Get-it-done Guy's Quick And Dirty Tips To Work Less And Do More

Working with a group is hard and problems inevitably arise. Get tips on how to easily solve group problems so you can be more productive and happier.

Event planning and scheduling people in a complicated event can be made simple by using a simple spreadsheet to organize it.

How to write good emails is not an art; it's a science. Work selection, internal voice tone, and only including certain kinds of content will all help you write email that communicates clearly without risk of misunderstanding.

Telephones are everywhere, yet the quality hasn't been poorer for decades. When you have to call someone, use land lines when clarity and connection quality is most important. If you must use a cell phone, take precautions against wind noise, talking volume, and dropped signals.

Better motivate people to meet their deadlines using carrots, sticks, and also explicit behavioral reviews.

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Keep track of ideas using an idea file, or several idea files, one for each project.

Stop being interrupted by scheduling your interruptions to cultivate focus.

Learn to divorce your computer to limit your computer time to what's useful. Use your computer as a tool, and put it away when you're done with a task.

When you need to stop procrastinating, speed-date your tasks. Do a timed amount of work on each task and you'll be able to stop procrastinating and get your work done faster.

Learn how to accomplish your real goals and the goals that matter most with expert advice from the first chapter of Get-it-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More.

Learn how to make hard decisions and get a very simple, yet powerful tip on how you can easily make those complex decisions than can stress you out.

Create a better to-do list by doing it the day before. That gives you the objectivity you need to create a better to-do list, rather than one driven by distraction and interruptions.

Task manager systems must handle everything in your life, yet be easy to use and update. Manage your to-do list using a combination of concepts from Getting Things Done and Autofocus 4.

Task management rarely tells us how to drop tasks from our to-do list. Understand which larger goal your tasks relate to, and drop tasks when their corresponding goal is outdated, when too many tasks relate to a single goal, or when a small goal comes to dominate your project list.

Overcoming obstacles is easy when you realize that every problem can be turned into an opportunity. Do it explicitly, by identifying your major problems and figuring out how you can use that very problem to enable you to do new things, to stop doing things you wish to stop, or to make contacts and connections that could lead to future success.

Find out how to remember your passwords and get tips for the best ways to keep track of your passwords when you have too many passwords to remember easily.

Keeping in touch with friends requires having a system for keeping their contact information (preferably not one that's at the mercy of a 3rd party!) Then you need to establish regular contact using appropriate in-person, phone-based, or text to keep in touch.

Plane flights are the ideal time to work on the kind of focus work you can't get done in an office. If you can't use a flight for focus time, use it to catch up on administrative work. Don't try to bring everything, and think twice before bringing your laptop.

Adult language learning can happen more rapidly than infant or childhood language learning. Use exposure to the language and graduated recall to activate your brain's natural language-learning mechanisms.