One of the most common pitfalls to productivity is procrastination. While being productive means accomplishing something, procrastinating is just the opposite. If we procrastinate, nothing will get done. Time will pass by without results and before long we may notice how far behind we have been left by others.
Here is a [...]

Note: This is a guest post by Mary Jaksch from Good Life Zen.
Do you try to keep too many balls in the air? I do. I try to stuff at least two lives into one. I’ve tried various ways to accomplish this without stress, but it’s only now that I’ve found the answer: [...]

Marco sent me an email recently:
The last weeks I have worked on my “trusted system” and I looked for the best software and hardware to use.
Currently I’m using:
- MediaWiki
- gtd-php
- Abakt
- Palm Vx
- Scanner Cannon 4400F
- FileServer running Linux Ubuntu 8.0.4
- Additional backups on external hard disk
(I’m still looking for [...]

Justin wrote this comment on my post Ask the Readers: What Productivity-Related Problem Do You Have? :
I’ve found that not getting things done is sometimes almost as important as getting things done in productivity. When people request too much of me, I have a hard time telling them no without killing the relationship. Yet if [...]

There are many methods and tools for productivity, but I think first of all we should change our mindset. Without having the right mindset, even the best methods and tools will only give you modest results. On the other hand, having the right mindset gives you strong foundation for the productivity techniques [...]

As I wrote in the previous post, the theme for this month is productivity. In accordance with the theme, I’d like to know if you have productivity-related problems you want to solve. The problems may be related to tools, techniques, mental obstacles, etc. While I don’t think I can find the solutions to all problems, [...]