Dec 02
5 Ways to Boost Efficiency and Reclaim Your Weekend
You might be tempted to take your work home with you on your days off, but before you succumb to
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Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Dec 01
Mac Productivity With the iA Writer App
iA Writer ($8.99, App Store) is a Mac productivity app for writers. The interface is sparse and simple; users
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Nov 30
68 Percent of Employees Will Check Email on Holidays
You might think that the holidays are a time to escape work, but 68 percent of working adults will check
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Nov 30
Sustain Productivity by Silencing Your Inner Critic
It's tough to make progress at a task when a little voice in your head distracts you at
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Nov 29
Email Spam Costs Businesses $20.5 Billion a Year [INFOGRAPHIC]
Email spam costs businesses $20.5 billion a year -- that's about $1,934 per employee -- in
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Nov 29
To Become Ridiculously Efficient, Ask Why, Not How
It's a natural question that I get asked every day: "How can I be more efficient?"
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Nov 28
5 Must-Reads on Productivity Planning
To be Ridiculously Efficient, you must set yourself up for success, and these must-reads on productivity planning will help you
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Nov 27
Things by CulturedCode is a Terrific To-Do Application
I've used Things ($49.99, Mac App Store) as my No. 1 to-do application since 2009 and see
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Nov 26
Where Are Your Productivity Places?
Do you have productivity places? In the 1996 film "Happy Gilmore," Adam Sandler's character goes to
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Nov 25
Ridiculously Efficient Productivity: Track, Hack and Attack
A core tenet of Ridiculously Efficient productivity is systematically hacking your workday for maximum effectiveness using what I'm
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Nov 24
Happy Thanksgiving from Ridiculously Efficient!
Although I live and breathe productivity, I'm hoping that this Thanksgiving, you'll be able to let
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Nov 23
5 Ways to Make Parkinson's Law Work for You
Parkinson's Law may have first appeared in print as part of a humorous essay, but this real-life phenomenon
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