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Use canned responses and templates to improve productivity

Use canned responses and templates to improve productivity

Remember when you were a kid and Mom set you down with a stack of thank you cards after the holidays and you dutifully filled out cards to family and friends, thanking them for their gifts?  To expedite the process, I bet many of your cards included the same phrases, substituting a couple specifics to personalize the message.  This exercise …

Create a portable collection tool

Create a portable collection tool

You’re on the train heading to work and a brilliant business idea invades your daydreaming.  An unexpected wait at the DMV leaves you with half an hour to kill and no outlet for your thoughts.  Then an unexpected downpour confines you to your car for 10 minutes while you wait to dash into the store.  But in all these situations …

Identify high energy times for maximum productivity

Identify high energy times for maximum productivity

Some of the most highly productive people that I know practice one simple habit: identifying the high energy times during their day.  How can we be highly productive or tap into creative energy if we haven’t determined the moments in our schedule where we have the most potential for success?
If we look at our to do list everyday at 3:00pm …

Pack your lunch, improve your life

Pack your lunch, improve your life

If you’re anything like the typical desk worker, or even if you’re not, you likely spend at least 40 hours a week at your full time job.  And that doesn’t account for commuting time.  Schedules are hectic, and spending an average of 8 or more hours a day in an office guarantees a significant chunk of your day is no …

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