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	<title>Lifehacker Australia &#187; productivity</title>
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		<title>The 40/30/30 Rule Preps You For The Game Of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;ve placed yourself physically where you need to be, kept at something past your initial doubts and taken a risk at failing, you&#8217;re running at 100 per cent. Thinking of challenges that way &#8212; 40/30/30 &#8212; is a great motivational tool.
Photo by martinhoward.
Financial blogger Trent Hamm at The Simple Dollar breaks it down:
 &#8220;What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lock In A Fixed Schedule To Keep Work-Life Balance</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/lock-in-a-fixed-schedule-to-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being attached at the hip to your smartphone doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re productive, just attached. The I Will Teach You To Be Rich blog showcases how three workers put a real fence around their work time and ended up more free.
Writer Ramit Sethi&#8217;s first example, Jim Collins, might be familiar to those read up on productivity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TimeMe Keeps You Accountable In The Most Basic Way Possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ TimeMe is an online timer that sticks to the principle of doing one thing &#8212; and doing it well. It&#8217;s a simple online stopwatch with very few distractions, functions or add-ons to get right to the heart of time keeping.
TimeMe keeps it&#8217;s interface simple and has limited options. You can change out the display [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yast Tracks And Logs Time Spent On Projects And Tasks</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/yast-tracks-and-logs-time-spent-on-projects-and-tasks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/yast-tracks-and-logs-time-spent-on-projects-and-tasks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time tracking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for a simple time-tracking tool with visuals that are easy to read at a glance, Yast fits the bill.
Yast can track multiple projects and tasks each with their own colour code. The week-at-a-glance view is great for seeing how projects are unfolding over the week. You can generate reports and save them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Work Breaks To Keep Up Connections</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/use-work-breaks-to-keep-up-connections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/use-work-breaks-to-keep-up-connections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitson Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that taking breaks from work is beneficial to productivity, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that your breaks themselves can&#8217;t be productive. Career weblog WorkAwesome suggests a few tips for keeping breaks productive without focusing on work.
Photo by George Reyes.
We all love to waste time on Facebook and personal emails during our breaks, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Posture Means More Energy At Work</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/better-posture-means-more-energy-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/better-posture-means-more-energy-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The art of sitting or standing up straight might seem like something out of a 1950s etiquette class, but it actually plays an important role in staying energised and efficient throughout your day at the office. Here&#8217;s why:
Photo by joelogon
Health and home weblog Real Simple claims that by slouching, our body takes in as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doit.im Is A Cross-Platform GTD Task Management App</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/doit-im-is-a-cross-platform-gtd-task-management-app/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/doit-im-is-a-cross-platform-gtd-task-management-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows/Mac/Linux: Doit.im is a free, attractive, cross-platform task management application built on the principles of productivity guru David Allen&#8217;s Getting Things Done. It syncs to the web, it&#8217;s easy to use, and soon it&#8217;ll sync to your phone too.
(Click the image above for a closer look.)
Once you install the app and register for an account, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distraction-Free Writing In Google Docs; No Add-Ons Necessary</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/distraction-free-writing-in-google-docs-no-add-ons-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/distraction-free-writing-in-google-docs-no-add-ons-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[distractions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve highlighted a variety of ways to create a distraction-free writing environment including altering Microsoft Word and running portable applications. This is much easier: open a Google Docs template and set your browser fullscreen.
Over at Digital Inspiration they&#8217;ve created a simple Google Docs template that emulates the green-on-black minimalism of early word processors. All you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pomodoro Technique Fights Deadline Anxiety With A Timer</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-pomodoro-technique-fights-deadline-anxiety-with-a-timer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-pomodoro-technique-fights-deadline-anxiety-with-a-timer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind hacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve known for some time that working with timers can get help procrastinators jump past those imposing first steps. The Pomodoro Technique takes that further, offering a cyclical system aimed to beat deadline-related anxiety.
Francesco Cirillo crafted the Pomodoro Technique in 1992, as a personal system to get more studying done. He tweaked it a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Master Their Rules Of Engagement To Get On Well With Colleagues</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/master-their-rules-of-engagement-to-get-on-well-with-colleagues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/master-their-rules-of-engagement-to-get-on-well-with-colleagues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Azadeh Ensha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of a creating a copacetic work environment is learning to work well with colleagues. The real secret, according to BusinessWeek, is to ditch your expectations and accept that some people live by a very different set of rules.
Photo by Manuel Van De Weijer.
Author Peter Bregman writes that the answer to frustration with colleagues is [...]]]></description>
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