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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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.
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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Nov 22
Do Anything Faster With This Ridiculously Efficient Speed Drill
One of the most obvious ways to increase your productivity is to do everyday tasks faster, and this Ridiculously Efficient
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