• overwhelmed

    What To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

    It's one thing to make deliberate choices when the choices are easy. But what can you do when there are too many to choose from and they all need to be done yesterday? What do you do when you're overwhelmed?Overwhelm is a common problem and can stop people from doing anything. After all, why even start if you can't possibly…

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    Podcast Episode 40: The Way to Pick What to Do Next

    In Chapter 2 of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , David Allen spells out the four criteria model for choosing the next thing to do. He says that you choose what to do next based on (in this order) context, time available, energy and priority. In today's podcast, I will explore ways to maximize the criteria so…

  • freedom

    Freedom…The App That Has Given Me My Life Back

    For many years I have been on a media fast. I started about 8 years ago, when I realized that I was shouting at the radio on my way to work, and my anger and stress levels were constantly elevated. So I took a break. I didn't listen to the news, I didn't watch the news, I didn't read the…

  • secret to getting things done

    The Secret To Getting Things Done

    There is only one thing you need to do to get things done, no matter what the time frame or task. It's very simple, yet profound. And still many people won't do it. Want to know this secret?Today we'll look at the secret and why most people don't do it.

  • A Practical Time Blocking Example

    Time blocking is a great way to get things done efficiently. Today I show you how I do time blocking, including pictures of an actual day's result.

  • favorite tools

    My Favorite Tools

    One of the things people constantly ask me is what tools I use. It’s like they expect I have some magic set of tools that makes productivity easy for me.Nope. I use some easily accessible tools, and most of them are free.So today I will talk about my favorite tools.