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This article from the New York Times reminds me of times when I was trapped in endless meetings as a young employee, wondering why this was happening, and what I could possibly do about it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/jobs/18pre.html?8dpc […]

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Awhile back I wrote a manifesto for publication on the ChangeThis.com website that was entitled “The New Time Management: Simply Focus on the Fundamentals and Toss Away the Tips.”
I have not changed my mind about the value of the fundamentals, and the vapid nature of the tips, but as I have said elsewhere… some of […]

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I think the following
list of top internet resources might be somewhere that I should be aspiring to appear with this blog.
In any case, it’s a good list made up of the absolute best thinking to be found anywhere on the planet.
The Top 100 Productivity and Life Hack blogs:
http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/top-100-
productivity-and-lifehack-blogs

addthis_url […]

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I’m
not a big fan of lots of tips and fancy tools for professionals that don’t use
the fundamentals, but sometimes they can be a lot of fun to play around with!
So, I present this interesting
list of tools with a caveat - employ them in your habits cautiously, with an understanding of how they […]

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The idea of an open door policy has become something like a religious belief. It has gone from a good suggestion to a badge of honor, and is now an established management dogma.
The fact is that the most productive managers DO NOT have an open door policy, and this with good reason. When taken to […]

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I have just finished listening to the audio book “
The 4-Hour Work Week” which I enjoyed immensely, even as I disagreed with some of the points made by the author, Time Ferriss.
One chapter is entitled “The End of Time Management”.
He argues that one should forget all about time management!
Of course, this is more of […]

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The
following blogs on productivity are pretty useful to know:
Personal Productivity Required Reading List: 100 Kick-butt Lifehacking Blogs
Lifehacking is all about finding ways to streamline and improve your life. These bloggers can help you do just that, offering clever tricks and tips for making your everyday life more effective. Check them out for some of […]

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From
JimGibbon:

One Simple Technique to Help You Overcome Procrastination and Start Writing Now
August 5th, 2006 |
Productivity
For the last three weeks I’ve been using something called “contingency management” to write more, and more consistently, than at any point in my entire life. I now write an average of three pages a day (typed, double-spaced) […]

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I know that I play the same tune over and over - “Forget about the tips, focus on the fundamentals” and that I think most of us are making a mistake by focusing on tips when we look to improve our productivity. Here is an example of what I mean when I think about […]

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The following article on being late appeared a few months ago in the Jamaica Gleaner:

The rudeness of being late
published: Thursday | June 21, 2007
Ian McDonald
A few experiences lately, of public figures who should know better […]

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