Life Of E's

Successful people are productive people. Part of being productive is taking control over those areas where you can exert some control. Here are 10 areas of your personal and professional life over which you can exert some control: What you wear. I’m assuming that if you are reading this article, you are an adult. So you [...]

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Recently a professor of art history sent me this question: I came to one of your workshops when I was a visiting professor and found your suggestions very helpful. Now, I’ve moved into a tenure-track position and I have a BIG problem. I have lots and lots of computer-generated data. Some of the files I [...]

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In today’s world, people think that the height of productivity is responding instantly (or as close to instantly as possible). In fact, in many cases, this lessens your productivity. In business, we can’t afford to be less productive. Here are tips for downshifting your ability to be responsive so you can upshift your productivity. Email: Getting [...]

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Knowing what your strengths are and then working through your strengths will change your business and professional life. Here are three books worth reading (and I have read them more times than I can count). Now, Discover Your Strengths – Buckingham, Marcus & Donald O. Clifton I cannot recommend this book enough and even though [...]

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Hold on to your hats. Here’s a pronouncement that flies in the face of what has become common practice – and if you do this, your peaceful productivity will increase immediately. Are you ready. Here it is: Keep your email OFF for long periods of time each day. Yes, that’s what I said – and [...]

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