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How do you deal with fundamental overload?

When you’ve made real commitments that add up to 100%+ of the time/mental energy you have available, how do you deal with it? I’m in that situation at the moment and find myself debating whether to concentrate on one thing, … Continue reading →

Email Overload – Where the CEO of Xerox and I Disagree

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Stever

As you probably know, I’ve launched my You Are Not Your Inbox, so I’m revisiting some of my old thoughts about Email Overload. Tim Sanders wrote a blog entry that references a Business Week article (“What’s So Bad about Information … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, communication, Productivity | Tagged email, focus, inbox.zero, overload, productivity | 4 Comments

Is The Marketplace of Ideas Turning Into a Swamp?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Stever

We take it for granted that making things easier is always a good thing. I disagree. Sometimes it is, while sometimes it isn’t. Today, I’ve been contemplating the case where maybe it’s good to make things harder. Technology has made … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, culture, Psychology, strategy | Tagged overload | 8 Comments

Investors Business Daily & Downtown Women

Wow! Today’s a day full of media love. An article about my book and personal productivity is featured in Investors Business Daily. A guest blog post by me is featured in the Downtown Women’s Club.

Are you overwhelmed?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Stever

There are two kinds of being overwhelmed. There’s the chaos that comes from having no systems, so everything is an emergency. That’s relatively easy to deal with. The more pernicious type of overwhelm happens when you actually commit to more … Continue reading →