While there are approximately 3 million project management apps (I’m guessing. I lost count around 102,463), TeamBox manages to stand out from the crowd by being both open source and focusing heavily on collaboration.
While many hosted web-based project management apps focus on collaboration, few of them are open source. And while there are quite a few open source project management apps, few focus heavily on collaboration in a way that’s designed for virtual teams.
Teambox has both of those covered.
Dashboard
When you first log in, the main focus is on all recent activity and comments made by other team members. Teambox allows you to ask questions, make comments, attach files, and delegate tasks all from the Dashboard — making it easy to see an overview of not only what’s happening but also everyone’s and every task’s status.
Task Management
Teambox’s Task Management page is very “social network-inspired” (think Facebook and Twitter). Teambox makes it easy to assign tasks to people, assign due dates and (of course) leave comments.
Charts, Reports, and Calendars
Teambox makes it easy to view what’s due when, along with who’s responsible for what in whatever form is easiest for you to visualize — either Gnatt charts, reports, or on a calendar. You can either view the calendar straight in Teambox, or sync it to your personal calendar or smartphone. In addition, you can log time tracking on the calendar.
Whiteboards
Whiteboards are great for collaborating with a team. You can post useful links, information you constantly need to reference back to, or start sketching out a formal document (such as a proposal). Teambox’s Whiteboards are incredibly intuitive — I rarely had to reference the formatting help section my first time using them.
Conversations
In addition to being able to comment on tasks and collaborate on Whiteboard, Teambox also allows you to have “Facebook-style” chats to brainstorm and discuss ideas that aren’t specifically task-related.
Email Intergration
Teambox allows you to both respond to comments through email, along with creating or updating the status of a task using project “short codes.” Very handy if you live in your email inbox.
Mobile
Mobile is a huge consideration when it comes to project management apps and Teambox has you covered. Simply go to the Teambox website using an iPhone, Android device, or Blackberry and you’ll see a mobile-optimized version.
Pricing
Teambox offers a free plan, but it’s pretty limited: 3 projects and 50 MB of storage. 
In addition, Teambox also offers a few additional features for companies with over 100 employees, such as unlimited projects and company branding starting at $3/user.
Conclusion
If you’re looking for a complete, open source, project management solution with heavy collaboration features that can work for a single freelancer environment all the way up to a corporate setting, Teambox is definitely worth checking out.
For more on Teambox:
- Lifehacker: Teambox Is an Open Source, Social Network-Influenced Online Project Management App
- WebWorkerDaily: Teambox: Collaborate Freely with Your Team: Online Collaboration
- Web.Appstorm: Getting Things Done in the Workplace With Teambox
Clutterpad is a full-featured project management app that considers itself ”a way of doing things-not just a tool.”
Clutterpad operates on 5 principles:
- Sheer Beauty
- Ease and Simplicity
- Define Productivity
- Complete Mobility
- Security
Sheer Beauty
Clutterpad believes that to want to use something, you have to like the way it looks — and I completely agree. Clutterpad manages to achieve this with a sleek look where all features are easily accessible, without the interface looking cluttered.
Ease and Simplicity
Clutterpad thinks that “software should be as intuitive and easy to use as switching on a light.” While I still recommend that you always read all the features (and a product’s blog) — Clutterpad does do a pretty good job of having an intuitive interface.
Productivity Redefined
While I wouldn’t go as far as Clutterpad does in referring to using it as fun — it does offer a slew of features that can significantly help small teams stay organized, on track, and in touch all in one place.
Mobility
As a web-based app, Clutterpad is available from anywhere. (However, I didn’t see any mention of a mobile-optimized version.)
Security
Security is always concern — especially with cloud based apps — and Clutterpad lets it be know that they are super-serious about security.
Dashboard
The Dashboard is clean looking and when your first log in, the focus is a log of all recent activity across the team. You can view projects individually or as a group. The top box is an “At-A-Glance” section that shows your outstanding tasks, upcoming events, and how much file storage is being used.
To-Dos
The most impressive thing is that to-do items are color-coded: Red for Overdue, Orange for Due Today, and Green for Due in the Future — allowing you to see at a glance what’s due when. You can create to-do items for yourself or assign them to a team mate. You have the option to upload and attach a file, comment, or re-arrange the order of tasks. As an added bonus, you can filter to-do items by teammate as well.
Contacts
Contacts is a pretty straightforward feature: it allows you to input all your business contacts into one central location and track conversations with them.
Chatrooms
Something you don’t see in many project management apps is an honest-to-God-Campfire-style-chatroom — but Clutterpad has one! There’s even a private chat option.
Calendar
Another fairly straightforward feature, the calendar allows you to create events, set reminders, and color-code the calendars for your convenience.
Files
The files section allows you to easily upload, share, and re-download all project-related files.
WritePad
Writepad is a convenient way to easily start and share documents. You can also track each document’s revision history.
Messages
Messages allows you to help cut back on email clutter and keep all your communications in one place by posting a message and letting others comment on it. It’s not an email replacement, but it can help cut back on all those short 3 sentence emails that tend to wind up in your inbox when you’re collaborating on a project.
