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Work Smart: Take Back Your Calendar With Defensive Scheduling

When it comes to productivity tools, next to your to-do list, your calendar is your best friend. You already use it to track meetings, appointments, and events with other people, but you should also organize and schedule your own ...READ»

Work Smart: How to Write a To-Do List

A to-do list is a fundamental tool for getting things done: It helps you plan your day, see what you've accomplished, and what you should work on next. But a badly written to-do list can actually sabotage your productivity instead of boost it.READ»

Work Smart: Taming Your Voicemail in Two Easy Steps

In an email age where text is king, voicemail feels like a big waste of time. First, there are those insufferable voice prompts you have to sit through in order to get your messages or leave one. Then you're waiting for the person who left the message to get through the small talk and to their point, so you can jot down anything important with your free hand. Voicemail is a necessary evil for anyone with a cellphone. But there are two ways you can make leaving and receiving messages faster and easier.READ»

Work Smart: Do Your Worst Task First (Or, Eat a Live Frog Every Morning)

Mark Twain famously said that if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you. Your frog is your worst task, and you should do it first thing in the morning. READ»

Work Smart: How to Make Procrastination Productive

Just because you're procrastinating doesn't mean you're being lazy or wasting time. In fact, procrastination actually CREATES motivation and time: when you're procrastinating, you're highly motivated to avoid a certain activity for as long as possible. Channel that time and energy into something worthwhile and procrastinate productively. READ»

Work Smart: Avoid Office Distractions with Time Blocking

Use Time Blocking to get things done at the office.READ»

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Work Smart: Avoid Office Distractions With Time Blocking

In an interruption-driven culture, it's too easy to let everyone else decide where your attention goes. But your brain needs 15 minutes of uninterrupted time to get into the zone where you're truly focused and doing your best work. Time blocking is a technique that sets the stage for that to happen.READ»

David Allen On "Getting Things Done"

David Allen, author of "Getting Things Done, " one of the best-selling productivity books of all times joins Robert Scoble to talk about the future of work and how to make the most of productivity while minimizing stress. Allen also ...READ»

Work Smart: Mastering Your Social Media Life

When you're active on the web, keeping up with all your online accounts can feel like a full-time job. You want your high school friends to find you on Facebook, your co-workers to follow you on Twitter, and business associates to ...READ»

Work Smart: Three Ways to Use Google Wave in Your Business

Google Wave is an exciting new tool that combines the best features from email, instant messenger, forums, and wiki’s into a single interface. In Wave, a group of people can simultaneously edit the same document in their web ...READ»

Work Smart: Claiming Your Name on the Web

When someone Googles your name, what do they find? Is it a outdated quote from an ancient article in your college newspaper? Is it your blog dedicated to cute photos of ferrets? READ»

Work Smart: Stop Multitasking and Start Doing One Thing Really Well

If you've got work that requires engaged thinking--like reading, writing, or even just a serious phone call--stop juggling and start single-tasking. Here's how.READ»

Work Smart: Mastering Your Social Media Life

When you're active on the Web, keeping up with all your online accounts can feel like a full-time job. You want your high school friends to find you on Facebook, your co-workers to follow you on Twitter, and business associates to ...READ»

Work Smart: Conquering Your Email Inbox

How many messages are in your e-mail inbox right now? A few dozen? It's probably more like a few hundred, or even a few thousand. We all get too much email. Here's how to conquer your inbox.READ»

Get a Handle on your Email with ClearContext

ClearContext is a software company that makes email more useful. Here founder and CEO, Deva Hazarika, talks to us about why email is so hated inside corporations and how people can dramatically make it easier to deal ...READ»

Being More Productive with PageOnce

Guy Goldstein has been a fighter pilot, but today he's piloting a new company that's helping you be more productive. He'll show us the latest from PageOnce, a company that has a hot new iPhone app that is a personal ...READ»