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Book Review – REWORK

Written by Sam on March 27, 2012 - 0 Comments
Categories: Book Review, Productivity

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I have often felt guilty that I do not read books as often as I used to read a few years back. I now have a excuses from being time constrained to being overwhelmed by the information overload. One of the things that I had for 2012 was to pick up at least one book a month [...]

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The (Agile) Email Manifesto

Written by Sam on April 24, 2011 - 4 Comments
Categories: Agile, Common Sense, Productivity

Email Manifesto

Despite the fact that email ranks number one on the list of top time suckers, it may not be practical to completely avoid email. But is there a way we can minimize the damage and turn it into an asset? Yes – with a little common sense and some basic rules that I have been [...]

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Top 5 Project Management Time Suckers & How To Manage Them

Written by Sam on February 8, 2011 - 8 Comments
Categories: EP3M, Productivity, Project Management

Time Suckers

Running out of time? Need to multitask? Cannot prioritize? Too many deliverables? As projects continue to grow, a project manager is often found caught in the above situations and as a result they often fall back to time management and productivity strategies, however that is like going for the cure without actually paying attention to [...]

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Top 10 Chrome Extensions To Help You Get Around The CHAOS

Written by Sam on November 11, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Common Sense, Productivity, Technology

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I just love Chrome, the game changing browser from Google, so much that I decided to do a post around it. Why Chrome? Well, apart from having all the capabilities of a standard web browser, chrome is fast, lightweight and has a number of cool extensions built around it that make the experience an absolute [...]

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Set-up a complete GTD system using Google Apps

Written by Sam on October 22, 2010 - 12 Comments
Categories: Common Sense, Productivity, Technology

Google Apps

Getting Things Done (GTD) , heard of it? Chances are you have and are probably using it to some extent. GTD is a extremely popular organizational method created by David Allen.It has been described as the productivity cult of the new info age.Over the years there have been many variations of this method, but the [...]

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