7 Tips for Personal Productivity – Interview with Krishna De

Do you suffer from email overload? Would you like to know how to take control of the barrage of emails that you are confronted with every morning? Managing email overload is a common phenomenon of the 21st century but following these 9 clever tips may help you to transform your overburdened inbox from excess to empty without even breaking a sweat! Click title to read more

When an individual enters the workforce they are usually trained and skilled in their job specific skills but unfortunately not enough are competent at organising how the work actually gets done. Click title to read more

An extract from Leo Babauta of zenhabits.net book Focus – a simplicity manifesto in the age of distraction Click Title to read more

10 great tips how to stay focused with the myriad of distractions we face daily – Click title to read more

Managing the email explosion is skill that should not be overlooked. Everyone can send and receive an email but how many of us know how to manage the multitude of emails that get sent to us daily? Click title to read more

“Firefighting”: the act of putting out fires. There was a day when this word was understood literally, today if we hear this word, we generally don’t envision the flames of a fire but the act of dealing with crises as they arrive. Firefighting has become a frequent addition to our recessionary vocabulary, along with bailout, sub prime, rescue and bankers To Read more click title

While most of you prepare for the hectic holidays, I prepare myself for 2013. I love goal setting, I love…

Research shows that larger monitors or dual monitors are definitely a boon to productivity. According to University of Utah researchers, using a larger monitor could save you 2.5 hours per 8 hour work day. Tests were carried out comparing users of an 18inch monitor to users of a 24 inch. They also compared the 18inch monitor to using two 20inch monitors side by side. To read more click title

Do you want to experience stress free productivity? You may want to join us for Declutterfest. To Read more click title

An alternative perspective of time by Gerrit Cloete of Productivity Pitstop. He asks the question should we slow down to speed up and take example from Africa’s more relaxed attitude towards time?

Want to beat procrastination for once and for all? Start by downloading everything out of your head, then process and organize it into a system. Here are 7 steps to get you started

Here are seven simple tips to help you to communicate more clearly and get better results from your email exchanges. To Read more Click Title

I know I am extremely fortunate to be married to a South African, regular visits to Cape Town can be orchestrated under the guise of spending time with the family. As I sit feeling lethargic in the sunshine I realise I am having trouble being productive. Now at this time my mother would tell me to stop thinking and try to switch off and enjoy my holiday. To read Productivity tips from South Africa click the title above

Over the next 7 weeks you can read a summary of each section of my book Chaos to Control, A Practical Guide to Getting Things Done. Read a summary of Section 1 here

I am a tennis fanatic, so to my delight last week I received a wonderful comment from Mary Jaksch of GoodLifeZen and WritetoDone in response to my post “Is Productivity yesterday’s habit? To Read more click Title