What distracts you the most during your work day? Distractions: things that prevent someone from giving full attention to something else. Whether it is a talkative co-worker, the lure of social media, incessant Email notifications, or just things that make your mind wander… distractions interrupt your productivity and take your focus away from what you need… Read more
The madness of multitasking March Madness is nearly upon us, and for many that means the chance to watch a lot of college basketball. Will you be trying to work while you’re tuned into the game? Maybe checking your Email, responding to texts, preparing dinner, helping with homework… all while cheering on your favorite team?… Read more
What is holding you back from reaching your goals? Did you resolve to break your procrastination habit this year? What are you waiting for? If you find you’re stuck in a cycle of procrastination and want to get out, we can help! Join our virtual productivity program “It’s About Time” and start your year off… Read more
Are you ready to get 2019 off to your most productive start? If so, we have the perfect solution! Our “It’s About Time” virtual productivity program was created to help busy professionals develop habits to help them work smarter, not harder, and get back time for what is really important in life. Through monthly webinars… Read more
Productivity Workshops That Will Change the Way You Work Are you interested in teaching your employees the secrets of working smarter, not harder? Last month, Debbie delivered her popular topic, “Multitasking Makes You Stupid” at the Front Seat Life 3-Day event. This is just one of several topics that Simply Placed offers through our comprehensive… Read more
Debbie recently recorded another “Keeping You Organized” podcast with national office supply company, Smead, in which she discussed the correlation between optimizing your energy and increasing productivity. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. We can’t create more than that, but we can optimize our energy to maximize our results. How? First,… Read more
The Myth of Multitasking Are you under the impression that you have to multitask in order to be productive and “get it all done”? Most people think that they can save time by multitasking, trying to do 2 or 3 things at once. However, studies show that those who multitask are less effective than those… Read more
Life and its many demands can be more than a little overwhelming. Fulfilling each obligation – at work, at home, and in relationships – is difficult in its own right. How much more if you juggle everything at once? This task may seem insurmountable, but it’s definitely doable. Our guest blogger, Jessa Bright, has some… Read more
Want to learn more about the Myth of Multi-tasking? If you want to learn about the Myth of Multitasking, we’ve got some tips in this month’s issue of our Simply Placed newsletter. Want more news and tips from Simply Placed throughout the year? Receive our newsletter directly to your inbox each month by becoming a subscriber…. Read more
Focusing on one task at a time makes the brain more productive It’s easy to get caught in the mindset that doing more than one thing at a time makes us more productive. In fact, just the opposite is true. When you focus on just one task all the way through to completion, you actually… Read more
Managing your Inbox without Multitasking How many times a day or an hour do you stop what you are doing to check your email, or (try to) write an email while you are speaking with someone or doing something else? If you have your email set up to send out a visual or sound notification… Read more
Are you under the impression that you have to multi-task in order to be productive and “get it all done”? Well, we’ve got news for you – it doesn’t work – or not as well as you think it does. If you try to do two things at once, you won’t do either of them… Read more
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