Pareto Principle Illustrated

The goal of productivity is to use the amount of free time available to us to achieve the results we desire. Focus on results and beware the Time Wasters which can easily take over.

Time Management Questions

February – Mental – Week Four – Activity: Plan weekly and daily 10 Minutes 10 Questions for Productivity What projects will accomplish goals? What actions will accomplish projects? What are your repeating work tasks? What are your repeating home tasks? What are your favorite menu plans? What are your favorite recreational activities? Which actions are [...]

Two New Free Tools to Plan & Measure Goal Progress

I added two new tools to the Daily PlanIt Free Tools page: 1) a foldable weekly and daily plan form (doc), and 2) a new and improved Annual chart for weekly goals (doc)  This form is for measuring progress toward a SMART goal like this one: I will [do what] plan weekly [how] with a [...]

Discovery of the Day

Check out 365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself This Year at Marc and Angel Hack Life: Practical Tips for Productive Living. They also have many articles about Productivity.

Time Management Skills

The Skills and Competencies category at Contemporary Management includes a 70 page Handbook on Time Management Skills (pdf) from the Centre for Good Governance.  

Top Ten Ways to Improve Productivity

Choose a system to manage your calendar, tasks, and lists that works well for you. Set priorities. Use your system to Plan weekly, Plan daily, schedule, add and delete tasks. Eliminate clutter and unnecessary stuff. Break large tasks down. Remind yourself of tasks with timers, alarms, and/or a tickler system. Organize the information you need in [...]

Android apps for productivity

I’ve been exploring apps for my Android cellphone to increase my productivity. Here are the three apps I’ve added that look like they’ll work well for me: Business calendar Any.do Note Everything Update 3/10/12: Once I learned Google Docs has mobile apps, it blows any other note-taking app out of the water. I still really [...]

Household Notebook Contents

A  Household Notebook  is an easy tool to set up, and many free printables are available from OrganizedHome.com or Frugal Living. I’ve added some free printables from other websites too. This post from Tipnut leads to lots of links to Household Notebook forms. My favorite cover is from newbeehomeschooler.com. CALENDAR I like this one page [...]

Weekly Review Questions

10 Minutes 10 Questions for a Weekly Review How does what actually happened in the past week compare to what you had planned? What went well? What didn’t go so well? Did you make good use of available discretionary time? (time left after job description activities, maintainance and repeating tasks) How can you increase the [...]

Maximize Your Workspace

Arranging your workspace to maximize your effectiveness can be a challenge. “Cubicle Creativity: Make Over Your Office Space For Better Workflow” by Cathy Hamilton is an article from the July 12, 2010 Lawrence Journal-World Go issue with ideas that just might motivate you.