Distraction: not the usual suspects
So much of the discussion of distraction focuses on things like social media. What if you are being distracted by your own project? This track discusses 3 examples that came up in A Meeting With Your ...
8 Okt 20214min
One thing at a time?
Originally written in 2015, this track looks at the common advice to focus on one thing at a time, and how that can sometimes backfire. Using an extended knitting analogy, I discuss how giving yoursel...
8 Okt 20216min
Intro to Spotlight On: Optimizing Focus
Over the years I've written a lot about focus and distraction. This track introduces the collection of archive posts with some new thoughts on the value of identifying the problem before you try to im...
8 Okt 202111min
Planning as a practice
The purpose of planning is to enable you to take action, and to ensure that the things you take action on are the important things. The plan itself is a record of your decisions. Revisiting your plans...
21 Sep 202114min
Email Sign-offs
Do you get caught up in worrying about whether the way you (or whoever just emailed you) signed their email is rude or a passive-aggressive statement that colours the whole email? This is not a great ...
31 Aug 20218min
Managing email in the rapid switch to remote
Written in the spring of 2020, the rapid switch to remote working due to the Covid pandemic made some issues around email practices and boundaries much clearer. I talk about maintaining boundaries aro...
31 Aug 20219min
Not contributing to other people's email overwhelm
A companion to tracks about how to manage your own inbox, in this post I talk about how to write email in a way that makes it easier for your colleagues to deal with. From clear subject lines to well ...
31 Aug 20217min
Email is not a task
In this track I talk about how thinking of email as a means of communication, rather than a task, can help you feel more in control of your workload. The text version of this track was first published...
31 Aug 20213min
