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Productivity Pointers

Productivity Pointer – Eliminate Auto Reminders

You don’t have to put on the red light. – Sting If you have ever used a Blackberry or some other smart phones, you know that the blinking red light tells you that you have a new e-mail It seems harmless enough. But I know people who allow that little red light rule their lives. [...]

Productivity Pointer for November 23, 2009

This has been a very tough year. - Bernard Madoff I don’t know if Madoff really said this, but I’m sure he’s thought about it a time or two. And he would be right, it has been a difficult year for many of us. This week in the US we are taking some quiet time [...]

Productivity Pointer – Visualize A Job Well Done

If you can’t picture it being done, you can’t do it. – John Pich The quote above was from my late father-in-law. Although he never finished high school, he was one of the wisest people I have ever met. Like many men of his generation, he dropped out of high school to join the fight [...]

Weekly Productivity Pointer – November 9, 2009

Everyone’s a super hero, everyone’s a Captain Kirk. – Nena Do you feel as if you will never catch up? Get used to it because it’s not going to change anytime soon. Part of the reason for the overloaded feeling is our natural tendency to believe we can do everything. We ignore the laws of [...]

Productivity Pointer – What is most important right now?

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. – Doris Lessing What’s the most important thing you could be doing with your time right now? (Other than reading this post of course.) Are you doing it? We often gravitate toward the easy things when it’s time [...]

Productivity Pointer – What Do You Want This Year?

Some people are pretty, others get to be rich. But the only fair thing God did was make so everyone has to die. - Anne Pich That quote is from my 86 year old mother-in-law. I was so struck by it that I had to share it in a productivity pointer. The point is, we [...]

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