A study published in the October 2011 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin supports a key Ridiculously Efficient tenet: create urgency to incentivize productivity. In the study, researchers asked women to list a tempting but unhealthy snack. Half of the women were told to remember that if they...
OneTask ($4.99, iTunes) is a lightweight to-do tool that encourages you to focus on just one item on your list at a time. A slim task bar shows the to-do at hand no matter what window is active, and you can quickly skip a list item or work on...
This Gist infographic contrasts new vs. old workstyles as they prioritize productivity. Today's offices are increasingly focusing on efficiency as opposed to an overload of meetings and email; 49 percent of managers surveyed believed the workplace is suffering from information overload. Another fun statistic is that 70 percent...
Marissa Brassfield and Ridiculously Efficient were featured on the Discovery Channel blog today in a piece by Eric Rogell called "Hack Your Productivity: 8 Tips for Being Ridiculously Efficient." The article contains familiar topics to Ridiculously Efficient readers, including managed procrastination, working in spurts, creating urgency and tracking...
Companies that ignore the need for email efficiency are setting themselves up for a colossal waste of resources. Corporate America spends over 40 percent of their day on email; to put that figure into financial terms, someone who earns $55,000 a year will make $1,760 each month just...
Greetings, and welcome to Ridiculously Efficient! I'm Marissa Brassfield, a productivity expert and communication efficiency specialist, and my workshops help high-performance teams at large to medium-sized companies get more done in less time. Poke around the site, get acclimated, add the Ridiculously Efficient RSS feed to your favorite...
