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Imagine if your organisation held a ‘bring your toddler to work day?’ What might it look like? Endless distraction? Constant nagging? Sound like the interruptive behaviour of your iPhone or iPad? Well that’s because it probably is! Here’s how to turn email alerts off…
I woke up yesterday, turned on my phone and noticed that I’d inadvertently sent 500 emails overnight. I’d been hacked. It took me all morning to restore my contacts and it made me stop and think about how reliant I am on technology. Here’s what I learnt …
Microsoft Outlook likes to beep. Its default alert settings entice you to react to every email as it comes in. Stop letting your email notifications shape the way you work by turning off the beep. Here’s how to do it …
Have you ever tried to start a habit but didn’t get it to stick? 2 years ago I decided that I wanted to start running. I’ve always enjoyed running and the feeling that followed afterwards. Despite my good intentions, this didn’t quite work out as well as I hoped …
When David Allen wrote Getting Things Done®, he physically had to be at the office to write a memo. It made sense to only access those tasks marked as @office. In the digital age, the original logic of GTD contexts has stopped making sense …
Most of us have good intentions. The problem is that we don’t always do the things we intend to do. This is where action triggers come in. They provide a simple and effective way to start and keep a new habit …
Different types of physical activity shape your brain in different ways. Complex movements (I.e. yoga) prepare your mind for complex thinking. Endurance activities (I.e. running) help you to think more clearly …
Exercise is good for the mind. A burst of activity before work can help you stay alert and concentrate for longer. In the past, I relied on chance to get me into the zone. Nowadays I intentionally harness the power of exercise …
Have you ever had an email that seemed to linger like a bad smell? You may have read it a number of times. Ignored it. Kept it hidden or compulsively put it aside ‘just in case’. If so, you may be dealing with a Groundhog Day email!
More than likely you’ve heard the expression “cart before the horse”. It’s an analogy for putting things in the wrong order. Nowadays, I treat my to-do app as the cart and my way of working as my horse. But I never used to…