Learn To Manage More Effectively With Priority Matrix
How good are you at meeting deadlines? In the past week, have you shifted a meeting or deadline back because something urgent has come up? A failure to meet deadlines can often be traced to urgency addiction. You may find that you push back on a longer term task because other seemingly urgent matters get in…
Read moreTime management for teachers Summer break is just around the corner for students and teachers around the country. After our popular article on time management skills for students, we thought we’d take this time to share some practical time management tips for teachers we’ve learnt from many of our Priority Matrix customers who work in…
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Note: This article is about the drag and drop integration between Microsoft Outlook and Priority Matrix. You might also be interested in our Priority Matrix for Outlook add-on. Many of us are guilty of task management by email. You know the drill: You get a message about something you need to do, and in order…
Read moreWe have mentioned GTD (Getting Things Done) by David Allen before, but we haven’t explained the methodology behind the world-famous “work-life management system.” GTD has inspired a plethora of software tools, books, apps, classes, websites, and seminars based on its methodology. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity is the title of a bestselling…
Read moreToday, I want to discuss another widely-used technique to improve productivity. This idea is called lean production, lean manufacturing, lean methodologies, lean enterprise, or even just “Lean.” Lean often refers to improving manufacturing processes’ efficiency, but Lean is more than that. Its philosophy is about eliminating waste in all forms to make a process or…
Read moreAs you may know already, we are a part of the StartX startup accelerator program in Silicon Valley, and for the last 5-6 months, they have been providing us with mentorship and countless other valuable resources. Finally, for their efforts, they have been awarded an $800,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, an entrepreneurship-focused…
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At a company that focuses on helping to increase personal productivity, I’ve picked up on several different methods that people use to work faster or better. A range of different ideas presents themselves as the premier concept to improve your productivity, but how do you find the right one for you? Clearly, user testimonials will…
Read moreAccording to successful entrepreneur Evan Carmichael, the Appfluence productivity 151 blog has been rated #18 in the Top 50 Productivity Blogs of 2012! You can find the entire listing over at his website. Thanks for the support, Evan, and to all of our readers! We appreciate your readership, and hope to continue providing meaningful, productivity-related…
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If you haven’t heard already, a Wired Magazine journalist’s iCloud account was hacked into last Friday, creating shockwaves in the tech world and shedding some light on questionable security measures. Through exploitation of the AppleCare Technician procedures and some dot-connecting between various online accounts, an anonymous party known only as “Phobia” found their way into…
Read moreFinding the best to do list template app or software is a difficult task, given all of the choices available these days. First, you need to find out what kind of to do list template suits your style of working. There are many different ways to create a to do list, and I want to lay some…
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