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How I see productivity – a pragmatic mini guide

by Fernando Moreira / September 3, 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutes “It has to be done, let’s take care of it, let’s roll up our sleeves.”Ron Clark, Always Forward Allow me to make a disclaimer. You don’t have to be more productive. You don’t. Indeed, just because many people want it, it doesn’t mean you covet it. If you have to be, may it be from your own intention. Now, if you want to be and have more…

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Once upon a time without notifications

by Fernando Moreira / June 27, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the most common habits for people who work in front of the computer is to do it so with the e-mail client open. That is, Outlook, Airmail, Thunderbird or any other is open while we do other tasks that have nothing to do with the e-mail. However, we maintain the e-mail notifications turned on. Imagine the following scenario: we’re doing a task related to the…

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Struggling with productivity? But, what do you mean with that?

by Tiago Leão / March 30, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s one curious thing that I’ve noticed recently. Do you know when you start a conversation, put up a beautiful argument and the other person totally agrees? It’s awesome, isn’t it? But, then, when she starts speaking, you realize that, although she’s using very similar words to the ones you used, when she rephrases it, she means something totally different. If you notice, you’ll see that the…

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Checking e-mails in the morning? No, thanks.

by Fernando Moreira / January 19, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes When I started sharing with some people what I think about e-mails and their influence in our lives, I got the following feedback: “I’m sorry, but what you are saying makes no sense”. Allow me to explain. We, human beings, always depend on something. We’re dependent on the things that we have to do. Dependent on things that others have to do. Regarding ourselves, we are always…

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Notifications? No thks!

by Fernando Moreira / December 1, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s my fault. Of course. In my opinion, it’s very hard to define what is important and urgent; important, but not urgent; urgent, but not important; and not urgent and not important. It’s super hard. Every day I try to have fewer meetings. They are important, but in my opinion they are also overrated. That’s why I try to make them as short and straight to the…

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The huge importance of “Not-To-Do Checklists”

by Fernando Moreira / November 10, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes As much as it costs me to admit, I believe that I can be or have everything I want in life, but… I can’t be or have it at the same time. With my super-multi-tasking past, I realized that, in order to devote myself to some projects and activities, I need to be capable of putting aside some stuff in order to accomplish other goals. After all,…