Robert Story – Productivity

9 ways to edit your presentation : Speaking about Presenting
Long presentations rarely achieve more than short ones. The longer the presentation, the more information there is for audience members to process. And so the less likely they are to get your core message.

If there’s one distinguishing concept between GTD and other productivity systems, it’s the deliberate split between defining a successful outcome and the very next action step toward accomplishing it.
To Do lists tend not to make the distinction, which can mean the difference between the item being perceived as actionable or not actionable.
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The Ultimate Productivity Habit | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement
Writing focuses your thinking. When you write something down, you aren’t just creating a paper record, you’re changing the way you think about it. Writing down a goal changes a whim into a conviction. Writing down your expenses changes excessive spending from [...]

Anne Benedict: Defining Quality Leadership from Behance Magazine
“No team, creative or otherwise, can exist without focus or direction. However, success rarely occurs in dictator-esque environments. “Good leadership and management practices apply across all types of work, both creative and traditional, because the common denominator is people. People in every oeuvre have skills, motivations, [...]

Here’s a three-step plan for allocating your time wisely and strategically.

Though most managers understand intellectually that time is their scarcest resource, few make the effort to gain a strategic perspective on how they spend their hours each week. Still fewer make a regular practice of keeping track of how the priorities they say are most [...]

Official Google Blog: How to avoid getting hooked
Millions of people have gotten “urgent” emails asking them to take immediate action to prevent some impending disaster. “Our bank has a new security system. Update your information now or you won’t be able to access your account,” or “We couldn’t verify your information; click here to [...]

As email is the prevalent form of communication for many web workers, it’s gotten a lot of attention: how to handle your email, how to empty your inbox, email etiquette, and more.
But perhaps not enough time is spent learning about how to communicate with email. And more specifically, how to communicate clearly and [...]

Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed.
Seriously, this combines COFFEE and a NAP! How much closer to perfect [...]

RSS: Follow Your Favorite Sports or Teams via RSS with Totally Scored – Lifehacker
Track the latest scores from your favorite sport or team from the convenience of your RSS reader.Man, I love technology!

   “Ever have a day go by, or week go by, and wonder what you got done? And
how the day went by so quickly without any real achievements?”
The ideas are not new, but this is still a worthwhile read because unless you are actually doing some of the things on the list, you can probably [...]