We all are in the game, where reading is critical for our success. We must organize our reading so that we are both efficient & effective at it. E-books and e-readers are excellent productivity boosters. They have come of age and have a clear edge over printed books. I [...]
We are always striving to attain a few goals, some professional and some personal. The secret behind achieving a seemingly big goal is to start dividing it into doable actions. This old adage exemplifies the spirit - How to eat an elephant; of course one bite at a time. [...]
We like to stay current on various topics of our interest by keeping a tab on web sources. Google Alerts is a free tool that could help us with it. Google Alerts, in its own words, “monitors the web for interesting new content”. Don't worry if someone tells you [...]
Imagine this: you glance at your mobile device and discover a flood of notifications. Among them are LinkedIn notifications. Swiftly sifting through them, you pause at a post containing a link to a lengthy and intriguing article. However, your original intention was to simply clear the notification, and now [...]
Do you know how Jeff Bezos starts his day? Well, I don’t know. Frankly, I don’t care also. All of us have different body clocks and different profiles, no one knows you better than yourself, and so you are the best judge of when and how you start your [...]
It always pays to hasten your typing once you have the content ready in your mind, more so if you are not a formally trained typist. Here are some ideas: The good old Copy-Paste technique is a great force multiplier when you are creating content or writing messages and [...]
Here is an interesting way to maintain a journal that makes you more productive as well. Journal means different things to different people and what I mean here is recording everything that you do in your day. Not exciting? Hear me out! First and foremost (as you would expect [...]
How often this happens to you when you want to share a photo, or a video clip or a meme to someone and after a tiring and disappointing search in the gallery app of your phone, you promise him or her that you would send it at later time, [...]
A web browser is central to our daily work. Using it smartly and efficiently can greatly enhance productivity. One of the most powerful yet often underutilized features of any browser—particularly Google Chrome—is the bookmarks system. A well-maintained bookmark structure allows you to revisit your favorite web pages instantly, saving [...]
It’s no exaggeration to say that calendar apps have become the lifeline of our workdays. They liberate our minds from the mental burden of remembering future commitments and provide a clear picture of our availability for new ones. To make your calendar even more effective, here are some practical [...]