Get-it-done Guy's Quick And Dirty Tips To Work Less And Do More
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- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 111:43:14
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Synopsis
Want to work smarter, not harder? Here's how to do it. Join Stever Robbins, author of "Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More", each week as he provides inventive productivity and organization tips to transform even the most overwhelmed person into an overachiever. Are you buried in email? Stever will tell you how to dig your way out. Is technology holding you captive? Stever will help you evaluate your devices and only use the ones that actually help you get stuff done.
Episodes
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157 GID How to Use the Phone Better
22/11/2010 Duration: 06minTelephones are everywhere, yet the quality hasn't been poorer for decades. When you have to call someone, use land lines when clarity and connection quality is most important. If you must use a cell phone, take precautions against wind noise, talking volume, and dropped signals.
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155 GID Getting People to Care About Deadlines
08/11/2010 Duration: 05minBetter motivate people to meet their deadlines using carrots, sticks, and also explicit behavioral reviews.
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154 GID How to Choose a Computer
01/11/2010 Duration: 06minHow to buy a computer and choose from the different options.
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153 GID Keeping Track of Ideas
25/10/2010 Duration: 06minKeep track of ideas using an idea file, or several idea files, one for each project.
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151 GID Beat Distractions to Cultivate Focus
04/10/2010 Duration: 06minStop being interrupted by scheduling your interruptions to cultivate focus.
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150 GID Why You Should Divorce Your Computer
27/09/2010 Duration: 05minLearn to divorce your computer to limit your computer time to what's useful. Use your computer as a tool, and put it away when you're done with a task.
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149 GID Stop Procrastinating by Speed Dating
20/09/2010 Duration: 05minWhen you need to stop procrastinating, speed-date your tasks. Do a timed amount of work on each task and you'll be able to stop procrastinating and get your work done faster.
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148 GID Accomplish Your Real Goals
13/09/2010 Duration: 06minLearn how to accomplish your real goals and the goals that matter most with expert advice from the first chapter of Get-it-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More.
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145 GID How to Make Hard Decisions
16/08/2010 Duration: 05minLearn how to make hard decisions and get a very simple, yet powerful tip on how you can easily make those complex decisions than can stress you out.
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144 GID How to Create a Better To-Do List
09/08/2010 Duration: 05minCreate a better to-do list by doing it the day before. That gives you the objectivity you need to create a better to-do list, rather than one driven by distraction and interruptions.
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143 GID How to Tame Your To-Do List
26/07/2010 Duration: 07minTask manager systems must handle everything in your life, yet be easy to use and update. Manage your to-do list using a combination of concepts from Getting Things Done and Autofocus 4.
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142 GID How to Decide Which Projects to Drop
19/07/2010 Duration: 06minTask management rarely tells us how to drop tasks from our to-do list. Understand which larger goal your tasks relate to, and drop tasks when their corresponding goal is outdated, when too many tasks relate to a single goal, or when a small goal comes to dominate your project list.
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141 GID Overcoming Obstacles by Turning Problems into Opportunities
12/07/2010 Duration: 07minOvercoming obstacles is easy when you realize that every problem can be turned into an opportunity. Do it explicitly, by identifying your major problems and figuring out how you can use that very problem to enable you to do new things, to stop doing things you wish to stop, or to make contacts and connections that could lead to future success.
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140 GID Keeping Track of Passwords
05/07/2010 Duration: 06minFind out how to remember your passwords and get tips for the best ways to keep track of your passwords when you have too many passwords to remember easily.
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139 GID Keeping in Touch With Friends Over the Years
28/06/2010 Duration: 05minKeeping in touch with friends requires having a system for keeping their contact information (preferably not one that's at the mercy of a 3rd party!) Then you need to establish regular contact using appropriate in-person, phone-based, or text to keep in touch.
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137 GID Being Productive on Planes
14/06/2010 Duration: 05minPlane flights are the ideal time to work on the kind of focus work you can't get done in an office. If you can't use a flight for focus time, use it to catch up on administrative work. Don't try to bring everything, and think twice before bringing your laptop.
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136 GID How to Learn a Language Quickly
07/06/2010 Duration: 05minAdult language learning can happen more rapidly than infant or childhood language learning. Use exposure to the language and graduated recall to activate your brain's natural language-learning mechanisms.
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135 GID Re-motivate yourself by boosting your Mojo
24/05/2010 Duration: 06minWhen you need to regain motivation in your job, you can look at the Mojo different job activities bring you. Using the Mojo measuring tool created by by Marshall Goldsmith, you can rate your happiness, meaning, professional, and personal mojo for the major elements of your job. Once you know where the gaps are, you can shore them up or eliminate activities.
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134 GID File Naming for Easy Finding
24/05/2010 Duration: 07minOften, we name files based on what we're thinking when we need to create one. By naming your files carefully, you can sort them alphabetically and they'll stay neatly in a sensible order, even if you're sloppy about putting them in the right folders. Questions go to getitdone@quickanddirtytips.com or 888-WRK-LESS. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes!
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133 GID How to Be Assertive
17/05/2010 Duration: 06minWhen a boss tells you to be more assertive, they need to tell you more. Knowing exactly where you need to boost your assertiveness will help you figure out the next steps to take. Making decisions, giving feedback, negotiating, and delegating are good places to start. Questions go to getitdone@quickanddirtytips.com or 888-WRK-LESS. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes!