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How do you remember to work off your todo list?
I have a problem with working off my todo list (which is a canonical GTD next-action list in digital form.)
The problem is that I never remember to look at the list for determining what to do next. I ...
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How to keep up with smaller priorities when there are larger priorities?
I am having trouble balancing "little recurring tasks" with the more pressing, timely tasks.
Examples of little recurring tasks from my last semester:
Every Friday at 5PM I had 10 homework problems ...
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How to make sure that I don't forget all the books I read and all the experience I have
I read many books, articles, listened to many videos, and I made use of them a lot, but, after a while, I forget everything I've read or seen, as if I have never went through them.
For example, in ...
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How to get more from a laid-back QA internship? [migrated]
I started an internship 2 weeks ago as a Quality Assurance Engineer intern and in the intern orientation I was told: "You can only get out as much as you put into your internship." After the ...
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Overcome extreme laziness and increase productivity
How do I tackle extreme laziness to increase productivity? For example, here are some problems associated with it:
Writing down tasks to do, but executing none
Getting bored at all times
Feeling ...
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Using Fitts's law to compare traditional mice with head tracking devices
As I use a head tracking device (SmartNAV) to move the mouse cursor for efficiency purpose, I was curious to know whether the Fitts's law can be applied to it (i.e. is not restricted to hands). ...
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How to cultivate the reading habit?
I'm a graduate student in computer science, but I have only read like 3 academic papers so far this year. The Internet is too fun for me, and I actually have learned a lot from it. The problem is that ...
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Sleeping when not tired - Procrastination?
Suppose that I am working late and night, and suddenly I decide to go to sleep even though I am not tired - postponing all the remaining work for later. And it's like I have a holiday, I am not ...
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Mentoring a Fresher
I am working as a developer in software industry for past 8 years. I have seen many projects and worked as a dev lead which also involves interacting with QA team to get the testing done of the ...
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Is there something where can I throw away my frustration for an individual
Somebody cheated on me. I can't do anything.
I want to throw away my frustration. Is there any website or something where I can tell truth to the world. I want people to be aware of that guy. I know ...
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How do you act confident?
How do you act confident in front of your peers when you have a low self-confidence?Also, how do you get rid of your low self-confidence and bad body image?
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studying and working early or late? [closed]
What are the benefits of both starting work or studying in the early hours of the morning compared to the late afternoon/evening? Does it depend on the person (if they are a morning person or such?).
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app which to keep track of reminders and scrap notes
I am looking for an all encompassing app which allows me to handle the my calendar (with mobile reminders) and my "scrap notes" (to-do lists, links I want to check out in the future, cool stuff I find ...
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Effective method of thinking beyond the first idea
As the title says, do you know any effective ways of escaping the trap of thinking about a problem only in the terms of the first idea/solution that came up?
I have encountered this issue both in my ...
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How do you remember to sit up straight?
I spent some time thinking about this recently. It's kind of frustrating. It seems that most of the advice out there on posture is about why sitting up straight is good for you. There are also all ...
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How to maintain Day-Specific Actions such that they don't become Daily To-Do lists?
Following quotes are picked out from the GTD book of David Allen:
Day-Specific Actions: These are things that you need to do some-
time on a certain day, but not necessarily at a specific time.
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How to incorporate the processing diagram of GTD on paper?
What would be an efficient way of penning down these branches with my own activities on paper?
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How can I get rid of the psychological effects of bad experiences from the past?
As a college student, I had my shares of failures in exams, courses, quite a handful of it, so much that it resulted in my one year extension in the university. With this I feel that my past failures ...
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How do you organize your life in Asana?
I am looking forward to migrate fully to asana from Things because of pricing/costs reasons. What I have right now in Things (for Mac) is :
Today
Next
Scheduled
Someday
Projects
I have never used ...
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The flow phenomena
Short: How to trigger so called "flow" phenomena during everyday work routine (which is not really challenging)?
A bit more detailed:
On Wikipedia site about flow we can read:
Flow is the mental ...
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Is It Worth The Time?
There was an xkcd recently that raises an interesting question, which I would like to pose to Productivity.SE.
The math of the chart is undeniable, so I am not asking "how much time is saved by doing ...
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Task estimated to be 8 pomodori, what to do?
Scenario:
I am reading a tutorial; it is separated in Chapters. I have "proved" over the course of 5 chapters that each one of them takes me 8 pomodori (there hasn't been an exception).
Problem:
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How to cancel out caffeine's effects on sleep?
I'm a programmer and I need caffeine in order to do my job.
But, the paradox is - the same caffeine that enables me to do my job degrades the quality of my sleep, which in return degrades my ability ...
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How to set/control my hours with a new employer?
When I start a new job I face a difficult time with hours.
I like to work from 7 or 8 (when it is nice and quiet) to 3 or 4 in the office and then do a bunch more at home.
These hours are not usually ...
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Can Noise Cancelling headphones knock out people speaking, announcements, etc?
Often when people on this board have wanted to reduce sound, nearby conversations people have recommended noise cancellation headphones. I have never tried these but have been told they cannot knock ...
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Becoming efficient and thus reducing how much we work & stress?
