Productivity Bulletin: 10/19/2014
Here is a spin off post from the supplier report. I felt that the career items didn’t fit the tone of the other report, so I am creating a new one.
- Building a task list and how to ruthlessly prioritize:
Good advice here people – I highly encourage you to read this and deploy some of these techniques.
https://zapier.com/blog/prioritize-task-list-methods/ - Speaking of task lists – here is a simple word doc format if you are opposed to using a tool (or can’t access it at work)
http://unclutterer.com/2013/12/16/staying-on-top-of-everything/ - Seth Godin – “Let’s go around the room”:
Leaders of meetings can do better. Call on people. Shape the conversation. Do your homework in advance and figure out who has something to say, and work hard to create interactions. Either that or just send a memo and cancel the whole thing. It’s easier and probably more effective.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2014/10/lets-go-around-the-room.html
- Becoming a more authentic person by keeping a journal:
Keep a journal with dates and times of your situations, observations, behaviours (yours and others), feelings, emotions, actions (yours and others). Identify traits, habits and patterns.
http://lifehacker.com/train-yourself-to-be-a-more-authentic-person-by-keeping-1647225176
- Know thy self:
http://lifehacker.com/the-five-points-of-wisdom-philosophy-can-provide-you-1646337704
That’s all for this week. Take these ideas, absorb them, make them and yourselves better (and force me to get better too).