Just one extra task each day can make a difference
Getting through your daily To-Do List isn’t easy. But then, when you’re done, another task gets added on top. Another one? Think about it: one extra step each day adds up to 365 tasks completed by the end of the year that you didn’t have on your initial list. Just one extra task each day […]
Your time isn’t worth anything
That’s what the following behaviors communicate: Saying yes to everything. If we say “yes” to everything people ask of us, we hold up our priorities in response to anything that crosses out path. Saying “no” is a skill successful people use to achieve their goals. Letting people interrupt you. We set aside anything at the […]
Multi-tasking is incompatible with efficiency. Why?
Monday morning. We sit down in front of the computer with a cup of coffee and open our mail. We’re almost ready to start answering e-mails and begin our workday when suddenly the telephone rings. In the middle of the call, our boss comes over and assigns us a task. We get to work on […]
To Do List: the tool to be truly productive
One of the keys to avoid stress at the very beginning of the day is to learn to be planned using taks lists. Our day is full of commitments, meetings, emails, interruptions … utter chaos we must learn to control if we are to be truly productive. The best tool for this is to prepare- and […]
Work life balance: 7 tips to improve your life
Reach a better work life balance is one of the main objectives to increase your productivity. Follow this seven tips to improve your work life balance and improve your life. 1. Avoid excessive planning Planning is important to organize the start of our working day and avoid stress at the very beginning. But too much planning […]
How does time management simulator Triskelion work?
Simulation has been used in corporate training for developing technical skills learning since some decades ago. However its use in soft skills training is relatively recent. Soft skills training is usually more complicated because they have to be practiced in order to be developed. So contents need to be applied to be learned. With the […]
Take control of your own schedule
One of our main purposes when coming back from vacation is to be able to take control of our schedule. Every year we tell ourselves that this is the year. We don’t want that chaos anymore, no more problems derived from bad planning and no more overcrowded calendars that leave us no time to focus on our work. […]
Ways of staying active on vacation!
Vacation can radically alter your life-style: we don’t have to wake up early, we stop worrying about meal times, we feel relaxed… We are even free to stay awake overnight if we wish to. It’s time to be flexible and put aside preoccupations. However, we are creatures of habit and we don’t always feel comfortable […]
Don’t let your inbox destroy your productivity
The new update of Gmail inbox has raised the issue of the necessity that employers feel to manage their inboxes properly. The main change in this redesign of Google email service is the inclusion of tabs in order to keep the inbox “clean” and organised. Some of these tabs are… Primary: messages from friends and […]
Productivity in summer time
Who has never suffered intense summer heat when working at the office? Who has never felt the tiredness, irritability, and stress that working at high temperatures causes? At this stage, considerable research demonstrates that high temperatures are directly related to labor productivity, and both extreme cold and extreme heat lead us to perform less productively. […]
