Category: “Personal Productivity”

Kanban has become a technique widely used by teams of agile software development, since it allows them to focus on what to deliver and when, stimulating collaboration and avoiding doing unnecessary things.

We live in a society that rewards speed, even if it means doing things wrong or not enjoying doing them. Let me tell you that speed is very overrated.

I always thought that personal productivity is primarily a matter of habits, and that (lack of) habits are the main reason why most people cannot maintain an acceptable level of personal organization.

These days it is very common to see many knowledge workers living their life around email. Email is not only where they communicate with others, but also where they organize their work and manage their tasks. Email is the base camp where everything they have to do is born, handled and killed.

Have you ever read a to-do and realized that you do not know exactly what you meant when you wrote it? Have you ever read a to-do that you remember seemed very exciting when it was captured, and now it does not seem that interesting?