The Agile Way
“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.” — Francine Jay What kind of Productivity Persona are you? By knowing your Productivity Persona you can learn how to better adapt your productivity approach for the situation or challenges at hand. You can also use your Productivity Persona …
“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.” — Franz Kafka What is modern productivity? Or, maybe a better way to put it is, what should modern productivity really be about? As I’ve been doing more talks for teams around Microsoft on the Agile Results productivity system, I’ve …
“Just Do It.” – Nike How do you defeat procrastination and find your motivation? Just start. Just Start is a practice I introduced in my book, Getting Results the Agile Way, because I wanted a simple phrase and a pithy reminder of how to find your motivation and take action. I wanted a very simple …
“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.“ – Bruce Lee You too can have a zero email inbox, if you choose to. I chose to go zero mail in my inbox when I first joined Microsoft years ago, and I’m glad I did. With a single glance, I …
“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable personal touches–at scale.” — David Newman Today I helped a colleague clear their inbox. I’ve kept a zero mail inbox for a few years. I forgot this wasn’t common practice until a colleague said to me, “wow, your inbox doesn’t scroll.” I didn’t learn the Zen …
