How to Supercharge Your Tea Break
I read an interesting article on the Harvard Business Review Website recently about research that finds that Coffee Breaks Don’t Boost Productivity After All.ding?
The findings of this report say that you only get the expected benefits if you do something work related.
Why I’ve switched (mostly) from ManageWP to InfiniteWP
Managing a lot of different Wordpress sites can be a daunting prospect. I don’t have nearly as many sites as lots of marketers and yet I still always used to struggle with keeping up to date with Wordpress, Plugin and Theme updates.
InfiniteWP and ManageWP [affiliate link] are both applications that take away a lot of the hard work of managing your Wordpress sites. You don’t have to log in to each admin to check for updates; with each service they’re all managed from central control panel.
In this article I’m going to discuss the similarities and differences between the 2 services and tell you why, while I’m signed up to both services, InfiniteWP is now my “go to” Wordpress utility.
The 4 Best Programs for Effortless Efficiency
Following on from my recent post about “The Tricks of Effortlessly Efficient People” I’m going to quickly detail the software I use to keep track of my ever growing list of tasks and how I use them to keep the important things to the fore, and distractions “forgotten but not gone”.
In that post I mentioned the four main types of task I encounter:
- Events / Meetings
- Single Tasks
- Repeat Tasks
- Things to Remember
I use a few different pieces of software to track different types of tasks. I’ve tried a lot of different ones over the years, but these are my current favourites.
The List Tricks of Effortlessly Efficient People
Some people seem to be effortlessly efficient and get things done without having to think about it.
Well it may seem that way, but behind all super-efficient people there is some sort of list making and prioritization going on.
These people are just better at covering up the process they use to prioritize their tasks.
Some may be able to keep their tasks in their heads, though I would speculate that not many busy people are able to do this. Others may use a simple diary or notebook. Those at top levels in corporations may have a secretary or PA to look after these details for them.
In this post I’m going to discuss the types of tasks you may need to keep track of, whether in your personal or work life, and suggest ways you may be able to become effortlessly efficient.
How Not to Waste Your Day
Here are some excellent ways you can really make sure you don’t fulfill your potential.
Check your emails every 5 minutes
What we do…
You know you want to. You could get an important email from a friend, or a daily deals website, or a gadget store, or a fashion retailer, or a …., or a …….
What we should do…
Let’s face it, most of the time the emails you get during the day are a big distraction from the work you’re doing. If you’ve set up your email program to check for emails every 5 minutes, chances are that you’ll get some sort of distracting email every 5 minutes to take your mind off the task in hand. I know, it happens to me regularly.