Productivity Challenge: Move that baggage

G'Day everyone,

We all have baggage or things that weigh us down. For some of us it is our past, our weight, our project load or even family committments. Something I have found very freeing lately is to admit the baggage to someone else and apply a plan to achieve a solution. If you want to increase your mental productivity, try getting rid of the baggage.

I found Delia Dorn's lastest newsletter really effective in doing this. She outlined a great process to help achieve a goal but outlining the objective, listing the rewards, detailing the consequences and obstacles then creating a solutions and actions plan. I sat down and did it - I feel great.

You can check out Delia's newsletter and subscribe at: http://formhealthyhabits.com/default.aspx

Email Productivity Tip: Check this out

One of my Aussie mates read my latest ezine with tips on how to be more productive with email and she sent this note along:

"I use a CRM for my kate@triberesearch.com.au email which is great for a team environment and I can access when I am not in the office, but it doesn’t deal with html email very well and doesn’t have the “review later” functionality that Outlook has.

Therefore you only want real work emails going to it. So we set up a bunch of generic email addresses that are collected at 1 computer in Outlook and directed to various relevant sub-folders - ask, news, info, workshops, mail, etc. I can then sit down once a week and read the newsletters of interest in 1 sitting when I want to and I am not even aware of them coming in the rest of the time. I also have the emails of several groups that I am a member of going to the Outlook and they are forwarded to me by my team if they consider I need to action them quickly. Oh, I also have personal ones going to a separate Outlook like you suggest."

Thanks Kate from Tribe Research - you are the best for sharing.