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Analogue Productivity & The Bullet Journal

Anyone who knows me will probably be surprised that I’m writing about getting things done without a digital device. But as our most recent episode of ‘My Pocket Psych’ illustrated,... read more →
  • September 26, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity, Psychological flexibility

The mystery of the re-appearing task

Has this ever happened to you? You sit down with your task list on a Friday morning and realise that an item from Monday is still there. Or you look... read more →
  • August 28, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity

The machine that goes ‘Ping!’

Does anyone else remember the scene in Monty Python’s ‘The Meaning of Life’, when the hospital administrator admires the new ‘Machine that goes Ping!’ in the operating theatre? A couple... read more →
  • March 6, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity

Sometimes it’s the simple things…

A delegate on a recent coaching skills course I ran expressed some surprise that productivity might come up as a coaching topic. We had started talking about ‘time management’, but... read more →
  • February 28, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Coaching, Productivity

Productivity Porn: A distraction in plain sight

I think it’s fair to say I never thought I’d be writing about ‘porn’ on this blog. But the phrase ‘productivity porn’ encapsulates a problem so well, I don’t think... read more →
  • February 13, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity

Seeing beyond the social media ‘problem’

Last week, I was quoted in an FT article about social media use at work. I sometimes brace myself to see how my interviews are portrayed 'in print', but this... read more →
  • January 24, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity, Wellbeing

Productivity without purpose: what’s really important?

In episode 32 of 'My Pocket Psych' we discussed the importance of purpose and meaning when it comes to productivity. In our model of the 'Pillars of Productivity', Purpose represents... read more →
  • January 24, 2019
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Podcast, Productivity

Looking forward to a productive 2019

It’s that time of year when we take stock and think about the year gone by - and start to make plans for the year ahead. And while it can... read more →
  • December 10, 2018
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity

The “advantages” of Procrastination

Who says procrastination is necessarily a bad thing? If you think about it for a moment, you’ll realise it’s a great way of dealing with tasks you simply don’t want... read more →
  • February 9, 2018
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Productivity

Prioritisation: first things first

This episode of ‘My Pocket Psych’ continues our series on productivity at work. After looking at what might stop us from making a start (Procrastination), we now discuss how we... read more →
  • January 17, 2018
  • Richard MacKinnon
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  • Podcast, Productivity
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