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If you're looking to set your own priorities, or want to look into possible methods that can work across teams, four quadrants is a good method. The way I interpret the priorities is I. Put out fires that you absolutely can't ignore II. Work on important projects and proactive items, and other things that will help you run more smoothly in the long run ...

I have a standing/sitting desk at work and really like it. As the other posters have mentioned, ensuring it is both standing and sitting is important, not only from a health perspective but because you'll likely get tired of standing at some point and need to sit down. I find that when I get my afternoon slump an hour or so after lunch, standing helps to ...

As mentioned by other responders, it turns out that using a standing desk isn't necessarily a perfect solution. In this amazing article on Life Hacker about this topic, they mention the trade-offs being: It dramatically increases the risks of carotid atherosclerosis (ninefold) because of the additional load on the circulatory system, and it also ...

This is actually part of the way conditioning works in many animals, including humans. The idea is that during conditioning you carry out the task, then get the reward (money, food, success, whatever) which gives you your dopamine kick Repetition conditions your body to always expect the reward after the task, so eventually just carrying out the task makes ...

I work at a standing desk 8-12 hours a day but walking on a treadmill. I have no chair. I find standing still very uncomfortable but walking about 2-2.5mph painless. Negatives: Probably wouldn't be approved in an office environment (I work at home), expensive if not a diy'er. Positives: Posture improving, no more neck or back pain, weight finally under ...

One of the method could be pomodoro technique. You make a plan in the morning and list the task for a day in importance order. You get slots, could be 25 minutes work and 5 minutes break with a timer. When you have a work time you hocus ONLY on the task. If something is coming make a note that it is there but don't change your task. On your break make some ...

Thinking on your feet is an essential skill for combat soldiers. The military drills and exercises recruits to behave as though they had developed this ability. In the programming world people tend to be much brighter and yet a lot of what you see as 'thinking on their feet' is the result of lots of practice, reading and debating. Programmers often ...

The simple GPS logger I own has the feature to record a timestamp (along with the location) if you press a button. The downside of this for your use is the limited runtime of those devices (I guess around 8h per charge). Do you own a smartphone? Then you could think of a number of setups which record timestamps a the press of a button. If you are into ...

This reminded me of this device that a friend got from public radio. http://www.radiobookmark.com/ I don't know if you would be able to hack the device but I believe all it does is store a time stamp every time you click the button. They intended use is to be able to go back and stream the radio show you were listening to on public radio. But if you can ...

If you do go for one, make sure it is one of the adjustable kind, so you can sit or stand. Just standing all day can be as bad as just sitting, but being able to switch between using different muscles and postures makes all the difference. My boss uses one in order to help with back pain, and it seems to do the trick. My wife also advises on the use of ...

I've heard a few people recommend this, like Eben Pagan. He recommends this in his Wake Up Productive program. Most of them recommend having a desk that you can switch between sitting and standing mode, so you can do both. The important part while standing is that you have to learn to have a good posture, but this also applies for sitting at a desk. They ...

Mostly it's about getting over your fear of answering incorrectly. You're not expected to come up with a perfectly-formed answer all on your own in that situation. If you pay attention to people you consider good at thinking on their feet, you'll notice they take advantage of that fact. One common way to propose an imperfect answer is to pose it in the ...

Tap Log is an android app that lets you configure buttons to quickly log events alongside timestamps, geocoordinates, etc. Have a look at it if you're an android user. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waterbear.taglogdemo

I am a programmer so I would use a html page with Google URL shortened links that lead to blank pages - that way Google does all the logging on their cloud. Especially good if you have a smartphone or a WiFi device. The links lead to a blank pages so that you almost won't lose any bandwidth opening them. Advantages: It's free. They have a counter of how ...