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5 Steps to Get Back to Work After Summer Vacation

Sep 3, 2010 Welcome back! The summer vacation season is over, and most of us are returning with a new energetic focus to our work. Projects and deadlines that lightened up in the vacation month of August are now getting … Continue reading

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ClearContext v5.1— Great New Features and Big TWC Impact

July 12, 2010 ClearContext 5.1 is now available, and while I don’t normally get excited about a dot release of any software, this one is like a whole new version. The feature changes are certainly big, but I am especially … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: Being a “Responsible” Worker—it’s Just Not Enough Anymore

June 2, 2010 Think of the word Responsible. It really means response-able—you are able and willing to respond to requests and needs sent your way. It implies being willing to take on activities and get them done. For years it … Continue reading

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Outlook Tip: Finding Mail Faster Using Search Folders

May 5, 2010 Are you using Search Folders in Outlook yet? If not, now may be a fantastic time to get acquainted with this powerful feature. This article discusses why, and shows you one Search Folder you can create that … Continue reading

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A 7-Minute YouTube Video on How to Create a To-Do List

If you haven’t yet implemented the Workday Mastery To-Do List as taught in the Master Your Workday Now! book, watch this YouTube video. In it I show in just a few minutes how to get your tasks organized. Go to … Continue reading

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Michael Recommends… Getting Organized in the Google Era by Douglas Merrill and James A. Martin

Released just a month ago, I read this book cover to cover and found it useful. Douglas Merrill is a former CIO of Google, and brings his wisdom of managing in the information age to the masses. It is a … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: The Little Stuff Can Kill the Big Stuff

As you know, the little stuff at work can kill the big stuff. In other words, dealing with lots of little tasks all day long can kill your ability to make progress on your bigger accomplishments. The e-mail onslaught, the … Continue reading

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A Web-Based and Mobile Implementation of the Workday Mastery To-Do List

Here is another YouTube video created by a reader who shows you that you can implement the Workday Mastery To-Do List in a web-based to-do list manager called Remember the Milk (RTM). It’s a nice video overview—it shows you the … Continue reading

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Outlook Tip: Removing Flagged Mail from Outlook’s To-Do Bar

Updated Aug 2, 2012 [updated, Feb 3, 2014, newer version of this article here; article below is out of date] In Outlook 2007 and 2010 any mail you flag in the Inbox will be listed in the To-Do Bar like … Continue reading

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Do You Think You Need Time Management? You May Actually Need Task Management!

People often say they need to learn Time Management when what they really need to learn is Task Management. That’s because these days, no matter how well we manage time, we always have more to do than we can possibly … Continue reading

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