∞ 10 More Uncluttering Things to Do Every Day

Sherri for Unclutterer: When you’re done with some­thing, put it away. Right away. Clut­ter arises when we take some­thing out, use it for awhile and neglect to return it to its proper home. Remem­ber the Unclutterer’s gospel, “A place for every­thing, and every­thing in its place.” I can­not tell you how amaz­ing this tip is. I was always in awe when I walked into peo­ples homes and they looked immac­u­late. Sure they could have just straight­ened up before... Read More

∞ Tachi Yamada and the Importance of Undivided Attention

Tachi Yamada: So, for exam­ple, I don’t have a mobile phone turned on because I’m talk­ing to you. I don’t want the out­side world to impinge on the con­ver­sa­tion we’re hav­ing. I don’t carry a Black­Berry. I do my e-mails reg­u­larly, but I do it when I have the time on a com­puter. I don’t want to be sit­ting here think­ing that I’ve got an e-mail mes­sage com­ing here and I’d bet­ter look at that while I’m talk­ing to you. Every moment... Read More

∞ Work Better and Faster by Exploring Your Tools

Brett Kelly: Take some time today to really get acquainted with one spe­cific tool that you use fre­quently. Poke around the menus and help files, search Google for “<appli­ca­tion name> tricks” and see what comes up. I think you’ll be sur­prised by what you find. Excel­lent advice. via Brett Kelly Dot Org.  Read More

∞ I Don’t Feel Like It

Seth Godin: Why do you need to feel like some­thing in order to do the work? They call it work because it’s dif­fi­cult, not because it’s some­thing you need to feel like. Very short and excel­lent post. via Seth’s Blog.  Read More

∞ Why Are You Apologizing?

Seth Godin: If you’re sorry to inter­rupt me with that spam, don’t send it. I could not agree more with every word in this post. via Seth’s Blog.  Read More

∞ Free Advice: Show Up Early

Zeld­man: Don’t be so quick to excuse your­self. If 80% of suc­cess is just show­ing up, 90% is show­ing up early. It’s hard for the client to sym­pa­thize with your late­ness when she, who had far­ther to travel, man­aged to make the meet­ing on time. Some of the best advice for any­one who works in any kind of job. via Jef­frey Zeld­man Presents The Daily Report.  Read More

Rework

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In an hour or so I am headed off for the Hol­i­day week­end, not return­ing to work until Tues­day. I am reminded of some advice I read a while back and I will do my best to para­phrase it for you: We all need sleep, sleep leads to cre­ativ­ity, inspi­ra­tion, moti­va­tion and ulti­mately productivity. Many peo­ple have the mind­set that if you work less that 40 hours you are not pro­duc­tive, and/or not good at your job. I have the mind­set that if you work... Read More

Fear of Bad Ideas

Seth Godin: The prob­lem is that you can’t have good ideas unless you’re will­ing to gen­er­ate a lot of bad ones. Sage advice. via Seth’s Blog.  Read More

How to Be Productive Without Becoming a Productivity Freak

Dra­gos Roua with some excel­lent advice: Pay par­tic­u­lar atten­tion to #4. via How To Be Pro­duc­tive with­out Becom­ing a Pro­duc­tiv­ity Freak.  Read More