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Productivity 101: A Primer To The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique can help you power through distractions and get things done in short bursts. If you have a job that expects you to meet deadlines, it’s a great way to get through your tasks. Let’s break it down and see how you can apply it to your work.
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Parents: Organise Your To-do List By ‘Time Pockets’
If you’re home with young children and have work to do, I’m sorry. This is hard. There’s no denying that. You’ll have use the “in-between” moments — usually nap times or quiet times — which are never long enough, but alas, they’re what you have available.
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Divide Your To-Do List Into ‘Easy’ And ‘Hard’ Columns
Here is how many of us make our daily to-do lists: In the AM, fuelled by coffee and morning delusion, we jot down all the tasks we hope to accomplish in the next eight (or, let’s be real, 11 or 12) hours. But these lists, while well-intentioned, are often written haphazardly.
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The Case For Checking Email First Thing In The Morning
Email can be a distracting time sink for any office worker. But sometimes, it’s best to get it out of the way. Over at Harvard Business Review, contributor Dorie Clark makes the case for checking email first thing in the morning.