Archive for 'Productivity' Category
11 Reasons for Unproductive Meetings
7 April 2009Notes from How to Run a Successful Meeting in Half the Time by Milo O Frank
01. No specific, clear-cut objective for the meeting, its leaders, or its participants.
02. No meeting agenda.
03. Too many or the wrong choice of participants.
04. No consideration for allies or antagonists.
05. Failure to prepare properly.
06. Inability to present ideas concisely.
07. Lack [...]
Nine Time-Tested Principles of Time Management
4 March 2009Notes from The New Manager’s Starter Kit by Robert Crittendon
01. Establish priorities.
02. Welcome routines and procedures: they’re your friends.
03. Transfer your monkeys to someone else’s back: they’re not your friends.
04. Delegate! Delegate! Delegate!
05. Manage incoming mail and phone calls.
06. Organize your paperwork and your space.
07. Use time in large chunks, when necessary.
08. Learn to say [...]
10 Ways to Get Better Sleep (and Maybe Cure Your Insomnia) by US News
4 March 2009US News has good list of 10 ways to get better sleep.
Practice good sleep hygiene.
Break the rules when necessary.
Develop a pre-bed relaxation ritual.
Try not to self-medicate.
Don’t drink to sleep.
Create a barrier between work and sleep.
Don’t catastrophize.
Retreat to a safe room. Don’t stew in bed.
Exercise.
Not working? Talk to your doctor.
10 Ways to Get Better Sleep [...]
