed? I’ve seen it happen time and again. Today’s podcast, Episode 76, will talk about Questions To Keep You From Wasting Time and Energy.
What do frogs have to do with productivity? Mark Twain helps with getting those big things out of the way first thing. But what about the rest?
