‘Productivity’ Archive

21 Tips to Improve Your Email Etiquette

June 17, 2011, filed under Communication, Productivity; No Comments.

Image Source: Wikipedia Most people I know who have jobs in technology or management receive tons of emails.  A lot of those emails are pretty bad and result in them wasting a large chunk of their day.  In an effort to reduce the impact of bad emails on those around me, I try to follow [...]

Do people not value your time?

June 22, 2009, filed under Communication, Productivity; No Comments.

For some people, understanding the “value of their job” is directly related to the fact they have cornered the market on some skill that one one else can readily perform at that moment. This may lead to laziness: Example 1: “How about instead of coming to work, I stay at home and watch cartoons all [...]