productivity

Excel At Working from Home

January 25, 2010

Although I think having an office fosters success, I still do about 25% of my work from home. Whether you choose to work at home, or need to work at home, try a couple of these tips to make the experience a success.

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Use a Calendar App to Manage Time in Law School

January 22, 2010

Setting up a calendar and scheduling specific times for all of your in- and out-of-class tasks and appointments is an obvious yet useful way to get the most of the time squeeze that is law school.

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“Do Now” vs. “Due Now”: Work According to Plan, Not According to Deadlines

January 11, 2010

If you are always tackling your next deadline or latest e-mail, you will never find time to develop your business—or even just get ahead of your deadlines. If this sounds like you, the key is to start planning your schedule instead of letting your calendar dictate it.
In order to integrate work planning into your schedule, [...]

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TeuxDeux Rocks My Productive World

January 7, 2010

My most-productive weeks are the ones where I sit down on Sunday night or Monday morning and decide what I should be working on each day of the upcoming week. I like to set out two or three “most important tasks” (MITs) for each day. If I get those things done, I feel good, even [...]

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Dual Monitors Do Not Double Productivity

December 31, 2009

This past fall I used two monitors for about two months. At first, I thought it was awesome and would help me organize my screen and my day. After a week or two, however, I felt myself using the second monitor just for the sake of using it. At the end of the day, I [...]

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Voicemail Transcription

December 25, 2009

Voicemail is a waste of time. As Michael Arrington said (a while ago), “[v]oicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they’ll stop using it.” I have no illusions that voicemail will truly die any time soon, so I have tried a number of ways to make voicemail more efficient in my office.
My main solution is [...]

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Send Certified Mail from Your Computer

December 23, 2009

Now you can print certified mail labels from your desktop, which can make you more productive by eliminating trips to the post office. Especially if you live in Minnesota, avoiding trips to the post office in the winter is a good thing.

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Staying Productive As a New Dad

December 15, 2009

I do not claim to be an expert at juggling a career and a kid, but in the (nearly) three months since my daughter was born, I have been learning fast. I do not get as much time at the office as I used to, and I need to be able to focus on my [...]

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Become a Systematic Marketing Machine

December 9, 2009

Making your marketing systematic will help to break your marketing goals into smaller bite-sized projects that are more realistically achieved. Once you have determined all of the pieces required to keep in contact with your clients, develop a calendared system to make your process easier.
When you consider your marketing effort to be a long-term investment, [...]

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