One of the most pivotal personal productivity habits I have developed is the practice of keeping my email inbox empty.
Now, I’m certainly not claiming to have invented this - scads of people both swear by this technique and try to preach it to their email-hording colleagues, most of whom usually find the idea ludicrous.
But for [...]

Posted on February 12th, 2008 by James
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“If you’re saying something is important in your life but you aren’t spending time on it, then you need to change either what you say your values are, or the way you spend your time.” - Dorothy Lehmkul, Organizing for the Creative Person
There is a disconnect in many of our lives, and it can be [...]

Posted on October 19th, 2007 by James
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When I used to work in management, running a commercial printing facility, my philosophy about hiring was simple: I’d rather have someone with no experience, someone that I can train to do the job my way, rather than someone with a lot of experience, who is going to want to do things the way they [...]

Posted on October 15th, 2007 by James
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There is a reason our language has evolved to associate a fresh sheet of paper and a “clean slate” with a positive feeling, a sense that there is great potential in the immediate future.Empty space is invigorating. It is inviting. It is psychologically cleansing. And it is something to strive for in your work environment.
We [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2007 by James
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