Wow, its been a little while since I last posted here on Babbling Engineer. For that, I really must apologise! The reason for my silence has been down to a mixture of illness and being super busy both at work and home. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for [&hellip
Just a quick post from me today, but I wanted to tell you about a really great tool I’ve found to keep your GMail account under control. Its called Boomerang. I’d heard about Boomerang before, but up until now had dismissed it as something that I didn’t need. However, now I’ve had a deeper look [&hellip
There are plenty of articles out there on how batch processing can increase your productivity 10 fold. Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger has covered it, Michael Hyatt has covered it. Everybody tells you how batch processing is THE way to handle your tasks. This isn’t always the case though. Krispy Kreme Portsmouth by Julia Manzerova [&hellip
The majority of people would much rather be talking than listening. Unfortunately, many often exercise this preference. However, being a good listener can improve your life in a number of ways. In order to improve your listening, then read on – and stop talking at the back! A study by Paul Rankin way back in [&hellip
I’ve done a lot of thinking lately about what works for keeping me productive in the workplace. All seems to be working quite well. I started capturing all my notes and actions in one place, At the end of each day I process that days notes and the first thing in the morning I decide [&hellip
I’ve been struggling recently with my to do list. I’ve tried GTD, and recently I discovered Leo Babauta’s essays on a modified approach to GTD. I much prefer this more laid back, simplistic approach to task list management. However, I’ve been struggling to knock items off my to do list. by Emily Raw One of [&hellip
We will be moving over our feed provider over the next 24 hours. Hopefully there will be no disruption to the service, however, if you don’t receive your regular Wednesday post (on Wednesday funnily enough!) then you may need to resubscribe. If that does happen, then my sincere apologies. Hopefully, I will see you all [&hellip
I’ve been building up my productivity system for a couple of weeks now. Following a read of Leo Babauta’s Zen to Done, I decided that this could form a good foundation for my to-do system. Check out this post for details of what I planned to do. If you couldn’t be bothered going back to [&hellip
I’ve been discussing habits a lot recently. It’s become incredibly apparent to me that it is habits that have been the reason that my previous attempts at improving my personal productivity have floundered. I need to build some good habits, but what are the best ways to do that? I’ve dug into a lot of [&hellip
Following on from last week’s post, I’ve done a lot of reading. I’ve been reading Leo Babauta’s book, Zen To Done. I’ve been skimming back over David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done. The conclusion I came to last week is that in order for my organisation system to stick, I need to build solid habits. [&hellip