October 22, 2008
There are two essential steps to any effective productivity system: (1) collecting everything you have to do; and (2) making sure you do it.
The first requires good, easy-to-use tools. If it takes work to collect tasks, you won’t do it. Tim Ferriss, author of the four-hour workweek, recently talked about how he does it.
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September 15, 2008
According to a British study, it takes us over a minute to recover our focus after checking email. That means if you check your email every five minutes or so, you are spending over eight hours a week trying to recover your focus.
That’s one more good reason to stay on task! To get back some [...]
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