Automation
Most people I know do some kind of work that requires at least a few repetitive tasks. Odds are that this applies to you as well, to some degree. And a lot of those repetitive tasks you perform can be …
Author: corwinolson
Using small windows of time
Back when I was in high school, I had an important realization about time management and getting things done. I would often have only a small window of time, like 30 minutes or less, to work on some particular homework …
Emptying your inbox
Until recently, I would regularly keep 20 or 30 emails in my inbox as reminders of things I needed to do. So there were 20 or 30 emails that I knew I needed to act on, yet I would need …
Mental Momentum
Often times when you are first starting a task, it is easy to get overwhelmed by how much energy it is taking to do even the smallest aspects of the task. You wonder to yourself, “If it’s this hard to …
Writing things out to better understand them
Have you ever attempted to read through a challenging document (technical or non-technical) that presented a lot of material you struggled to understand? Examples include textbooks, technical papers, legal documents, insurance information, etc. I have found that one of the …