Productivity

Innovative Solutions To Common Problems

Posted on May 16, 2012 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

I was viewing an informative video interview of Senator Bill Bradley this morning that was conducted by Skip Prichard, the CEO of Ingram Publishers. While the main interview was based around Senator Bradley’s new book, We Can All Do Better, what really intrigued me were some side notes along the way about training for basketball. [...]

Filed Under: blog, books, Innovation, Productivity, Success Tagged: bill bradley, daily planners, economic growth, focusing, innovative solutions, management, Productivity, recycling bins, Time Management

How To Finally Get Things Done!

Posted on March 26, 2012 Written by John Richardson 13 Comments

I want to come clean and be real honest with you. I struggle with to-do lists, productivity programs, and time management plans. While all these tools are great, at the end of the day, I feel like a failure more often than not. It’s not that I don’t try hard, but distractions get in the [...]

Filed Under: Goal Setting, Goals, GTD, Habits, Personal Development, Success Tagged: bad habits, check box, crave, cue, cues, daily planners, habits, management planning, Productivity, things, Time Management

Weekly Roundup: Top iPad Business Apps

Posted on October 29, 2011 Written by John Richardson 2 Comments

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 [...]

Filed Under: blog, Business, iPad, Productivity, Technology Tagged: applications, apps, Business, business app, ipad, keynote, keynote presentation, microsoft powerpoint, Presentation, presentation software, productive, Productivity, technology, video presentations

3 Ways To Be More Productive With iOS5

Posted on October 24, 2011 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Filed Under: iPad, Productivity, Technology Tagged: apple, ios5, Productivity

Overcoming The Resistance

Posted on June 12, 2011 Written by John Richardson 5 Comments

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 [...]

Filed Under: 48 Minutes, blog, GTD, Productivity, Time Management Tagged: 48 minutes, Productivity, Time Management

Personal Productivity: Evernote for iPad 2

Posted on March 27, 2011 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

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 [...]