Increasing your productivity, whether it is for work or personal reasons, takes a little planning and a lot of motivation. Once you’ve found the productivity technique(s) that works for you, it should become a permanent change in your work habits. The change will help you in your long term goals, as well as your short term goals.

iProcrastinate Podcasts are a great series of audio podcasts by the Procrastination Research Group (procrastination.ca). Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl helps you understand why we procrastinate and what we can do to self-regulate our behavior more effectively.

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Simplicity or simple living may have a different meaning for every person. While one may view simple living as being organized to a point that their lives run smoothly, another may consider eliminating all chaos from their lives and living an easy going existence.

One of the most important things that you can do to help simplify your life is to learn to say no. This is particularly true if your simplicity goal is in regards to work. Many people live in fear of rejecting even the smallest request. For this reason those same people are completely overburdened with tasks that they could have just as easily refused to take on. Learning to refuse a task or project could save you the time that you need to devote to other areas of your life.