Monthly Archives: February 2008

New e-book for Jamaican Professionals

Posted on February 9, 2008 by fwade

My first e-book is available for free for a limited time. The title is “2Time Capturing – a Time Management Fundamental for Jamaican Professionals“. While it is written for the Jamaican professional, it has wide applicability to all professionals. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Email Inbox as a Mouth

Posted on February 8, 2008 by fwade

The email in-box is nothing more than a mouth. Huh? Well, the mouth is an ideal capture point. It allows for temporary storage of a certain amount of food, and performs its function perfectly as a “staging area” for the … Continue reading →

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The Essentials of GTD

Posted on February 7, 2008 by fwade

Note: GTD® refers to the book or approach called Getting Things Done developed by David Allen. In an interesting post at Matthew Cornell’s blog, he makes the point that GTD is difficult to reduce to a lighter version, because it … Continue reading →

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Professional Un-productivity

Posted on February 6, 2008 by fwade

As mentioned before, the task of comparing one worker to another in terms of their productivity has become much harder. However, the results of examining their in-box can give a good insight into how productive they are. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Inbox Difficulties

Posted on February 4, 2008 by fwade

Back in the old days it was easy. The unproductive guy was the one who still had a bunch of bricks sitting in a pile waiting to be assembled into a wall, while the productive guy was finished long before, … Continue reading →

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Post-Pilot Analysis (3) – Awareness

Posted on February 2, 2008 by fwade

I noticed during the pilot that the higher belt levels of 2Time were describing systems that were increasingly effective at catching time demands, and preventing them from falling through the cracks. In other words, they assisted the user in being … Continue reading →

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