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Why GMail Priority Inbox Won’t Work

It seemed like good news at first — GMail has come out with a new way of helping its users to manage their information overload using a handy innovation called Google Priority Inbox.  Here’s what the GMail page describing the … Continue reading

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My First Breakthrough Quiz

Most people who are interested in time management have some basic things they hope will happen in their lives: they want to end each day “feeling good” they want other people to think that they are reliable they want to … Continue reading

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Why I’m Offering a Free 6 Week Program

Inevitably, I get asked why I give stuff away for free. The 500 or so posts of different kinds on this website have included just about all the ideas I have created around time management, and they can be used … Continue reading

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Smartphone Non-Productivity Webinar Last Night

It was great to have so many of you in the webinar last night. I have posted up a link to the video, and also to a new spot on Facebook where I can answer some questions that I believe … Continue reading

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The Smartphone Survey is Open

(To answer the 9 question survey click here.) It’s dawning on me after some reflection that I am developing a real yen for not just time management, but how it is practiced in workplaces around the world. I remember sitting … Continue reading

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More Managers Want their Workers Connected 24/7

I do believe that I have referenced this important study that was published in April 2010 in a few of my posts, but I have had a few questions, so here is the source document that I, and others, have … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Research Revealed Email Problems Back in 2000

This must be the week for research and reflection, because I am once again writing about a piece of research that I have found that has some interesting findings. This article is entitled “Supporting Email Flow“and it’s authored by Gina … Continue reading

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Recent Reseach on Blackberry un-Productivity

I stumbled across some research that backed up what I have been seeing in companies recently. The paper I found came from researchers at MIT:  Ubiquitous Email: Individual Experiences and Organizational Consequences of Blackberry Use by Melissa Mazmanian, Joanne Yates … Continue reading

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Distracting Ourselves with Digital Devices

I wrote a recent article on the Stepcase Lifehack website entitled “A New Productivity for the Smartphone Era”  that describes the ways in which users’ bad habits are ruining the gains that should have come from this new technology. These … Continue reading

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A New Resource: Videos

As you may have noticed, I recently added a new tab to the row at the top entitled:  Videos. The fact is, I have over 200 minutes of video content that was locked away in my archives and recently decided … Continue reading

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