Comments on: Productivity Traps And How To Be More Productive

By: Make Friends, Earn Money

Make Friends, Earn Money — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:54:42 +0000

Great Tips i especially like “Tackle the more time-sensitive and smaller tasks first.” Some times it’s not always the bigger things that need to be addressed first.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:56:45 +0000

@Eric – I used my PC for a while too, but find that it’s not very portable. At this point, I’ve already retired my PDAs so I probably won’t be checking it out. Thanks for the suggestion though. Others may find it helpful.

@Joel – welcome to Moolanomy! Sometimes I wish I can do that with my cellphone. I have a nice digital voice recorder I got as a training gift, but never use it. I think I am more on the visual side and prefer to write or draw things down.

I love the “man of action” philosophy. That’s exactly what I meant by mini-task that should be done right away.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:45:43 +0000

I use the voice recorder on my cell phone to record important thoughts or reminders that cross my mind throughout the day. In terms of managing information at work, someone I use to work taught me his “man of action” philosophy. It’s simple- if someone comes across your path that you can do quickly and easily, do it immediately and as fast as possible. Yes these distractions add up throughout the day, but they don’t linger around and add to your stress level since soon after you encounter them, you’ve knocked them off.

For multi-day or multi-week projects I work on alone, I usually do those away from my desk. I’ll sit in an empty office, outside, or work from home and get it done.

The benefits are great. People expect quick action from you and appreciate it, you don’t have a million issues pile up, and find solitude to handle the important projects. Works for me!

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:15:41 +0000

I used to have a little notebook that would fit in my pocket with a half-height pen until the pen broke (but luckily didn’t ruin my pants). It was really handy while it lasted. If I could find something similar (with a better quality pen) I would probably do that again.

On my PC I use an application called ThinkingRock to compile my todo lists all in one place. In the mornings, I can run a report that will list what I need to do based on bunch of criteria. It’s worth checking out, and it’s free. If I could sync it with a Palm app that would make it that much better for me.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:29:00 +0000

@The Happy Rock – I used my PDA a lot when I first got it too, but eventually I stop and go back to my notebook.

@Matt – Exactly!

By: Matt Wolfe

Matt Wolfe — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:27:37 +0000

I always carry a notebook with me. I couldn’t live without taking notes through out the day. I actually had a PDA for a little while but it just wasn’t the same…

By: The Happy Rock

The Happy Rock — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:25:12 +0000

I use a Dell Axim, and it works great when I use it. It’s use tends to wax and wain depending on my level of ‘on top of things’.