In the third part of this four part series, I discuss what happened during the final two weeks I worked with my new virtual assistant.

The quest for improved productivity is an ongoing one, but what tends to happen is we spend time worrying about maintaining productivity rather than developing better productivity habits. This results in slower than desired improvements in what we need to do and, more importantly, what we really want to do. Here are three things that

Note: I’m nearing the end of my virtual assistant experiment, but I’m taking a break from sharing my results this week so I can have more data next week. We can’t do it alone. Even if we’re working independently, we need help in some form or another. That help doesn’t necessarily have to come from

“An information diet is not about consuming less; it’s about consuming right.” – Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet I think it’s important to take a look at what you’re consuming in terms of content fairly regularly. I’ve done so when it comes to a lot of the information I consume, be it the

3 Things is a weekly series posted every Sunday that highlights three things you can do to overcome a challenge, enhance your productivity, and improve other aspects of your work and life. Each of the things also offers an app or product recommendation that can help you take action and move forward. The weekend is

In the second part of this four part series, I discuss what happened during the first two weeks I worked with my new virtual assistant.

Yesterday Michael Schechter and I launched our new joint venture: Workflowing. Like Schechter, I’ve been split across too many online realms for too long. So I’m not only consolidating my projects into less portals, I’m also going to be better clarifying what will go up here and what will go up at Workflowing. Managing multiple