Clutter Coach

AUGUST 1, 2019

We had a delightful conversation about Stephanie’s system for prioritizing and scheduling tasks to meet her goals. What I love about her is that, like me, she doesn’t insist on squeezing more productivity out of every moment. And of course that ultimately makes her more productive.

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Clutter Coach

MAY 3, 2018

To me, the most important factor in choosing priorities for how to spend your time each day is how well they reflect your life goals. After all, there’s no point in being productive and efficient if you’re spending time on things that don’t matter. Many people never write down their goals, for a variety of reasons.

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Clutter Coach

MAY 23, 2019

That creates a vacuum which is reinforced by the reward that often further knocks you off the productive course you were on. And then it starts focusing on the other goal it wants to achieve, which is the reward. On the other hand, when those subjects are asked how committed they are to their goal, they easily resisted.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 18, 2018

He leads a program called Design Your Year that uses many creative ways to define and achieve your goals, one of which is not calling them goals. I just talked about that in podcast 84, about how scary and intimidating goals can be. One concept he shared with us that I found really interesting is design thinking.

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Let’s amend that to busy productive people, since we know that it’s quite possible to be busy about nothing. Busy people are goal directed in their use of time. To me, this is proof that productive people are happier and they enjoy getting things done. This is podcast 104 and it’s about busy people.

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 7, 2017

by Sometimes just making a to-do list makes you feel so productive that you give yourself a break from doing anything on the list. That’s not a problem usually, but in this case it is because we then let ourselves off the hook, even in pursuing a goal we’ve already identified that we want. Well, new anything, really.

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 19, 2013

I tried a couple versions of some productivity software, but they didn’t really work. I’m a visual learner/rememberer… so the color-coded stickies are for visual reference: Do I have enough pink ones to achieve my goals? Then I’m off and running toward a productive day! I had to make it myself.

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Clutter Coach

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This way, you get to be productive despite not making progress on the bigger stuff. Also, for both these tips the goal isn’t to finish anything. Note that you are shifting your attention from the higher priority tasks that are dead in the water for whatever reason. Choose something on your list that you CAN do, now.

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Over the years, I’ve amassed tons of organizing ideas, plus information about habit formation, reaching goals, human behavior and psychology. The reason I’m thinking about this now is that I wanted to commit to getting up earlier so I could be more productive. I use all of that with each person I work with.

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Clutter Coach

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Focus is goal-oriented and active. See how bringing a little ease into every day makes the day more productive and relaxed at the same time. Back in podcast 83 I talked about paying attention, about mindfulness. It’s a critical skill for being more effective and getting things done. Mindfulness is more passive.

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Clutter Coach

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The goal is not to remove distractions , but to gently set them aside. Productivity' I don't do it everyday, but I'm still getting some benefits out of my semi weekly sessions. One of the benefits is that I'm getting more used to the idea that I will be distracted while I meditate. This is really helpful for concentration.

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