Weekly Roundup: Top iPad Business Apps

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The last two weeks have been a blast here at Success Begins Today. We have had a lot of interest in our iPad and iOS5 posts including the exciting new AirPlay Mirroring feature. In our iPad with iOS5 roundup, see how the latest features and applications will help you be more productive and give better [...]

3 Ways To Be More Productive With iOS5

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With the new iOS5 operating system update for the iPhone, iPads, and iPod Touch, Apple has included 3 new productivity boosters that you might not know about. In this post, I’ll show you where they are and how to set them up. 1. Reminders: Once you update to iOS5 you’ll notice a new icon on [...]

Overcoming The Resistance

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You sit down to work on your next project. It’s rather simple. All you need to do is open your word processor on your laptop and start writing. Yet something keeps you from proceeding. Something stops you from opening the lid. You look at the laptop. Nothing seems wrong. You reach out your hand, put [...]

Personal Productivity: Evernote for iPad 2

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This is Big! The new iPad has been my constant companion for the last few weeks. It is a great machine for blogging, taking notes, and wonderful as a media consumption device. But with the addition of cameras, the iPad 2 is also a personal productivity bonanza. With the free download of the productivity software [...]

Putting Together Our FAST Planner

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In my last post, I talked about creating a document to track our progress on a long term goal using the FAST method which includes… 1. Focused work means working on one thing at a time. You turn off all distractions such as e-mail, web browsers, and close your door if possible, and focus on [...]

The Top-Six Strategy for Daily Success

With all the conflicting organizational and productivity strategies on the market it can be hard to find a practical organizational solution that really works on a daily basis. I’ve tried Stephen Covey’s First Things First strategy of prioritizing tasks into quadrants of importance, as well as David Allen’s GTD strategy of next actions. I picked [...]