While building up one trusted system for all your productivity needs is a poven practice, using your calender for everything is probably not the best choice.
Improve your efficiency and be more open to opportunities through a cleaner schedule.
You need the time and mental space to be able to focus on your long term goals and visoins. Also, to recognize opportunities you need to be able to step back from your daily grind.
It’s a paradox: If you want to get more done, you schould schedule less.
Bringing agility to your personal development
You probably know about agile development. Have you ever thought about applying the principles of agile software development to your personal productivity system? Here’s how you can do it and what you can learn from the best practices of software development – no matter what you do.
Follow-ups made easy
Being reliable to follow-up on task, ideas and people can make the difference in realizing your goals and building good relationships. This system is bullet proof.
Keep your productive streaks going to build good habits.
Productive habits are vital to your long-term success and wellbeing. The key is to keep habits alive and strengthem them daily.
Iterations in personal productivity
How can you become more agile in your individual work? Learning from agile teams, you can adapt the concept of iterations on a personal level.
Be realistic AND visionary
A vision is not a plan. Be bold in your vision. You might be surprised what you can achieve. At the same time be realistic in your short term goals to keep progress constant.
Ever thought about working in sprints on an individual level?
Progress is best achieved in small intense sprints. Not only in teams, but on an individual level as well.
Why a Tickler File System is Essential for GTD (Getting Things Done)
A tickler file is a great tool. It can be at the center of your getting things done system and bring your productivity to a whole new level.
On Improving Your Information Diet
A regular information diet should be natural to every striving performer.