Productivity Tips

The April 2017 Expert Roundtable post on Law Technology Today is a survey of productivity tips. A group of lawyers (including me) were asked to answer five questions about productivity.

Here's a quick list of the tips I shared on the post:

Write everything down

Develop systems for storing the information you save so you can find it easily when you need it

Don't multi-task!

Use your calendar effectively- schedule time to complete work

Use an editorial calendar to schedule marketing and writing projects

Invest in resources, technology and/or people to improve your productivity

Although we were asked to provide only one or two tips in response to each question, it was hard for me to narrow down my responses. 

One of my favorite productivity tips that didn't get mentioned was breaking large projects down into bite-sized pieces; looking at an entire project can be overwhelming, but tackling only one small piece at a time can help build momentum and confidence. And the project is likely to get done much faster.

Some of my other favorite productivity tips were covered by my colleagues in the roundtable. These tips include:

• Never use your email inbox as your to-do list
• Don't use your email inbox as a place to store communications - file or delete messages
• Set a schedule and stick to it
• Know your "power hours"
• Create workflow checklists
• Do the worst first
• Use automation tools available in programs you already use
• Don't check email constantly!

You can get all of the tips in more detail here, and the post also contains a great list of productivity resources.

 

Comments

[Randall Isenberg]

Thank you for the great tips!