Category Archives: Effectiveness

How to conquer procrastination

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Mike Clayton

Dilly-dallying. Frittering time away. Idling. Loafing. Loitering. Procrastination takes many forms, each eating away at your time and dulling your edge. Battle procrastination and take action with Dr Mike Clayton’s seven ways to get started when you’d rather stay still. … Continue reading →

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Ssshhh; I’m working

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Mike Clayton

Seth Godin, in his blog, advocates a simple piece of computer software that shuts out all of the digital noise and let’s you get on with your work un-interrupted.  It’s called Freedom. I am a big believer that multi-tasking doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Next Bend

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Mike Clayton

For some people, the most valuable time in their week is 30 minutes to an hour of high quality, time-limited thinking time, which they set aside to think about what they don’t have time to think about at any other … Continue reading →

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The Multi-tasking Fallacy

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Mike Clayton

I have been thinking about multi-tasking a lot lately,in preparation for writing about it in Chapter 4. There was a fascinating series of experiments last year (2009) at Stanford University, in which Professor Clifford Nass and his colleagues, Eyal Ophir … Continue reading →

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