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Meetings can be a time sinkhole and a major productivity killer.  There’s always the risk that the agenda suffers from a lack of planning, people get off track, and “that guy” in the office who loves to hear himself talk will cause the meeting to drag on longer than anyone would like.
Time to make meetings more productive with a great …

Congress and the public are feverishly debating health care reform and flu season is looming — and it’s the perfect time to organize first aid, medicines and your health care documentation.
The first step to organizing your first aid supplies and medicines is establishing a central location in your home for all of your materials.  My personal solution is a basic …

Here at OPTED Magazine, many readers are iPhone users and seek information about iPhone apps that will help increase productivity.  I’ve reviewed another goal tracking app called iAchieve, which was developed by Goce Petrovski and released on September 29, 2009.
What does the app do?
This iPhone app allows the user to track achievements that contribute to their goals, for instance quitting …

Material possessions mean something different at all stages of our lives.  Some possessions evoke a memory and others a perceived necessity.  But at many of our life stages the concepts of “need” and “want” take on different meanings as we begin to evaluate the growing volume of material objects that we collect.
Clutter in our homes is a direct result of …

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Thank you to all who have provided helpful feedback about the content and direction of the site, and in response we’ll be expanding the coverage of OPTED topics and focusing on the issues important to YOU, the reader!  As always, please use the content form to provide feedback and suggestions and comment …

When I’m asked the question “are you ready” I usually cringe as my brain rapidly cycles through everything I’ve done to prepare and everything I might have missed.  Do you feel the same?
Well it’s time for the new OPTED Magazine poll and this one requires your participation.
This week we’re posing the question: are you ready for the 2009 holiday season? …

This past weekend was a rarity for me.  Most of my projects had wrapped up the week before, I had no events or travel scheduled, and with a rainy weekend it was the perfect excuse to take it easy.  Now, I’m not the type of person who can sit still for long unless I’m accomplishing something (I’m working on that!) …

This post is part of a series called “Fortune Fridays”, inspired by motivational fortune cookie slips. Read more.
After some self-criticism of my time management skills, I identified what I consider a weakness: spending too much time planning and not enough time acting.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of evaluating the most effective, productive habits to have, faithfully organizing project …