Without knowing it, we’re constantly hindering ourselves from thinking productively and solving problems. The good news is, this is easy to remedy. Here are five things we do that hinder productive thought and five things we can do to think better.
Without knowing it, we’re constantly hindering ourselves from thinking productively and solving problems. The good news is, this is easy to remedy. Here are five things we do that hinder productive thought and five things we can do to think better.
The idea is simple enough. Don’t leave emails in your inbox. It’s not a healthy place to live. Action them immediately – deal with them, delegate them, delete them or move them from you inbox to somewhere more organised. Just don’t let them sit there, mocking you.
The human desire to work more effectively pre-dates the pyramids. Entire forests have been razed in the production of roadmaps to boosting personal organisation and productivity. (The seminal book Getting Things Done (GTD), by American productivity guru Dave Allen, alone must surely have a carbon footprint to rival that of a middle-tier European nation.) Modern…
If you’re not careful, half your day can vanish down your inbox’s throat. A survey of almost 600 professionals showed two thirds of them spent 2-6 hours per day just on email. And 90 percent of them wasted up to an hour each day deciphering poorly written emails or handling irrelevant ones. Email should make…
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