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Here in the Southern hemisphere Spring is in full swing. Flowers are bursting out, the skies are sunny and clear and temperatures are hitting a perfect twenty-something degrees. The beautiful weather has prompted a flurry of activity for me. I've been forging ahead with some long awaited home improvement tasks that sat idle over winter,… Continue reading Spring… the best time to spring into action?
The past couple of weeks have been unusually busy, and I've caught myself on more than a few occasions in a complete state of paralysis. So overwhelmed with tasks that I can't seem to be able to do anything. Right at the time where I need to be my most productive and efficient, I just… Continue reading Overcoming workload paralysis
Getting organised doesn't mean being the perfect productivity machine. Prioritisation is more than just doing tasks on a first-come-first-serve basis, and you wouldn't be able to keep up even if you did use this method. Having said that, there a couple of tasks that really benefit from not being put off. In business operations, we… Continue reading Improve organisation by getting these key tasks done right away
We've all heard about micro managers and a few of us have been unfortunate to experience them. They edit your work in fine detail without giving feedback, they issue step by step instructions on how to implement projects with no flexibility, and they immediately solutionise without waiting for ideas from others. In the short term… Continue reading Are you micro managing your life? Ways to minimise your work load
Something we try to do a lot in business is to focus on the high value areas and scale them, and avoid trying to do a little of everything. For example, did you know that Mail Chimp originally started out as a web design agency that did mailing lists as a side service? The founders… Continue reading Scale and focus
Whenever we are trying to achieve something, we should always be looking for things that deliver the most bang for buck (or for effort). I've been thinking about where this applies when you are trying to declutter and organise your home. I've almost come through the other side of some major house renovations, and whilst… Continue reading Optimal areas in the home to keep organised
When things are starting to get on top of me at work, my email inbox is the first thing I drop the ball on. There a few easy tricks I use to try and keep it in some sort of order that can also be applied to a personal inbox. The aim is not for… Continue reading Organising your inbox
Is it easier to carry one 10kg medicine ball or one hundred ping pong balls? Prioritisation teaches us to look at the importance and urgency of tasks and tackle them first. The problem is all tasks on a to do list generate the same level of cognitive clutter (whilst they are on the list, not… Continue reading Take care of the small things
You might have noticed a change to my last few blog posts.... I quit creating my own images for each post. So what triggered this change? I started out thinking that I would use this blog as a platform to also publish my digital illustrations, and that it would provide a driver to practice drawing… Continue reading Giving something up without feeling like a quitter
I've written before about the 'Getting Things Done' system that I use to keep myself organised. It uses a set of lists to categorise different types of tasks; things you are waiting on, next actions that can be done right now, someday items, projects, maybe items and ideas, and references. I use Trello to manage… Continue reading 6 Essential tasks to schedule
Business Rules for Life 