If you’re looking for a user-friendly, all-inclusive project management app for your team, Clutterpad is a great way to go. There are few barriers to entry, and its feature set has pretty much everything you’d be looking for in this type of software solution.
For More on Clutterpad:
- Lifehacker: Clutterpad Project Manager Updates; Now with Time Saving To-Do Templates
- Lifehacker: Clutterpad Puts Group Calendars, Contacts, To-Do Lists, and More in a User-Friendly Interface
When you know a three-day weekend is just around the corner, do you try hard to tie up loose ends during the week so you can enjoy it? I know I do. When you get back to work on a Tuesday, doesn’t the rest of the week seem to fly by? Wouldn’t it be great if you could have a four-day workweek every week? You can!
When faced with a short workweek I know I am more productive during business hours. Here are some other benefits:
- People have more time to spend with their families.
- Employees save money on commuting to and from work.
- The business saves money on energy costs.
- Studies show that employees with a four-day workweek are more productive and happier overall.
But there are drawbacks, too. Working 10 hours a day isn’t for everyone.
When thinking about creating a four-day workweek, people tend to think about how great it will be to have more time away from the office rather than how increasing their workday by two hours may affect them and their families. Less time in the day outside of work means less time for running errands on your workdays.
Another drawback is the fact that just because you only work four days a week, it doesn’t mean your customers don’t need you on your “off” day. Some companies can’t shut their doors for one day a week because of the nature of their business. If there are enough employees to stagger the 5th day off, this may work for you—some employees get Monday off and some Friday.
TGIT: Thank God It’s Thursday
The state of Utah instituted a four-day workweek in 2008 for most state employees, and researchers found that 79% of employees reported a positive experience with the four days a week/10 hours a day routine and 63% of the employees reported increased productivity. The same employees also reported lower levels of work-family conflict and higher levels of job satisfaction.
Utah also found that by implementing a four-day workweek their employees saved $6 million in gasoline costs and cut the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions by 12,000 metric tons a year.
Companies large and small across the country are looking for ways to save money. Pensions, as we’ve seen in the news, are a hot button topic. Many companies are not offering the same things to their employees that they used to—namely 401(k)s and health insurance. A four-day workweek, a plus to many, might just be the thing that keeps disgruntled workers happy and in their jobs. A shorter week could also be a big perk when hiring new employees. And a healthy work life balance is becoming more and more important to people.
Predicting the Future
Pretty soon those Generation X-ers (born from 1965–1978) everyone has been complaining about for decades are going to be at the age where they are the decision makers in business. And Generation Y (born from 1979–2000) are looking to do things differently than their parents’ generation. Big changes are in store—and one of those changes could possibly be an altered workweek.
A lot of people don’t even need to show up at the office anymore to do their work, and are already working an altered workweek — albeit virtually. Heck, working 40 hours might very well become passé over the next 10 years! We won’t know until we get there.
But before you implement a four-day workweek you need to do some homework. Find out what your goals are. Are they to keep employees happy? Save money on energy costs? Cut down on traveling expenses? Know what you want to achieve and institute a way to measure the results to see if it’s working or not.
You also want to talk to your employees. The people who will have the hardest time with a four-day workweek are parents who have children in daycare. Give them some warning and find out how they will deal with the schedule change.
Fortunately a four-day workweek isn’t a new idea—so there are lots of people out there that can give you their two cents. But summer is right around the corner — a great time to try out the four-day workweek…if you ask me!
(Image courtesy of Joe Lanman under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 generic license.)
Project management software has become a more integral tool for businesses in recent years, and another contender has come to our attention in recent weeks: ProjeLead.
ProjeLead touts itself as:
“…a simple open source tool that will make project managers focus more on their project than on their project management tool.”
Originally created to meet the internal needs of our project managers and consultants, ProjeLead has been offered as a free download since early 2009 under an Open Source license. The response from its user base has been quite positive and while we’re yet to give it a full review, they are gaining traction in what is a very crowded space.
While we’ve heard this from other software solutions in the marketplace, we’ve yet to really see a tiered open source solution. ProjeLead has two tiers: Standard and Enterprise. You can check out the features that each version has to offer below.
ProjeLead’s Standard version is a free download, and you can get started with it here.
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This week’s guest on the WorkAwesome podcast is James Shelley. James is a highly-regarded online writer, offering articles on productivity and time management — as well as attention and willpower. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
That said, James is also a storyteller and speaker. He has spoken to high school students about the challenges the world has to offer as well as looking at lifestyles choices and decisions that need to be made. These kind of musings don’t just apply to the youth of today; we all can learn from James’ work online. His work at JamesShelley.net is a great place to start.
Show Notes
- James discusses the differences between doing productive vs. being productive.
- What tools he uses in his workflow — and how he doesn’t use OmniFocus for everything.
- With multiple jobs, how he makes everything “fit”.
- How James works his craft.
- What is the Attention Economy is.
