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The Future of Intelligent Productivity…

by John Soares on August 8, 2010

No, I haven’t disappeared. And yes, I’ve been intelligent and productive in the weeks since I last posted.

Why the gap with no posts? Several reasons, but the most important is that I’m currently creating a new website that will incorporate intelligent productivity and freelance writing.

Other reasons:

Please stay tuned: the new site should be up and running around the end of the month. I’ll let you know here and you can then go subscribe to it. I promise you’ll get all the same information and analysis you’ve been getting at Intelligent Productivity.

And now I’m off to backpack in the Trinity Alps for a few days.

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Consolidating My Base — An Exercise in Intelligent Productivity

by John Soares on July 7, 2010

As many of you know, I’m a freelance writer who also creates e-books and sells them on the Internet, a process I explore at my sister site: Selling Information Products Online.

I just wrote a detailed post over there about the changes I’m making in how I spend my time working, and especially online:

We all need to make the best use of our time as we pursue our goals, and we must make sure we’re doing the highest priority activities that will give us the highest return on the investment of our precious minutes and dollars.

To that end, I’m making some important changes in what I’m doing regarding selling information products and marketing myself online. I think of it as consolidating my base so I’ll have more secure footing for later expansion.

This is all part of Intelligent Productivity, so please read my Selling Information Products Online post and leave a comment with your thoughts on what I’m doing.

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How Being Late Hurts You — And What to Do About It

July 1, 2010

Why is punctuality such an important time management skill? Simple — punctuality is a sign of someone who is organized and trustworthy. If you want people to want to do business with you, or in general spend time with you, you must be on time. If you cannot keep your word to be on time [...]

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Resolved: Coffee Increases Productivity…

June 24, 2010

Well, it definitely increases MY productivity, that’s for sure. Many studies have found that coffee in moderate amounts stimulates brain function and truly help you to become a “coffee achiever.” And there’s also a new article on Live Science that discusses the many health benefits of coffee: Coffee may be good for the brain, too. [...]

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Ending Phone Interruptions

June 17, 2010

To be efficient and happy, you must minimize all types of interruptions. And the jar of a suddenly ringing phone is one of the worst possible interruptions. You are way more productive when you’re not bugged by phone calls, especially calls that don’t happen on your schedule. Here’s how I deal with unbidden calls, and [...]

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Funny Video Mocks BP’s Handling of the Gulf Oil Spill

June 12, 2010

The BP oil spill and its handling is a classic example of NOT using Intelligent Productivity. Yes, it’s one of the major environmental disasters of the 21st century, perhaps the biggest so far, but…I like to see the humor in any situation. Thanks to the good folks at UCB Comedy. Brought to my attention by [...]

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The Importance of Free Time Alone

June 10, 2010

Want to be happier? Want to be more productive? Then you must have free time alone, free time to reconnect with who you are and what you really want in life, free time to just release and relax and recharge your batteries. When you do return to your normal activities, you’ll be fresh and ready [...]

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6 Ways to Save Time With Errands

June 2, 2010

Intelligent productivity requires that we use the best time management techniques. Now we all have many errands outside the house that we do every week: shopping, haircuts, dropping off and picking up the kids at school and extracurricular activities, and much more. You need to be as efficient as possible with errands. Doing so can [...]

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New Design for Intelligent Productivity — Your Thoughts?

May 31, 2010

The talented Marc Schrievers just implemented the new design for Intelligent Productivity by modifying the underlying — and highly recommended — Thesis theme (affiliate link). I’m open to making more changes in the design, so I’d love any suggestions you have about the site: Readability Colors Fonts Column sizes Anything! And now that I’ve completed [...]

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Sometimes You Gotta Make A Change…

May 27, 2010

And for me that was changing web hosts. I wrote last week I was changing hosts, but I didn’t give details. I Switched Hosts Because… I had been hosting this site and more than a dozen other WordPress blog sites with Godaddy, but all of these sites were (briefly) hacked this month. One of my [...]

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