Category: Productivity
This is about being effective with your time and being focused on the right things to do each day or at each stage.
It could overlap with PM when we talk about your time on a project.
Identifying the Real Problems Your Business Has
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Over the last few weeks we’ve been addressing your goals. I started by telling you that yearly goals are terrible and that you need to stop doing them. Then we talked about the alternative that I use, setting goals in quarter increments and measuring progress. But before you do any goal setting, you need to
If You Haven’t Planned Where You’re Going You’ll Hate Where You End Up
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How do you set goals and then pull them down into weekly and daily actions? How do you take all the ideas that buzz through your head, and get the vital few done? The first thing you need is a set of filtering documents. When I start a new notebook I do the regular Bullet
Since Yearly Goals Suck, Here is the Alternative
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If yearly goals suck, in that they’re way too long and you can’t stay motivated towards your goal for 12 months, what do you do? The alternative that I use, and my coaching clients use, to much better effect is quarterly goals focused on actions. Quarterly Plans Are Better than Yearly Goals A quarter is
Why Yearly Goals are Terrible
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I published this in June, where we’re just on the other side of the time of year that most people have stopped looking at their goals. They made some awesome New Year’s resolutions which have now fallen by the wayside. It was all good intentions and little follow through. That’s because yearly goals suck. Over
How Analogue Productivity Changed my Email Workflow
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Clearly if I’m using an analogue productivity system there are methods you see talked about all the time that are not accessible to me. I can’t grab a link to an email and drop it in my task manager so that I can jump directly to the email later. Likewise the iOS 11 drag and
How I Modified The Bullet Journal System to run my Online Business
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A few weeks ago I gave you a primer on what Bullet Journalling was so that you were familiar with the ground rules of the Bullet Journal system. Now, some parts of it I loved and some parts of it, just didn’t seem to work for me. Today I’m going to walk you through the
Getting Started with Bullet Journalling For Web Developers
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For a while now I’ve been writing about my Analogue Productivity system. I started with the 10 Constraints you need and the 1 Action you Should Be Taking. Today we’re going to dig into the basics of the Bullet Journal system so that you’re familiar with it. Next week we’ll look at exactly how I
You Have to Stick To It to Be Successful
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People claim to want to do something that matters, yet they measure themselves against things that don’t, and track their progress not in years but in microseconds. – Perennnial Seller Probably the biggest idea that comes across my desk is the idea of a 2 week website. This is the idea that you standardize your
Your Natural Level of Productivity
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Everyone has a natural level of productivity. It will vary from person to person, but everyone has a limited amount of physical, mental, and creative energy. Every hour of work costs energy. – Extreme Programming I have a coaching client that just took his first weekend off in, he couldn’t remember how long. He’s been
You’re Suffering in Silence Because of Your Pride
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Successful businesses are profitable organizations charging for products or services. They have certain expenses – payroll, tools, hardware, probably an office space or a warehouse – you name it. In order to break even and start growing, they need to ensure that there are viable and profitable business opportunities. In other words, someone has to
