time management
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How to Write the Most Doable To-Do List
No matter how many productivity hacks you’ve tried, the one thing that is hard to shake is the overwhelming to-do list. When faced with a daunting task (or many daunting tasks), the first steps are always the most challenging. If this is the case for you, one approach is to make sure those first steps…
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How to Avoid Dead-End Tasks at Work (Without Risking Your Job)
Every job comes with a variety of expected duties, some of which may be helpful, longterm, for earning you a promotion — and some of which never will. For example, if you are a teacher, designing and implementing a new curriculum might help put you in line for a promotion, while volunteering your time for…
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Solve Your Procrastination Problem by Dividing Your Day Into Quarters
1We tend to think of a day as this single block of time, a finite period during which you can either triumph or fail. But you might find you have fewer bad days — and more good ones — if you start think of a single day as something that can be divided up into…
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If You Want To Prioritise Something, Put It Where You Can See It
There are two really good techniques to help you remember what you need to carry with you as you walk out the door every morning. One of them is to give yourself a mantra, like “phone, wallet, keys,” and the other is to put the stuff you need to take with you in front of…