If you’ve been with us for our series on taming email, we’ve touched on some great general advice and also tips and tricks specific to Gmail users. If you are an Outlook user, today is your turn! There are endless Outlook tips, features and tricks you may not know about that can make your email life… Read more
Did you catch our post on smart strategies to tame your email inbox? If so, now that your email inbox has been purged and systems have been set up to keep it running smoothly, it’s time to teach the tamed beast some new tricks. Today we focus on Gmail tricks and features – there are… Read more
Now that we’re a month into the new year, how are your resolutions working out? In the past few weeks, we’ve given some ideas about how to set realistic personal resolutions, but do you make resolutions in your work life? Perhaps you call them goals. It can be easy to think of a new… Read more
Last week we shared 10 reasons why people procrastinate. It is helpful to understand WHY you procrastinate. If you haven’t already read that post, we suggest you do so in order to raise your awareness about your potential barriers to maximum productivity. Once you know what trips you up, you can do something about it, and we’re… Read more
Have you or will you be making New Year’s Resolutions? If so you are like many millions of people around the world that are doing or preparing to do the same thing. Sometimes it can be hard to settle on just one change you’d like to make or accomplishment you hope to complete. However, if… Read more
If you’ve been a part of the Simply Placed community for a while, you know that we’re big proponents of planning as an organization strategy; even just for a few minutes a day. Taking a little time to prioritize, plan each day and follow that plan to the best of your ability increases productivity tremendously… Read more
Debbie was interviewed by Smead for their Keeping You Organized podcast recently. For the first of the two episodes on the topic, click here. In this second episode Debbie shares additional ideas on how to be organized and productive with projects you are involved in or manage. She discusses using mind maps as a project… Read more
Debbie was recently interviewed by Smead and featured on their Keeping You Organized podcast. She shared some insights and strategies for productive project management. She talks about why it can be difficult to get started on big projects, ideas for taking away the overwhelm and break down the project into less overwhelming pieces, preparing for… Read more
Do you know how you spend your time? That might seem like a strange question, but unless you stop and take a look at where your time really goes, it can be easy to waste time on unproductive activities without realizing it. Frequently working long hours can lead to burn out and resentment, and is… Read more
Many studies have shown the unhealthy effects of the sedentary lifestyle so prevalent in our contemporary society, especially for office workers. Sitting too much is taking a toll on our health, well-being and productivity. With the increased awareness of sitting disease, many people are realizing the importance of changing posture throughout the day to improve mobility, flexibility, health… Read more
Does this ever happen to you? You reach the end of your day and realize that half the things on your to-do list for the day were not completed (maybe some were not even started) so now your list of what you need to do tomorrow is even longer. If this is a familiar scenario, you are not alone!… Read more
Smart small business owners often outsource services such as bookkeeping, marketing and IT, understanding that it makes more sense to pay accountants, marketing experts and IT consultants to be part of their team so that they can leverage their strengths, focusing on the things they do best and only they can do. For many smaller businesses, a project… Read more
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