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Freelancing Benefit/Brag: Any Weekend Can Be A 3 Or 4-Day Weekend

June 25, 2010

I was raised on a farm, a real, working farm with cattle to care for every day of the year and long hard days on a hot and noisy tractor. One of the many things I learned is that when there is work to be done, you do it. You work from sun up to [...]

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Time For A Fresh Start

June 24, 2010

July 1 represents a clear milestone, the midpoint of the calendar year. It’s a useful indicator and pausing point to consider those tasks and projects we’ve selected or been assigned for this year. What have you accomplished this year? What remains? If you’ve accomplished some great things, celebrate them now. Then put them behind you. [...]

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Clear Your Calendar – Free Yourself Up For Unscheduled Productive Time

June 21, 2010

Do yourself a big favor: throw away your calendar. There are so many elements of Getting Things Done that people struggle with. But breaking free from the calendar is possibly the biggest, and, surprisingly, the least discussed strategy. So let’s get radical. According to Saint Randy, your calendar should only be used for meetings and [...]

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Simple Productivity Task of The Day: The Shape Of The Day

April 26, 2010

One of the things that calendars, to-do lists, and most productivity planning tools do poorly is let you view both close-up details and long-range perspectives of your schedule at the same time.  Here’s a simple practice used by my friends Ann and Gary Ralston from Ralston Consulting called “the Shape Of The Day.”  It can [...]

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