I got an email this week from a regular reader of this blog asking me for some help. She writes:
“What should I do if I’m spending more time writing out lists than crossing off tasks on those lists?”
Given that we make the most lists around holiday season I imagine a few of you might be suffering from this same problem, so I thought I would share my advice with you. Read more
As much as I love new technology, especially technology that helps increase your productivity – there are a few ways in which I’m still behind the times. For starters, I still have one of those old school style address books. I write addresses in pencil so I can easily update when someone moves. It works – until I need an address when I’m not at home! This week I’ve been trying to drag myself into the 21st century by looking at online address books.
While looking at all the various sites, I started to realize that at some point I was going to have to sit down and manually enter all my contacts! It’s not a job I’m particularly looking forward to, but that’s one of the necessary evils of modern technology. There are options to auto sync your contacts but I don’t want to import everyone’s email addresses, phone numbers, etc. I just want their physical addresses in one spot! Read more
The past couple of weeks I’ve been scouting for readers of ListProducer.com to join my VIP Team to help me prepare for the launch of my book “Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed.” I’m really looking forward to working with them and getting to know some of the regular readers of this blog!
Here’s the list of the fabulous people who were chosen for my team:
Garette — Hackensack, NJ
Irene — Setauket, NY
Frances — Chicago, IL
Darcie — Brooklyn, NY
Eileen — West Roxbury, MA
Arianny — Lynbrook, NY
Elka — Homestead, FL
Jason — New York, NY
Joni — Lincoln, NE
Shing — Queens, NY
Kate — Canton, OH
Ann — Ontario, Canada
Shelagh — Andover, MA
AnneMarie — Forest Hills, NY
Katie — Green Bay, WI
Bianca — Hermosa Beach, CA
Kathleen — Topsfield, MA
Sandra — East Elmhurst, NY
Laura –New York, NY
Susan — Aldie, VA
Barbara — Nanuet, NY
Shari — Austin, TX
Kathy — West Chester, OH
(PS If any of you didn’t receive the welcome email that I sent out on Tuesday – please shoot Matthew (matthew@listproducer.com) an email and we’ll find out what happened to it!)
On this blog I write about the things you can do to be more productive. But what about the things you are already doing? Whether you realize it or not you’re always improving. Don’t believe me? Think back to the person you where a year ago, or five years ago. You’re probably doing a lot better than you thought.
Today I encourage you to take a moment, think about all the productive things you do and give yourself a pat on the back. Here are some productive things you might do without even knowing it! Read more
You probably have at least one person in your life who always seems to be on top of things. They’re always prepared for meetings, they never forget your birthday…you know the type. Not to brag – but my friends say this about me. So what’s our secret?
The truth is we don’t have an endless memory, we just know where to get the right facts. I can’t help myself — I’m a journalist after all. Read more