Usage tips

Hold.. hold… hold… CHARGE!!

Filed under: Usage tips - 23 Dec 2008

I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The [...] banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. …

Why you’re not completing important tasks

Filed under: Things we like,Usage tips - 18 Dec 2008

I love the way the folks at Trizle tell it like it is. Here’s the latest offering from them on why you’re not completing important tasks*. Simple, self evident, but something we probably all need reminding …

How to get the most from your personal assistant

Filed under: Usage tips - 17 Dec 2008

If you are used to working with a PA, or delegating tasks in general, you’ll be familiar with what follows, and aware that delegating gets easier and more natural with every request.

Working with an online personal assitant is perhaps a …

Break tasks into chunks

Filed under: Usage tips - 15 Dec 2008

You’ll be aware that on your to-do list you probably have a number of tasks which you’d like to delegate, but don’t really want to assign in their entirety because there are lots of permutations.

If you read the 4 Hour …

Delegating is hard, isn’t it?

Filed under: Usage tips - 20 Nov 2008

Hell yes it’s hard! By the time you’ve written down what you want you’re better off having done it yourself, right? Well… not necessarily.

Quite a lot of the time you’d be absolutely right, in which case we’re happy to serve …

Christmas is coming

Filed under: Usage tips - 20 Nov 2008

… and with Christmas comes extra work as we all try to get everything done before the holidays!

If you need a hand thinking of or buying presents, send us a list of those you’re looking for, their relationship to you, …

Evernote

Filed under: Usage tips - 20 Sep 2008

Have you heard about Evernote? It’s one of those neat ideas that’s so very simple and well implemented that you have to wonder what’s taken it so long to be invented.

It’s like a notepad or scrapbook where you …

How to increase your hourly income by 70%

Filed under: Case studies,Usage tips - 15 Jun 2008

Sounds too good to be true? Of course it does. If it was that easy, you’d do it, right? Let’s work through an example.

Say you’re earning £35 per hour. Any time you spend doing a task which you could pay …

Why aren’t you making progress?

Filed under: Usage tips - 13 Jun 2008

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. — Theodore Roosevelt
Lacking time, money, or something.
We know what our goals are, we know what needs to be done to achieve them, but for some reason we still …

Make everything an ‘actionable task’

If you have nagging tasks and worries, it’s best to get them off your mind, so you can get on with the tasks at hand.

Whether it’s remembering that you’re due to make a dental appointment, or remembering to book a …