Efficiency & Effectiveness in review.

Efficiency & Effectiveness in review.

When we have a lot of things to do and we start to get behind in our work, we tend to speed up.  This could backfire since the faster we go, the more we focus on how much we are getting done and less on what it is we are doing.  It goes well if we are always doing the...
The principles of pacing.

The principles of pacing.

If you want to get the right things done in this digital age of speed, work slower, not faster. Your progress is greater when you do not undertake too many projects or tasks at the same time. Have you ever taken on several large projects only to realize that you have...
The power of anticipation

The power of anticipation

To anticipate means to predict, expect, or think about what is likely to happen.  Whenever you anticipate that something might happen, you can immediately take action  instead of saying after the fact, “I was afraid that might happen.” The action you take...
Memories consume little space

Memories consume little space

Glenn Adamson, a curator, and scholar, in his book Fewer, Better Things, claims that purchasing a crafted object prompts you to respect the person who made it.  If you respect the object, he says, it is likely that you are going to respect the person who made it. I...