Archive for the ‘Work habits’ Category
Using two monitors at once – really?
Posted by: Jeremy on: November 6, 2009
For anyone who spends a significant part of their workday on a computer – and that’s an increasing number of employees even at non-technology-based companies – using two monitors provides measurable productivity gains. You may think dual monitors is just a perk for programmers or stockbrokers – but given how far the prices of LCD [...]
Are your goals keeping you down?
Posted by: Jeremy on: May 28, 2009
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Q: We’ve been having trouble with goals at my workplace. Given the economy, our salespeople aren’t hitting many of the goals we set for them at the beginning of the year. While we don’t want to reward them for failure, we also want to acknowledge that their shortfalls are understandable. How can we keep people [...]
"The" right way to do a to-do list? No such thing
Posted by: Jeremy on: April 23, 2009
DumbLittleMan recently shared 15 Awesome Time Management Tools and Apps. Some of them look great — I need a password manager, despite trying to use good mnemonic password techniques like the one I covered here earlier. But when it comes to to-do lists, I’m not convinced by any one tool.
I mean, my basic to-do list [...]
10 ways to quit wasting time in meetings
Posted by: Jeremy on: April 7, 2009
Meetings are a fact of business life, and they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean they have to be such a drain on your productivity.
Experts like Seth Godin and plenty of others have talked about this before – but it bears repeating. Don’t spend another hour listening to someone else figure out [...]
How to recycle the recycle bin and save your back
Posted by: Jeff on: March 11, 2009
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We’ve all been there. Helping a friend move, playing hoops with some friends, or sleeping the wrong way: it’s easy to hurt your back. Unfortunately, for those of us who work at a desk all day, sitting in an office chair can really aggravate the soreness. One BuyerZone employee – Josh Hale – found that [...]
Stop playing court reporter
Posted by: Jeff on: March 5, 2009
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Ever been in a meeting where the great ideas were flowing and simultaneously being written on a whiteboard? Or, have you been stuck in a meeting room where the whiteboard is covered with indecipherable notes and a big “Do Not Erase”? So have we. The problem is, how do you stay involved in the conversation [...]
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