How to Make Time Mapping Work for You
April 30, 2011 by Kristin Lowe
A tried and tested personal productivity strategy is that of Time Mapping. In a nutshell, this is the practice of putting appointments with yourself on your calendar to help carve out time to work on your high-priority tasks for the day. Sometimes people find it tough to stick to these appointments, especially if the scheduled [...]
Low-tech Focus Strategy
January 26, 2010 by Kristin
You may already know that I use and recommend an electronic system for a master to-do list. It’s important to have a structured place to capture anything and everything you think you should or could do.
On any given day, however, the master to-do list is too much. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and/or distracted. That’s why I use a distinctly low-tech approach to stay focused on my top priorities each day. That’s it in the photo. Yep – it’s a yellow sticky note on my computer (horrors!). The thing is, this is not like all those random sticky notes I see in so many offices. This one has a bit of architecture to help me be productive all day long.
White Noise Helps You Focus
October 30, 2009 by Kristin
When we talk about strategies for beating distraction during our workshops, I often mention the concept of white noise and find that this is not as commonly known as I thought.
I’ll date myself by saying I first learned about white noise as a kid when the one English-language television channel in Germany would go off the air at midnight. Between the final notes of the U.S. national anthem and the news at 6 a.m., there would be nothing on the tube but jumpy black and white dots and a steady “shhhhhh” sound all night long. My parents explained that some people liked to fall asleep with the TV static on because it drowned out other sounds in the neighborhood. They told me this masking effect of a constant sound was called white noise.
Productivity Poll: White Noise
October 29, 2009 by Kristin
Productivity Poll: Can you Concentrate?
May 3, 2009 by Kristin
