Hagakure Kikigaki “Hidden by the Leaves” The Hagakure is a spiritual & practical guide written for samurai. It is a written collection of commentaries by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and deals with the bushido or the warrior code of the samurai. While at first glace you may be wondering what does this have to do with productivity? A great [...]
Ten Must Have Items for All Freelance Professionals Working from Home You finally did it! You move out of that confined office and left water cooler gossip and boring supervisors hovering over you behind. You go home ready to work on those new contracts, and turn that desktop on. Good to go, right? Did you [...]
Would you rather start taking control or follow the leader? “Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” Albert Einstein From earliest childhood, we are encouraged to follow directions, to do what we’re told and not ask too many questions. Our parents, teachers, doctors and leaders of all sorts encourage us to fall [...]
Staying on the straight & narrow of productivity Being productive in today’s society can be quite a difficult task. With the rush to get as many things done as possible and with the high demand of perfection, most people are so terrified of messing up that they fail to actually accomplish anything. Hopefully this article [...]
5 Tips for staying productive Productivity is a buzz word these days. Everything is about being more productive or staying productive, and not always in the best sense. Many things make productivity hard. Distracting office mates don’t help. But one of the things that has the largest negative effect is a ‘Negative Nelly.’ The negative [...]
It is never too late to make changes in your life. If you want to be more productive and manage your time better, take a look at these 10 lessons you need to know but were never taught. 10. What others think does not really matter: Do not let the opinions of others drag you down [...]
20 more tips for successful time management! Do deadlines always catch you by surprise? Are you always frantically trying to get your ducks in a row at the last-minute? Why is it that the other guy is always collected and on target and you’re scrambling to catch your breath? For many, time management is the [...]
5 Ways for ending procrastination. So you’re sitting on your couch with your hand in a bowl of snacks, watching your favorite program on the television. You get this nagging feeling creeping from the back of your mind. You know that soon enough it may or may not become an anxiety. You have something to [...]
Why should you be using a day planner? Simple, without one it is near impossible to keep track of all the daily tasks I need to accomplish. As a small business owner, having a day planner is like having a personal time management professional right at my fingertips. With my day planner I am able [...]
How having a clean workspace will help with increasing your productivity If you’re like a lot of people, you spend a lot of time at work frustrated and unable to easily find the things you need to complete your work because of the clutter in your office, cubicle, or desk. While it might seem like [...]
