Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek has created quite a buzz recently in the blogosphere. As you might have known, the book focuses on lifestyle design, which is designing your dream lifestyle with the least possible effort. It’s not necessary to…
I’m in the midst of a bandwidth crisis these days. As I wrote before, my current Internet connection has a quota of 1,000 MB per month. Up till now I’ve used 880 MB with still one week to go. Needless to say, such situation puts me…
In my post about the two simple rules of productivity, I wrote that: With these two rules in place, the purpose of the rest of your productivity system (such as calendar and to-do list) is actually nothing but to help…
With all the books and blogs about productivity, it might not be easy to see the essence of productivity. What I want, then, are simple rules I can easily remember and apply throughout my days to help me boost my productivity.…
Timer could be one of the most effective weapons in your productivity arsenal. Adam Pash from Lifehacker for example, always has a timer handy to help him get things done. And he indeed accomplishes a lot of things (how many…
There are many best-seller books out there. By definition, best-seller books are books which are bought by many, many people. Unfortunately, buying doesn’t mean reading. From those many people who buy a book, only a fraction of them actually read…
Everyone wants to be productive. That’s why there are so many productivity systems and tools out there. But what is the key to productivity? Believe it or not, the key to productivity is amazingly simple: Actually do what you need…
There is a law in economics called diminishing returns (also called diminishing marginal returns). I believe diminishing returns also applies in many other areas of life. Understanding this law is important for your personal effectiveness. Here is an explanation about…
I’ve been using time tracking for some time now. Besides the benefits I wrote before, I can also see the patterns of my time usage. From these patterns there are some insights I get on how to better use my…
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. William Penn Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. Alan Lakein Time is the most valuable…
