Clutter can be a source of distraction and an obstacle to getting work done. A cluttered desk, or its electronic counterpart, your laptop’s desktop and your mail inbox, can affect your productivity.
In your defense, you can quote Albert Einstein famous quote1:
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we to think of an empty desk
But chances are that if our desk is a mess, it’s not because we are like Einstein, but because we postpone small decisions over the things that land on our desktop. Do it, delegate it, archive it, file it for later reference or delete it, but don’t let it linger on your desktop or inbox.
About the title of this post: I read (or heard) the original quote in Spanish some time ago, but I didn’t record the source: Un escritorio desordenado está lleno de decisiones no tomadas. I haven’t been able to track down the original author. The title of this post is my translation of the phrase to English.
Great episode from Ze Frank’s a show for those afraid to start something new.
There is no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. My pencils are sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark. Warts and all. Let’s start this shit up.
Seth Godin, en Texting while working, explica por qué la productividad va de la mano de la moderación en el uso de las redes sociales (y otros distractores):
You’re competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can’t merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you’re playing for keeps.
Traducción libre: para hacer un trabajo no sólo bueno sino excelente hace falta dedicación y enfoque, poner toda la intensidad en lo que se hace.
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¿Cuántos emails hay en tu bandeja de entrada?
¿Tienes más de 50 emails en tu bandeja de entrada? ¿Hay correos que no llegas a contestar?
El 2006 Merlin Mann (43folders.com) publicó Inbox Zero, una serie de tips para que la sobrecarga de emails no sea un obstáculo para el trabajo bien hecho. Nuestro manejo del email, siendo un tema bien material, repercute en nuestro trabajo y el de los demás.
Dice Mann:
Clearly, the problem of email overload is taking a toll on all our time, productivity, and sanity, mainly because most of us lack a cohesive system for processing our messages and converting them into appropriate actions as quickly as possible.
Leer la serie completa de artículos requiere tiempo, y eso es justo lo que falta, así que copio aquí links a un par de los artículos, prácticos y cortos. (Algunas cosas son obvias, pero igual…)
