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Human Interruptions

creatingorderfromchaos wrote 1 day ago: Interruptions are a quick and easy way to become disorganised, lose focus, fall behind and become fr … more »

Tags: Business, Time Management

Where to position your desk in your room

nsoergel wrote 5 days ago: If you have a private office room you have consider where to position your desk. Many people will in … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Your desk, clean desk, personal productivity

Today's dilemma

javamom wrote 1 week ago: What is more tiring: Sitting down with a cup of coffee only to get up 6 million times to tend to on … more »

Tags: Distractions, Tired

Plan time buffers in your day1 comment

nsoergel wrote 1 week ago: Do not fill every minute of your day with appointments and tasks without buffers. There will always … more »

Tags: At Work, Plan your time, Time Management, personal productivity

Files required by many

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: If you are storing materials or files that other people have to access frequently, move them to anot … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Your desk, personal productivity

Go to office early

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: Going to work early in the morning has many advantages: 1) Less commuting time Early in the morning … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, personal productivity

When did you last review your mailing lists?

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: careful in the number of mailing lists you subscribe, since they can quickly fill your daily inbox. … more »

Tags: At Work, Email, General Tips, Time Management, Your desk, eMail, personal productivity

Unwanted visitors

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: Sometimes you might have to deal with unwanted visitors who came in spontaneously. There are a few r … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Meetings, personal productivity

Closing a conversation

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: If you want to close a conversation you can give your counterpart a lot of verbal and non verbal sig … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Meetings, Phone Calls, personal productivity

Open door policy?

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: Many managers promote open door policy as part of their corporate culture. There is nothing wrong on … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Meetings, Your desk, personal productivity

Manage incoming cc mails

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: Mails received as cc usually should not include any action items for you and therefore have lower pr … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Email, eMail, Productivity

Deactivate incoming mail notification

nsoergel wrote 2 weeks ago: The default setting of most email applications is to notify you on new incoming mails immediately. T … more »

Tags: At Work, Time Management, Email, eMail, Productivity

a room of one's own...1 comment

dianegallant wrote 3 weeks ago: …and a door that locks. I don’t have either of these things. I sit at my computer and wr … more »

Tags: writing, Life

writing through interruptions5 comments

dianegallant wrote 4 weeks ago: How do other writers do it? Yesterday was a non-working day for me, and also Austin’s one day … more »

Tags: writing, Life

Pings and Productivity1 comment

365pwords wrote 1 month ago: An article in today’s NY Times about the perils of “pinging” - my word for the con … more »

Tags: Nouns, Personal, Productivity, Plants, Distracted, Pings, focus?, attention, eMail

snacks with shami.5 comments

iisc wrote 1 month ago: bhOndOO left the Coffee Board and saw Shami coming towards him. “Hi.”. “Hello. How … more »

Tags: coffee board, computing lab, Snacks, dragon book, litec, Paper discussion, Post office

Keep moving

jazzyblue22 wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday was another textbook example of things not going according to plan. My aunt was scheduled … more »

Tags: Free-flowing shit, Yeah, cause I can rant, oh the drama!, Freewriting, Gasoline

Calm vs. crazy

andreak64 wrote 1 month ago: Monday was such a calm day at work that I was beginning to think I showed up on Saturday by mistake. … more »

Tags: Time Management, eMail, Problems, projects, Meetings, hectic schedule, Crises, Phone Calls, Vendors

The Yellow-Toothed Demon1 comment

xxfourthelement wrote 2 months ago: You know, since I’m out of school now that exam week is over, I decided that today I would wor … more »

Tags: writing, Concentration, Games, The Final Experiment, Writers