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Debunking Productivity Myths: An Answer to Lifehacker’s Alan Henry
“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” — Will Rogers, American humorist. “We must not be hampered by yesterday’s myths in concentrating on today’s needs.”...
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Ruthless Productivity
Looking for the SPEED formula? Click here. “This is a ruthless world, and one must be ruthless to cope with it.” — Charlie Chaplin, American actor. “Human nature is potentially aggressive and...
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Customer Engagement Magazine Special Promotion
To help you get to where you want to go faster and easier I struck a deal with Customer Engagement Magazine to give you 3 months access on your iPad. They just featured me in a video interview and I...
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Uncomfortable Productivity: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone for Maximum...
“People who never make mistakes never make anything else either.” — Adrian Savage, Anglo-American business writer. “The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates...
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Reasons for Optimism: The Results of the 2012 American Time Use Survey
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” — Mark Twain, American author, who attributed it to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I...
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Congress, Deadlines, and (Lack of) Productivity
I was interviewed today for a piece on Marketplace, the public radio business and economics program, based in the show’s Washington bureau. I got so fired up I decided to write it down and get your...
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Free New Year’s Resolution Card
The good folks at AlphaCard have made a fantastic offer for our subscribers! Get your FREE New Year’s Resolution card today. Limited quantity available. AlphaCard believes in the importance of setting...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office
Engaging Others with Good Humor at Work “Right now, this is a job. If I advance any higher, this would be my career. And if this were my career, I’d have to throw myself in front of a train.” — Jim...
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Total Transparency: Making an Open Book of Your Worklife
“Even the oldest trees aren’t ashamed to stand naked.” — Marty Rubin, American author. How transparent is your organization? Does every person in every department have a working knowledge of the...
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Short, Sweet, and to the Point: Boost Your Productivity By Saying No
“Not just no, but HELL no.” — Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s response, when asked to surrender by Union General George Armstrong Custer. In a corporate environment where a can-do, go-team...
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Staying Ahead of the Game: How to Prepare for Your Next Workday
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” –Elbert Hubbard, American writer and artist. You might not be thinking of much more than getting home as you head out the door...
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Get Your Neurons in Gear: How to Think Faster
“Think fast!” — American saying, usually accompanied by something thrown at the recipient Did you know that smart people actually think faster than “regular” people do? That’s the conclusion of a 2009...
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