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My New Meeting Rule
We all know meetings are horrible. Lots has been written (including by me) about how to make meetings better. I have a new rule I am...
Brian Watkins
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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Teach People to Find Things
When I started my career in learning and development, the biggest problem we had was content. We spent a great deal of time, money, and...
Brian Watkins
Mar 17, 20222 min read
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Limiting Attendance at Meetings
One of the best rules for meetings is to only invite people who need to be there. Keep the meeting attendance as low as possible is the...
Brian Watkins
Feb 23, 20221 min read
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An Easy Way to Say "No"
I hear from many people who are frustrated with all they have to get done during the day. Many times, they will come in with a plan to...
Brian Watkins
Jan 25, 20221 min read
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Prioritization: Avoid This Costly Mistake
Someone you know (maybe even you) has made a resolution to be more productive this year. Good for you! Hopefully you do better than most...
Brian Watkins
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Burnout Reality
Burnout has been a topic for as long as I have been in the workplace (and I started before people had email or cell phones). With the...
Brian Watkins
Dec 15, 20211 min read
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Burnout
Employee burnout isn't new - we've been talking about it since the 80's. The topic has taken on renewed importance now with the pandemic....
Brian Watkins
Nov 22, 20211 min read
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Is Venting Good?
I have always believed that venting was healthy. It enabled us to get things off our chest and out of our head. Keeping it in was somehow...
Brian Watkins
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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Work/Life Balance is a Lie
On the pet peeve list is the phrase "work/life balance". There is no such thing. It's simple - there is life and then a small part of it...
Brian Watkins
Sep 7, 20212 min read
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Time Boxing
I've decided to experiment with a new productivity concept called Time Boxing. It isn't totally new, as I think I've been doing that to a...
Brian Watkins
Aug 24, 20212 min read
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Taking and Reviewing Notes
One of the great habits I learned from studying Getting Things Done (GTD) was the idea of taking notes. I'm not talking about note taking...
Brian Watkins
Aug 9, 20211 min read
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How to Plan to Return to the Office
If you are one of the many people who are being called back to the office - either full time or in some new hybrid environment, you need...
Brian Watkins
Jul 19, 20212 min read
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One Question to Ask When Planning Tasks
I admit, I am something of a productivity system junkie. If there is a paper, electronic, or mind-based system for being organized, I've...
Brian Watkins
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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Learn Not to Burn(out)
More and more studies are giving us information on the effects of productivity with the work-from-home (WFH) situation during the...
Brian Watkins
May 10, 20211 min read
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Share All Your Tasks
I am not an expert when it comes to agile project management, however, I have read a bit about it and there is one thing I like. NOTE: If...
Brian Watkins
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Planning "Nothing" Time
I was never a good student when it came to math. Words came easier to me than numbers. I vividly remember one time I was younger,...
Brian Watkins
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Managerial Self-Awareness
When I talk with people about my manager development program, I get a great deal of encouragement. The most common phrase I hear is "That...
Brian Watkins
Mar 15, 20211 min read
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Well-Being is Part of Personal Organization
I fully believe that the pandemic, while a horrible thing in terms of lives lost and damage to society and the economy, can end up with...
Brian Watkins
Mar 9, 20211 min read
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3 Questions to Ask Yourself Daily
Join me in testing this practice. Watch and read this article to know more.
Brian Watkins
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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Overscheduled
Tom Peters in one of my business idols. When he says something, I listen. Recently he tweeted something that challenged me and made me...
Brian Watkins
Nov 18, 20201 min read
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