Changing poor productivity habits Dixie Sanner writes an article in the Washington Business Journal called Time Smart: Too busy? Trick is habit (re) forming.  (See it at http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/02/27/smallb2.html?hbx=e_sw).  In it, she outlines a 5-step process in changing your habits: 1.      Pinpoint the habit you want to change and analyze it.   2.      Describe what you'd like to do instead 3.      Develop a new routine that will help your new habit take root 4.      Be consistent 5.      Ask for help All really good advice.  But the article doesn’t do much to give you specific ideas on new routines (step 3).  If we really want to be “Time Smart,” which habits should we change?  Perhaps the article should have focused on one specific bad habit and … [Read more...]