Intuit Productivity Webinar
Yesterday I participated in a webinar sponsored by Intuit called “Get More Done. Today.” with Craig Jarrow (blogs at Time Management Ninja) and Mike Williams (CEO at David Allen Company). Dan Schawbel moderated the event. I had a great time answering questions and learning some new tips and tricks from Craig and Mike. If you’d like to view the recording, click here or on the image below. (Source: Productivity501)
Source: Productivity501 - July 24, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Productivity Source Type: blogs
Becoming Selective
Back in Mozart’s day, music was a rare thing. If you had an opportunity to hear good music, it was a special treat and something you’d definitely want to take advantage of. Now days, music can be found everywhere. People listen to it while working, while driving, while exercising. Music can put you to sleep at night and wake you up in the morning. With access to music everywhere, the hard part is deciding what you are not going to listen to because there are just so many options.
It wasn’t that long ago that books were a rare treasure. They were difficult and expensive to produce. Even after the inventio...
Source: Productivity501 - July 15, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Misc Source Type: blogs
vLetter Handwriting Font
Several years ago, I wrote about vLetter’s handwriting font. I got an email from them a few months ago asking if I’d like to try out an updated version of the font. The big difference is that in the past you had to write your text and then convert it to your handwriting, now it will let you write with your handwriting font directly and it is smart enough to figure out which version of each letter to use to make it connect correctly with the letters that come before and after it.
If you have an existing font from vLetter, they can upgrade it to the new smart font. Otherwise you’ll need to download the form...
Source: Productivity501 - June 30, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Technology Source Type: blogs
Home Office Update
Several years ago I did a post on my home office setup. Since my home office is constantly evolving it seemed like a good time to do an update. One thing that has changed from a few years ago is that where I used to spend short periods of time video conferencing, I now spend pretty much 8 to 9 hours a day on video conference with clients.
My desk. The center monitor is my MacBook Air, my Linux computer is on the left and the windows machine that I use for video conferencing is on the right.
Previously, I had two glass top desks setup in an L shape with a single 30 inch monitor. I’ve moved these desks on either side o...
Source: Productivity501 - June 2, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Productivity Source Type: blogs
Getting More Done
If you want to accomplish more than those around you, you have two options:
Spend more time working.
Do more in less time.
There aren’t any other options. To get more done, you’ll have to do one or both of these things, so lets look at them in more detail.
Spend more time working
This is how most people try to get more done. They work 10 and 12 hour days, work weekends, etc. While this can definitely help you accomplish more, it doesn’t scale very well. If you allow 8 hours per day for sleep and eating, you can’t go beyond 16 hours of work per day. If you were able to convert all of your extra ...
Source: Productivity501 - January 10, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Time Source Type: blogs
Making Yourself Indispensable
Since the economy is now in recession, the current state of affairs is causing many people rethink how they view their job security. Those life-long jobs we hear our grandparents speak of, unfortunately, do not exist in the numbers they once did. For most people, their best option is to make themselves one of the employees that stands out from the others in terms of willingness to work, enthusiasm and dedication to the business. Here are a few suggestions to help “recession-proof” your job.
1. Keep a positive attitude
I once heard a story about a person in nursing school that was considered for a job over ot...
Source: Productivity501 - January 8, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Anna Tags: Misc job security learning work Source Type: blogs
Reader Question – Smarter People
What makes some people smarter than others?
How smart someone is can be measured in many different ways. The most common standard way of measuring intelligence is an IQ test. If you have an IQ of 100 then you are a completely average person. If you IQ is above 100 you are above average.
A raw IQ score measures on type of intelligence. However there are many people with modest IQs who have amassed an extremely large amount of knowledge. This pool of knowledge makes them extremely intelligent. Often they will outperform someone with a higher IQ simply because they know so much.
In theory, there is very little you can do to i...
Source: Productivity501 - January 7, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Misc Source Type: blogs
8 Habit List Usage Ideas
We’ve had some great response to the Habit List post.
Here are several usage ideas for the Habit List:
Negative Items – If there is something you are trying not to do, you can add it to the list as negative item. For example, “Didn’t watch TV” could be one of the items on the list.
Different Lists for Different Places – Part of the idea of the Habit List is to let you focus on your tasks with habit type items out of the way. If your habit list gets long, you might want to use different lists separated by where you will use them. For example, you might have one list for exercise, ...
Source: Productivity501 - October 22, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Productivity tasks Source Type: blogs
12 Tips for an Organized Desk
Here are twelve quick desk organization tips. These are things that have worked well for me and help me maintain an organized desk (most of the time). Most of them are probably applicable to others as well. If you have any desk organization tip suggestions of items to add please add them to the comments.
(Update: If you are interested in seeing my desk, checkout this post for photos.)
Get rid of pens and pencils you don’t need. – I have one type of pen I like to use, but every month or my pencil holder gets filled up with other random writing instruments. If you aren’t going to use it, don’t feel...
Source: Productivity501 - October 16, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Mark Shead Tags: Organize desk oranization Misc organized desk Source Type: blogs
