I was answering a question: “how do I manage my time?” and I was thinking of it in terms of scheduling. Then it occurred to...Continue reading
WFH: Don’t Fall For The Hidden Challenge – DBR 081
WFH: Don’t Fall For the Hidden Challenge Most everybody I hear wants to work from home. I’ve posted previously that most employees see WFH as a...Continue reading
DBR 080: Information Overload Is Simpler Than You Think
Eradicating information overload. The goal of personal information management is to put processes and tools around our information so we can “manage” it – that...Continue reading
DBR 079: Work-life Balance Is Nothing (… but an Attention Management Problem)
This episode is about the outcomes you can achieve with the information and coaching I am able to give. This is important, because it's gonna...Continue reading
DBR 078: Watch Out For The Three ‘Micro’ Wastes of Productivity
I want to describe calm productivity. And I want to contrast the results of attention management to the results of efforts to do time management....Continue reading
DBR 077: Over-allocated Attention and the Associated Stress
Our attention is over-allocated by a nexus of events. This episode is what to do about that. I'm gonna acknowledge something that I'm not a...Continue reading
DBR 076: Yes! You CAN Be Happy At Work
The happiness at work episode. Yay. I’m happy to be at work. Last time we talked about pessimism versus optimism. A closely related subject is...Continue reading
DBR 075: Pessimism Cloaked as Realism Considered Harmful
This one's about optimism and pessimism, and what that has to do with productivity. I and the whole thing is a productivity concern for me....Continue reading
DBR 074: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going – History of Knowledge Work Productivity
I want to talk about the history of knowledge work productivity. And it's going to involve a lot of different names. It's going to involve...Continue reading
DBR 073: Fable: Productivity Rain Dances – Watch Out
I started out talking about the lies of productivity, but I’m going to change to fables because it's just things we collectively believe without much...Continue reading