We're all about productivity and efficiency these days. But these all serve to get more done in less time, making us more stressed and looking for even more ways to cut time down. At least, that's ...
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Dislike towards sleeping late in order to study
I dislike/cringe at the thought of having to sleep late in order to study. This is for the reason that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday, and to get the most out of it I need to get the most ...
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I don't want to study. I don't want to think. I want to have fun
I always end up playing a game or something when I'm supposed to study. Hey, having fun is a lot more fun than studying, right? What can I do to make the consequences of my action seem more real? I ...
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How to keep free from thoughs while meditating?
When I sit for meditation, there are a lot of thoughts come to my mind. How can I be a free from thoughts while meditating?
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Is there a tool that can track or record pomodoros based on tagging?
I'm looking for a tool that can track and record pomodoros visually and/or graphically, and ideally with the ability to tag pomodoros, like a "Writing" pomodoro completed, or a "Career", etc.
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How to concentrate on only one thing?
I have a problem. I can't concentrate on one thing at a time. I can't read a whole article, I can't read a whole book, I can't watch tv without reading news from social networks for example.
Could ...
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While browsing, how can I quickly capture thoughts/ideas across locations and environments into a centralized, searchable medium?
While actively browsing the internet (via phone/tablet/desktop), how can I quickly file an impromptu thought or idea into a centralized, searchable medium -- but importantly -- through a method that's ...
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What are the general steps to increase your IQ?
I believe that the engine that drives us forward is our IQ. Increasing it will result in a higher productivity rate so I'd like to know what are the general steps that will put a person on that path. ...
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Why is learning theoretical stuff necessary to be a software engineer? [closed]
I'm a engineer student. After passing 3 years of learning hard theoretical stuff, I expected that my fourth year would be interesting for me as a software engineer, but we are still learning about ...
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Help in determining when it's productive to pause?
I understand there comes a point where you can be so fatigued/stressed/distracted that continuing to work on a project will be less productive than if you were to step away to do something else.
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Is there any application which can track things on daily basis
I am looking for some personal tracking or logging application in which i can enter my records for each day.
Just like we have the hard copy of the diary with all dates and times and we can look back ...
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Bad biological clock and weird sleeping hours
I always sleep from around 4am until 12pm (a total of 8 hours of sleep). It is kind of a Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD)
I am from an Asian country and there people believe that you should sleep ...
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How can I control my unproductive Internet addiction?
I have a big problem using the Internet - I am using it for purposes unacceptable by my moral stands but fun.
Every time I login, after about 1 or 2 hours I lose the control to the unproductive task ...
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How can I manage several hours of intellectual work (web dev/coding) a day without getting mentally exhausted?
I'm a coder. It's what I do. It's what I like doing. It's also what pays the bills. I do this at home and I set my own hours.
However, I have a problem. I have a very, very hard time getting in ...
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I have a mastermind group set up. Now what? What activities should we be doing while together?
I am interested in any ideas on interesting activities or discussions we could do/have while together. Also any tips on how to effectively run a mastermind group and ensure our members get the maximum ...
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Advantages of disconnected time
It's often recommended to 'unplug' - that is to switch off your emails and mobiles ect for a particular amount of time.
While the benifits of doing this socially are obvious, the benifits of doing ...
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What are the criteria of when to make use of alternative contacts in out-of-office e-mails?
My question is more regarding career etiquette and maybe "social / emotional quotient", but for me it is a matter of "personal productivity" and I think it would be a great fit here. Sorry also if the ...
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Improving handwriting [duplicate]
I am a software engineer working in the industry for more than 7 years. As a side-effect of working on computers all the time, I donot have to write down too much. Due to this my handwriting has ...
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Poor fridge management [migrated]
Sadly, about 30-50% of the Western world's food is thrown away. Personally, I waste about half of my food, due to poor fridge management. I forget what I have bought and find expired food located in ...
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How to trick our minds into doing mundane tasks?
There are some daily tasks I am too lazy to do: simple cleaning, washing dishes, etc. When I have no other pressing tasks, I end up not doing these simple tasks. However, when I have something coming ...
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how to get over something stupid done in past?
I have a tendency to act out wierdly and angrily, (usually throwing stuff here and there) when I suddenly remember something stupid that I had done in past, and then bang my head over how stupid I was ...
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Getting rid of an “I'll do it later” habit [closed]
I am in the IT industry working with software all day long from logic to code. Sometimes, very seemingly small things take a long time while larger tasks are solved in jiffy.
I have a habit of ...
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Web application to show busy/free information from a Google Calendar
I work part time as self-employed, and use Google Calendar to organise my time. I'd like to be able to include on my personal website a list of dates that I am available for hire.
Does anybody know ...
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How can I speed up my coding?
I am currently studying Informatics and Computer Science. Cause I know there are quite a lot of programmers here on SE, I would like to ask for advice on speeding up my coding.
First, a brief ...
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writing reports about phone meetings and keeping track and following up on them
I'm a solo business owner. I regularly have to talk to business partners on the phone for my business, and need to keep track of what we've talked about and what to do next.
Right now I just write ...
