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Here are six principles I strive to live by. This is my own “personal productivity manifesto”: it summarizes what works for me about personal productivity.
Whenever I follow these guidelines, I am at my very best, feeling productive and joyful. If I feel that I am doing things outside these guidelines, I know I can refer to them and quickly get back on track.
Since these principles work so well for me, I figured they might work for you, too. Here they are:
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This is a guest post by Adrian Koh of Whakate.
The tussle between lifehacking and living the perfect life is as old as personal development itself. “Lifehacking” — a recently-coined word to refer to tips and tricks that lead to productivity boosts — focuses on a bottom-up approach of managing the input of work rather than goals and priorities.
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Today I have a special treat for Litemind readers. I am honored to interview Mark Forster, one of the foremost thinkers in the field of time management. He is the author of three books on time management, including the innovative (and intriguing) Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management.
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The time budget is a practical method you can use every day to keep your life always in balance. It closes the gap between the high-level world of areas of responsibility and major goals, and the down-to-earth world of tasks and external demands.
As a bonus, the time budget also helps you effectively deal with many productivity killers such as lack of focus, procrastination and perfectionism — all in one fell swoop.
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Creating task lists can give you an immediate sense of control and productivity.
However, if you have been using them for a while, you may also feel how stressful and overwhelming they can become: instead of shrinking, these lists usually only get longer and longer, no matter how fast you knock your tasks down. What to do?
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Waqas: A great collection. I have been searching for such collections lately, and this one surely is the best.Ken: In regards to your question: So, here’s the question to my smart readers: How do you think I should go with my quotes...
jon: Luciano, terrific post on productivity. I liked ” constantly think about how to improve my life and define little...
Luciano Passuello: Persistence and intelligence (knowing the theory and calculating, in this context) are, many times,...Luciano Passuello: You’re right Rudy: the principles (and their companion tools) make a lot more sense when in...
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