I first began to gamify my day to maximize productivity when I worked a job that required me to be at a desk for the full 10-hour workday. My boss was too busy to notice that I'd cleared my day's to-do list, and it was demotivating...
For an entire workplace to be collectively productive, it requires a few key changes from management. This can include everything from benefits to office design and the use of mobile technology. Elizabeth Dukes is the co-author of Wide Open Workspace, where she looks at how the workspace has changed over...
Boomerang for Gmail is one of my very favorite productivity tools, and one of the few digital services I use all day, every day. Here's how I use it to automate my email effectiveness. I use Boomerang for three primary reasons: to follow up on email I'...
We Rebels write volumes of email every day, and in this video I'll share how I use TextExpander to simplify outbound email. [rebel] When to Use TextExpander I ask myself one question every time I send an email: am I going to have to send any part of...
Anyone who works closely for an entrepreneur knows that nobody really gets our jobs. After all, who would ever want to work crazy hours, under extreme pressure and tight deadlines, for visionaries who are focused on big, bold and seemingly crazy ideas? :) Most people run away from this type of...
Have you ever felt frustrated because your assistant or key team members didn't get or understand how to effectively communicate with you? Have you ever let go a great employee, or maybe had a great employee voluntarily leave, because there was a mismatch between your expectations of the...
