Tag: “Advice”

Deadlines are approaching. An absent employee forces you to reassign work to others who are already complaining. An email has arrived that changes the direction of your day. You can’t keep up with your text messages. The printer just ran out of ink and no one knows why there aren’t more toner cartridges in the office.

If you sometimes lie awake at night worrying about how you’re going to get all your work done, you’re not the only one. According to research from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), 40% of American employees experience excessive anxiety in their working lives. In a tough economic environment, professionals have to work harder to stay ahead of the competition, meaning they take on more projects with tighter deadlines and don’t defer tasks when required. No wonder national stress levels are sky high!

After many years practicing GTD — and after some challenges faced — I have achieved a life in which neither organization nor order are a problem for me since they are so integrated and related that I don’t realize they exist.

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We’re constantly striving to make the most out of our workday, but that doesn’t always mean working extra hours. If you find ways to boost your productivity, you work smarter instead of longer and harder. There are many small factors that influence productivity, from your work environment to your break habits. Did you know that the presence of plants has been found to increase worker productivity up to 15% or that taking a break to look at cute pictures can increase concentration tasks by 44%?