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Productivity 2.0: How the New Rules of Work Are Changing the Game | Zen Habits

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source site – Productivity 2.0: How the New Rules of Work Are Changing the Game | Zen Habits

For years, books and articles and blogs on productivity have been showing us how to be more productive: crank out the tasks, multi-task, work faster, be organized.

In short, they’ve taught us to be a good part of a corporation that wants more out of us. But that’s old-school productivity, or Productivity 1.0.

Today let’s take a look at Productivity 2.0: a new set of rules have changed everything for the workers of the world. Don’t crank out tasks — learn to work with a deeper focus. Don’t plan and hold meetings and form committees — just launch the software or product or service and keep improving it. Don’t spend time organizing — you’ve got more important things to worry about.

it is good to re-look at the way we work nowadays. more and more productivity increases are coming from leveraging on the strength and diversity of our connected communities. never before in our history has the ability to access a wealth of talent and ideas been at our finger tips.

Internet tools to help you never forget anything again

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source site – How to Never Forget Anything Again – The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

The human brain is a wonderful thing, but it’s a bit faulty as a tool for remembering things. Luckily for us (and for our frazzled brains), technology has stepped in to help out.

With the proper habits and the right tools, you and your brain won’t have to remember a thing again.

There are a host of tech tools that can help with taking notes, managing projects and to-dos, and manage your email and calendar needs just fine. Though I’ll include the best choices below, these tools are just one piece of the puzzle. There are more elegant methods (ever scheduled something in Google Calendar via voicemail?)…

this article gives some tips on using some internet based tools like gmail, google calendar and others to help you to remember things. it also describes how some behavioural change is needed to ensure that these tools provide you with the optimal benefits.

Do more of, do less of

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I’ve been thinking of an idea that could hopefully help me and indirectly others improve on personal behaviours. This idea is based on something I learned in some of the leadership courses I’ve attended in the past. It relates to looking at yourself from another person’s perspective and evaluate your strengths and weaknesses. It looks to identify areas for improvements by specifically listing out the things (or behaviours) I should do more of, and the things I should do less of, and the things I should continue doing.

So in this vein, I’d put down the following as things I should do more of:

  • pay attention to the people closest to me: make sure that eye contact and interest is genuine when communicating with them

I will add more as I go along. Also would like to see whether this can be done on a separate website.