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Since 2009, I have been writing articles about office organization, time management, work/life balance, email management, and productivity. I am passionate about helping people better manage the hours they choose to spend working and enjoy their non-work time as well.
Two Ways to Organize Your Email
Should you construct a File Plan? Or, is a Big Bucket approach the best option? In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias...
How to Take Electronic Notes in Meetings
In a previous post, I gave tips for taking meeting notes on paper. I promised to discuss electronic note-taking later....
Fear is not productive
Fear. We all feel it. We are not weak due to our fear. However, making fear-based decisions in the workplace has impacts...
How to Take Paper Notes in Meetings
…but what about my meeting notes? ~Every client during the paper-reduction process In a recent post, I discussed the...
The Only Way to Get Rid of Clutter
What is your clutter? Email, paper, electronic files, to-dos? Clutter accumulates due to indecision. In this video, Dr....
Productivity and Motivation: Do you GottaWanna to Get’erDone?
I am a rule follower. To an annoying amount. I took my daughter to a music festival recently. Using a ruler, I...
Paper Clutter: Our Changing Relationship with Office File Cabinets
Excess paper files were once the bane of most offices. Today, the clutter is digital. In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias...
A Love Letter to Outlook Tasks
Dear Outlook Tasks, We first met in the early 2000s. I came from a Lotus Notes world, and you were there to welcome...
Little changes that greatly improve your productivity
Sometimes we think that being more productive requires big, overwhelming changes to how we work and live. Not true! In...
What is a “Task Transition” and How Can it Make Me More Productive?
Some things that we do to improve our productivity are big things: use a task list rather than memory, say “No”...
Calming Down: How to Overcome Overwhelm
Often, my coaching clients come to me feeling overwhelmed at work. They have too much to do and not enough time to do it...
Podcasts: Productivity in your Earbuds
Guest Post by Shannon Martin, Director of Communications for Podbean Do you have a growing stack of unread books? Are there...