UPDATE: 9/12/20: I have removed old content on this post that no longer worked and replaced it with options that work as of today. I will do my best to keep this post updated as technology changes. Thanks for visiting! Note that this post refers to syncing Outlook...
Have you ever thought you discovered the perfect productivity tool for yourself or your team — only to find that it didn't really make a difference after all? In my latest article for Harvard Business Review, I explain why this happens. And I give some tips for...
In Empowered Productivity Training, you learn the best way to keep your inbox at zero -- it is possible -- is to create calendar items and tasks from your emails. But often you need to transfer the information from the email into another format. Let’s say someone...
NOTE: I posted this article in March of 2012. The most recent update was 4/11/16. Many things have changed, and I don't think there is much risk of losing your Outlook data anymore. But in case you are the cautious type... I came across an interesting article in my...
As I explain in my training on the Empowered Productivity System, keeping details in your head causes stress -- for example, that racing brain that keeps you awake at night. You might track information well when it's an email or other electronic or physical format,...
Do you use Microsoft Outlook? If not, you can stop reading now. But, if you use Outlook for email, or your calendar, or anything else, this is important information that you'll want to know. PST is the extension of the file that contains all of your Outlook data,...
I was at a meeting recently and my table-mates started a discussion about contact management solutions. I hear this often. People need a tool to manage their contacts, so they begin to consider ACT or other CRM software. The bigger question that people don’t...
The secret to personal productivity is mastering control. You need control over the information you receive on a daily basis, control over the tools that bring you that information, and control over your own behavior. If you can master control over these three things,...
