A colleague of mine, Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D, asked me to put together a list of top 10 productivity tips on how to move from a “Culture of Now” to a “Culture of When.”
A “Culture of Now” says that everything needs to be done right now, it needs to have an immediate response. The “Culture of Now” is terribly unproductive.
“Other people are making me unproductive. Help!”
One of the top questions I’m asked by inherently
organized individuals is how to prevent the
disorganization of OTHERS from making them
productive.
In this special 8 minute video, I answer this question
in great depth.
You’ll learn how to:
P.S. After you watch the video I’d like you to share
your experiences. How are your co-workers or employees
making you unproductive? What have you tried that’s
worked so far?
Does your boss expect you to reply immediately?
I found a video in my archives that I had recorded but
hadn’t posted it up yet. I think you’ll enjoy this.
I was speaking on location at beautiful Santa Clara
University, when an audience member from a major
corporation asked me: “I have a boss in Hong Kong who
has this expectation that I always respond immediately
to her requests. What do I do?”
She asked the question because I was preaching the
importance of moving from a Culture of Now (which
perpetuates switchtasking)to a Culture of WHEN.
Do you have a demanding boss like this? (Or are YOU the
demanding boss?) How do you handle the situation?
Watch this video for some quick, invaluable tips.
Switchtask no more!
Dave Crenshaw
Author, The Myth of Multitasking & Invaluable (available May 2010)
President, Invaluable Inc.
P.S. After you watch the video I’d like you to share
your experience. Have you tried the tips I’m
suggesting? Are you too scared to try it? Why?
P.P.S. Expect more videos like this from me this year.
I’m committed in 2010 to just give away a lot more
content. Less selling, more giving. Watch for it.
Welcome to the next video in my new Candid Productivity Video Series!
These are the same kinds of in-depth answers my Invaluable Coaches and I provide in my Two Day Productivity Miracle.
Meet Skeeter, both a principle partner and director of sales for an online debt reduction company. Skeeter coordinates a lot of schedules and oversees the success of many sales reps.
Because of that, he sits in a lot of meetings. Skeeter is, well, a “meeter.” The meetings are supposed to help his people be more efficient, yet they end up wasting a lot of time.
Do you experience that at all in your workplace? In this episode I show him just two principles from my Two Day Productivity Miracle to make his meetings truly productive.
He also had another problem that I can relate with: office disorganization (it doesn’t look like it when you see the video, but he explains why it looks like he “cheated” before I came). I give him a simple principle to help him wrangle his cantankerous workspace!
P.S. Have you checked out my Two Day Productivity Miracle yet? It covers these principles I discussed with Skeeter in great depth. More important, it helps you become conditioned for permanent productivity! After you watch the video, learn how to condition yourself for workday mastery at: http://www.TimeBootCamp.com
Welcome to the first video in my new Candid Productivity Video Series!
Get the same answers I provide to my top-paying clients: unrehearsed, uncut, and unedited.
In this video you’re going to see the candid answers I provide when I ask people–just like you–a simple question:
“What is the biggest productivity challenge to your workday?”
In this episode, meet Curtis, a world-renowned programmer who knows he fights fires more than he should. I give him two concrete steps to minimize is firefighting ways.
I recorded this video in San Francisco while visiting the corporate offices of my publisher, Jossey-Bass. I talked my editor into working the camera for a quick message for my list.
In this free coaching video, I’ll teach you a about very important Switchbuster.
Some of you who are new to my work are wondering, “Switchbuster? What is he talking about?”
Switchbusters are little tricks and systems you can put into your day to minimize the switches that are interrupting you.
This free coaching video will teach you how to minimize what I call the “Dreaded Double Q”
The Quick Question!
How many times per day do you hear:
“Hey, Dave, excuse me, I’ve got just a quick question…”
On the video blog post I show you how to dramatically reduce the Dreaded Double Q.
How many times per day do you think you hear the Dreaded Double Q?
