Lean Solutions with your Powerpoint Presentations via Google Documents

Posted by J.J. on November 6, 2008 under GTD, Personal development, Productivity, Self development, Shortcuts | Be the First to Comment

This is an old announcement post that I made for Presentationism.

You have attended many seminars, business meetings and workshops that are dragging your quality time. You’d wish for earlier dismissal of these particular functions because of lengthy presentations with complete boredom.

If these presentations able to be shortened and optimized it with effective Powerpoint presentations, your audience’s time and effort will not be wasted. It means that productivity can be increased when proper solutions are given without hassle your audience’s quality time and work. These effective solutions are commonly known as lean solutions.

What do lean solutions mean? Find out more here.

I’ve made a book wish list via Google Documents. Read it here.

Minimizing Your Time on Checking Mails in the Morning with Gmail

Posted by J.J. on October 30, 2008 under GTD, Productivity, Shortcuts | Read the First Comment

The most common habit among people before they start working is that they check their emails first thing in the morning. Averagely, checking and clearing emails might take up to 30-45 minutes in the beginning and it allows interruptions take place and lead them to procrastination.

For those Getting Things Done (GTD) readers, you might have spent more time processing your emails and you’ll sort it out based on the difficulty of the task – for example, some emails require short reply within less than two minutes and some are lengthy, and require more time to respond; these will be arranged into two or more categories respectively.

People nowadays like to share information to others by forwarding mails to their family and friends. It’s very rude to block your friends from sending mails to you. Now, you put the blame on them for the distraction they’ve caused that affect your productivity. No one actually cares how you get things done. What matters most is that you’re able to get things done.

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