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One action step can make all the difference
Today’s highly effective productivity hack: Feeling lost? That often happens when you’re not clear on what exactly to do next—and then what to do after that. Sound familiar? It does to me, too! It’s easy to set a goal and not work out all of the action steps needed to accomplish your goal--but simple action steps can make all the difference. An "action step” or a “task” is the one action—or step—you need to take [...]
Weekly planning: how to predict the future
Todays’ highly-effective productivity hack: Planning is just like predicting the future. To someone trying to be more productive, weekly planning is predetermining future events. Albert Einstein spent a lot of time thinking about time. He said, “Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.” So planning is determining the order of events. Now, that’s powerful! How to do weekly planning Most productivity experts agree: Planning for the week [...]
Don’t stop with just a task list!
Today's highly effective productivity hack: Assign each task a time on your schedule! In order to be highly productive, understand that task lists by themselves, are useless. They’re just the first step. The next step? Assign each task a time on your schedule! Why? It helps you be realistic about what you can get done—and it allows you to do tasks when it's most effective, not just because it's third on your to-do list Assigning work [...]
Eat the Brussels sprouts first!
Today’s Highly-Effective Productivity Hack: Do the hard stuff first When younger, I learned from sad experience that when mom serves you Brussels sprouts, you better eat them. The secret is to eat them first! Once they’re gone, you can enjoy the rest of the meal. Every now and then you’re going to have tasks on your task list that are completely undesirable. They have to get done, so get them out of the way first. [...]
Score the most points
Today’s Highly-Effective Productivity Hack: Here’s an addictive game that’s actually good for you—especially if you’re a little competitive! On your list of tasks to be completed today (see this post), assign a point value to each one—depending on the degree of difficulty. At the end of the day, total the points for the tasks you completed—then for the tasks you didn’t finish. Which total is higher? If you like, at the beginning of the day, [...]
Save Emails for Later
Today’s Highly-Effective Productivity Hack: save email for later. Those early hours at work are often the best for giving your day a productive start. So why do most of us start our day with reading emails? Focusing on email makes you concentrate on responding to others’ messages instead of acting on our own ideas. It seems sensible to read missed messages from the night before, but starting the day with email can put you on [...]
Only write down five things at a time on your to-do list
“What?!? No way! I have too many things to do!” How many of you have approached your task list (to-do list) and wondered where you should even start? For productivity: Have two lists! Here's how that's done with PlanPlus Online: One list is your “Master List.” These are ALL the tasks you have to do. Work, home, school, family—it doesn’t matter. Simply put them all down, in any order, as soon as you think of [...]
Write things down as soon as they pop into your mind
Your mind was designed to come up with brilliant ideas—not to hold on to them! So what’s the best way to capture your thoughts and ideas? Go straight to your Daily Notes Center on your PlanPlus Online home screen and click on the “+” sign and enter ideas, thoughts, journal entries—you name it. This convenient feature was specifically created to make sure you never forget an idea again! Get more out of your day by [...]
March 2016 Release Notes for PlanPlus Online
We continue to work on updating and improving the PlanPlus Online experience. Here’s the update of work that was completed in March: Release Notes (165 & 166.1) March 21, 2016 Fixed problem with BCC to note duplication Performance fixes with Outlook & Gmail sync Leads-Leads edit page- after "Updation" system should display text message-"Leads Record Updated Successfully". (890) Fix import to entity fields (930) Fix issue w/ login attendee by default Quick prioritize window freezing [...]
Make this the turning point of your life
“Big doors swing on small hinges.” Sometimes, it’s the small things in life that can result in the biggest changes in life’s direction. One of the most effective things you can do for your life is to uncover your mission. It’s a small thing that consistently produces big results. With the world constantly changing and morphing around us—most of us crave a consistent, personal, unchanging inner-core. Having a mission statement is more important than ever. [...]