Welcome to Andrew's Productivity Blog
This blog has lots of articles on Time Management that will help to improve your Personal Productivity. It also gives you hints and tips on how TaskAngel can support you in coping with your busy life.
Are you overloaded? If so, don’t be tempted to skip your Paid Time Off. As our latest article shows, taking time off actually makes you more productive!
All our blog posts are shown below. If you just want to concentrate on one topic, use the menu below. The TaskAngel articles are also on our help page.
We also publish guest articles when we see things you might be interested in. Try this:
Is your to-do list killing you?
One tip to make your to-do list work for you - not against you - by Chris Belfi, founder and CEO of MaxPotential Coaching.
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Andrew
- Dec 11, 2016
- 6 min
How I Beat Procrastination In Just One Day (The Staircase Technique)
Today I’m going to show you how I finally beat procrastination. I stopped putting off those important tasks, the ones I delayed even when I knew bad things would happen if I didn’t do them. Before, I shied away from the most important tasks. To be honest, I was a bit of a ditherer. How did I do it? The Staircase Technique. And in this case study I’m going to show exactly how I did it, step by step. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Marti
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Andrew
- Nov 12, 2016
- 12 min
30 Powerful Time Management Tips (That Really Work)
Don’t you just hate it when you have too much to do and you’re running out of time? I can help you boost your productivity. These time management tips will accelerate your performance, and you can start right now. No matter if you are a student, professional or home-maker, these tips will help you get more done in less time. 1. Measure your time management baseline First of all, look back at yesterday. How much time did you spend doing key tasks? Where did the rest of the day
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Andrew
- Sep 14, 2016
- 5 min
Get rid of your paper clutter
Do you see piles of paper everywhere? On your desk, beside your bed, on the kitchen table? Are you thinking about buying a bigger bag? I can help you. It’s time to fight back. Grab a couple of hours, right away. It might be a pain, but at the end of it, you’ll feel a lot better. Step 1: Gather loose paper Find a big, empty table to work on. Gather all your loose paper. Letters, memos, reports, receipts, bills, whatever. Not only the piles you can see around you, but also look
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Andrew
- Jul 13, 2016
- 1 min
Using emojis
You can use emojis in TaskAngel to add extra sizzle to your tasks ❤️ . Emojis can go anywhere – in tasks, and notes, or in the titles of folders, goals, contexts and tags. You can even search on emojis. When syncing across to other devices, the emojis show up only if the other devices support the same emoji codes. For example iPhone to iPhone or iPad, or Windows to Windows. The Process Street blog has an excellent guide to using emojis in business. Enjoy! 😃 #blog
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Andrew
- Jul 8, 2016
- 4 min
Get on top of your emails
Is your email a nightmare? Do you spend too much time doing email? Do you have hundreds of unread emails in your inbox? This blog post will help you. Despite the rise of social media, email is still by far the most common method of written communication. Radicati’s Email Statistics Report estimates that over 200 billion emails are sent every day. This compares with 23 billion text messages per day, and ‘only’ 500 million tweets per day! There are less than 5 billion email acc
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Andrew
- Jun 29, 2016
- 6 min
10 Steps To Fix Your To-Do List (And Reduce Stress)
Do you work hard all day but feel you’re achieving nothing? Do you lie awake at night with all your unfinished tasks swirling around in your head? I can help you. Read this post to see how to boost your productivity and reduce stress. The good news is that you aren’t alone. It’s the human condition. Back in the 1940’s, the psychologist Kurt Lewin developed his Field Theory. According to Lewin, our behavior is a function of our personality and our environment. Pressure from th
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