10 tips for productive meetings
I can think of very few people who consider meetings a positive item in their work day. Meetings can be very productive, it’s just we have chosen to let them control us instead of the other way around. Here are 10 tips to help you manage meetings better. 1. Be on time Nothing interrupts the flow of a meeting like when someone shows up late and they have to be caught up. Respect everyone else's time…
Getting back to the GTD Basics Part 4 – Projects
GTD Part 4 - Projects One of the challenges many people have with GTD is determining the difference between a project and a next action. Many times this line can seem blurry, but it's actually very sharply defined. A project is a series of next actions that leads to a result. For example. “Get snow tires for car”. Many people would just put that into a next action, but is that the next action? The…
Windows 10 new features
Early this week Microsoft gave us a further look of some new features in the next version of Windows known as Windows 10. Here are some brief highlights. Free Upgrade In a nod to Apples OSX upgrade policy, Microsoft will be making Windows 10 a free upgrade to users of Windows 7 and 8 in the first year. This is a very good move on Microsoft’s part as it gives users a compelling reason to…