I’m in the middle of a short series all about our work environment. We’ve considered why it matters and our actual workstation itself. Today in our mini-series work environment matters | Focus Three — Environment & distraction. What we are trying to do here is, as far as we able…

In my last post I made the point that our work environment matters. That all of our work and effort to optimise our apps and out systems can mean nothing if we cannot get the basics right. Our work environment can create a space where we can be effective and…

My next few posts are actually taken from a podcast I recorded months ago. I’ve decided to write about this now for two very important reasons. Firstly, with all our talk of systems and being organised and apps etc, sometimes the most basic thing can bring us down. It might…

That, my friend, is a very simple point. The work matters more than the system. Today, I closed ToDoist, shut down my calendar and I abandoned my plan for the day. I took out a notebook and a pen and a made a list and I worked from that…today. Systems are good — use a system Having…

I am facing a conundrum. I have called it ‘The Content Creator Conundrum’. If you are a content creator, perhaps you have faced it as well. It is the ever present tension between writing content that you are passionate about, and writing content that boosts your analytics and engagement. …

Let me tell you a story. Not really a story but I want you to create a mental image. Picture yourself riding a horse. You have the reigns firmly in your grasp. Your feet nestled snugly in the stirrups. You gallop through the fields, the horse responding to your every…

Have you ever heard of the concept of having a ‘To Not Do’ list? I have and I’ll be honest it is something that I have never used — or have I? And it is that ‘or have I?’ that is making me revisit this. …

In my previous post, I mentioned that any productivity system can become bloated and that the first step towards tidying all this up is to Kill the Bloat — getting rid of tasks as projects that are no longer needed. Today we move on to How to do a productivity…

Anyone who wants to be productive will train themselves to do two things — Capture everything and organise it well. It is therefore inevitable that your ‘productivity system’ will become bloated. Some ways of organising your work will suffer this far more than others — worth noting this. Therefore, it…