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Why I Stopped Saying You Can’t Use Email to Manage Tasks

Productivityist

For years I’ve been a champion of steering clear of email when you’re trying to manage your tasks. Every time I have witnessed someone using Outlook or Gmail as a to do list, I cringed and did my best to get them to see the light of day and start using an actual task management or to do list application for getting things done instead.

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How To Handle Hundreds Of Emails In Just One Hour

Productivityist

As a result, my email went from around 30 a day to well over 150. I already knew the theories of inbox zero, yet here I was, drowning in email. A few of the stupid things I tried to manage the e-mail: * Folders. . This made finding a specific email very time consuming. You should look into keyboard shortcuts too.

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Review – Casual.PM

Productivityist

Project Management tools can be unwieldy beasts, that’s for sure. I mean, managing a project is supposed to be complicated, isn’t it? That’s part of it’s charm and it’s purpose, to be a Project Management application that you can just pick up and play with.

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

To receive a free copy of the Career Advancement Toolkit, join the Project Management Hacks email newsletter. Productivity often focuses on tools such as Evernote and methodologies like Getting Things Done. Now I use Evernote and GTD; they are great tools that have improved my life considerably.

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The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Some say the traditional paper planner is the best, while others swear by their smart-phone or on line tool.  "   They provide tips to help you decide as well as some recommended tools. If paper works for you (as it does for me and so many others), we can be happy that we have a tool that works!

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Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Use your checklist and you will find it a great tool to keep you on the right track and help you get around those obstacles. I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Hurdles can be overcome.

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. I’m a pretty fast typist but it made me realise how unnatural it is to use a keyboard, or even a pen. That’s just common sense, and you should already be taking frequent breaks.

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