Category Archives: Flow

Richard Branson’s Time Management Techniques

Here’s an interesting interview with Richard Branson on how he manages his time, and his 300-400 email messages. I’m a great fan of his practical methods, which are right in line with best practices.  What’s interesting is that he has … Continue reading

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Ways to Avoid Digital Distractions

For some strange reason, the world is conspiring to keep us in a constant state of digital distraction.  It affects our productivity, and ruins our peace of mind… while robbing us of that great feeling that comes from knowing we … Continue reading

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Why Your Multi-Tasking Isn’t Working

Here’s a great article from Popsop.com that speaks to the follies of multi-tasking, even when we believe we are quite good at it. The fact is, we aren’t, and it actually is a habit that hinders our productivity rather than … Continue reading

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Hard Thinking in a Busy Schedule

I found another of Cal Newport’s gems that fits quite well into the 2Time way of thinking.  Getting Creative Things Done: How to Fit Hard Thinking into a Busy Schedule. In this post he makes the point that the best … Continue reading

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Makers vs. Managers

This is an interesting essay from Paul Graham that describes two very different mindsets to how one’s time is used throughout the day. He distinguishes between managers who move from one activity to another from creators/makers who need to have … Continue reading

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A Fascinating Account of Improvement

I read an interesting post written by Cal Newport over at the 99% blog entitled “A Day Without Distraction: Lessons Learned from 12 Hours of Forced Focus.” The author makes a significant change in his time management system, by adopting … Continue reading

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Your Brain at Work

A new study was just released that backs up the work done by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly in his book “Flow”, that uses a great deal of neuroscience to back up his notion that we are at our most productive when we … Continue reading

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Blackberry-Specific Habits

This is a great article written by a friend of mine – Ian Price – for the Guardian newspaper in the UK. One of the startling statistics he quotes is the fact that Blackberry users spend much more time checking … Continue reading

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Balancing Your Life

A interesting article over at the LifeHacker website. Penelope Trunk is a great writer and in this article she talks about the power of creating a balanced schedule and sticking to it.  Also, she talks about the difference between working … Continue reading

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Top 10 Ways to Use Your Down Time More Effectively

By Emily Thomas If you feel pretty confident with your time management skills, you may already use to-do lists, calendars, goal-tracking charts and alerts or alarms to keep you focused and driven during your work or school day. But what … Continue reading

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