- …and James discusses his drink of choice, music of choice and other tools that he has in play in his daily life.
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It’s been a couple of weeks since the Workspace Before + After Competition closed to entries…and the winners have now been chosen! Each of them presented us with a photo of their workspace before the transformation and after, and suffice to say, the “after shots” definitely show a marked improvement over the “before” ones. Each of the winners made different types of changes — some big and some small. Our hope is that any of the changes will result in more awesome work coming from our winners.
Each of the winners will receive 200 business cards from MOO. Below is each of the winners’ photos — along with a brief description of what makes their “new-look workspace” far more awesome than their old one.
1. Kevin Wammer
BEFORE
“Thanks to your blogpost I finally decided to clean up my desk. Since it is in my bedroom I usually throw my sweatshirts on it. I decided to close my Macbook and to use only the larger screen. I threw away a couple of magazines and sorted my books (…and yes, those are Envato books!).”
AFTER
“I still have to find a way how to make it even more minimalistic but I finally took the time to clean this mess. (By the way, it took me two cups of coffee to get through this…) I didn’t change much but I think it looks clean enough.”
2. Hilary Stoddard
BEFORE
Hilary went for a more playful look with her refreshed workspace.
“I made my cubicle more Domo-friendly!”
AFTER
3. Juliet Fieldew
BEFORE
“It’s not the best view of the room in the after shot, but it was the pic with the best lighting… unfortunately that’s what happens with a room reno- you start with an ugly room and great light, and finish at the end of the day with bad light and (hopefully) a great room!”
AFTER
“I’m pretty happy with mine — my new table (eBay, $53) totally fits the bill for my blog/uni/bookkeeping/daily life mess — there’s lots of space to spread out and be creative! Of course the trip out to Richmond to pick up the table also warranted a stop off at Ikea, where I had great fun picking out new desk accessories decor! Gotta love that!”
4. Drew Podwal
BEFORE
Drew was one of our later entrants, but it just goes to show that even late inspiration is better than no inspiration! His makeover is minimal — only slight changes, such as tidying up and changing overall decor — but it’s often the subtle changes that lead to bigger ones.
AFTER
5. Cassie Boom
Cassie offered us a whole series of photos that reveals her office transformation — which was anything but minimal. Rather than post them all here, you can view all of the “before” shots here and the “after” shots here.
Thanks to everyone who entered — and a big thanks to our friends at MOO who not only delivered the prizes for this competition, but deliver awesome business cards 24/7!
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No man is an island. – John Donne
This quotation is certainly true when it comes to your working environment, especially in an office where you have many colleagues who you see every day. To get on in your chosen area of work and enjoy what you are doing, it is important to create positive relationships with those around you. Here are 8 proven methods that work in creating positive work relationships if you give them a solid effort:
1. Be Yourself
While it is important to be professional, it is also important to be yourself. It is difficult and ultimately unsatisfying to create positive relationships by pretending to be something you are not. Be natural and put your best foot forward. Many times I have seen people get further in the workplace because they are not afraid to show their true personality and what they are capable of.
2. Treat People Equally
Even managers are human! Putting someone on a pedestal makes it harder for you to approach them and be yourself. Be natural. Don’t be afraid to speak up and say what you think. Also be aware of how you treat your own employees. Be respectful but treat everyone as a peer and don’t think of yourself as ‘lower’ or ‘higher’ than others. It will help your self esteem and make interactions with you more fun and positive. Getting caught up in job titles and hierarchy takes the fun and human element out of work and makes it difficult to create honest and positive relationships.
3. Stay Out of Politics
Make it a practice to stay out of politics if you can. Of course, sometimes this just isn’t possible but as a rule I really recommend trying this. It will save you getting caught up in negativity, misunderstandings and cross fire and will earn you respect from those around you. In my experience politics are often born out of petty issues and personality clashes. Do your job to your best ability and remain professional and positive with those around you at work.
4. Be Friendly
Being friendly and pleasant to be around makes everyone’s life easier, whatever job you are in. Don’t be one of those people who thinks that they have to be cut throat with those around them in order to advance in their career or to be a good manager, for example. Good old fashioned manners go a long way and the people you work with will be more willing to help you out when needed if you are pleasant to them. Be consistent and don’t just do this when you want something though (your colleagues will see straight through this anyway!) Being aware of your own moods is also important. I have worked with people who are great colleagues but terrible to be around when things are not going well. Learn how to manage your stress and deal with challenges effectively. It will benefit you and make you an easier person to work with.
5. Be Thoughtful
Being thoughtful doesn’t take a lot but pays dividends. A manager who checks in with a member of staff who seems quieter than usual is being thoughtful. An employee bringing cookies in to share is being thoughtful. A CEO who recognizes an employee’s contribution is being thoughtful. A little bit of thought goes a long way and shows the people around you at work that you care about them and they are not just another employee or colleague to you. Everyone likes to be appreciated.
6. Be Self Aware
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses will help you to be aware of the impact you have on those around you. From my own observations, many relationship problems at work come from lack of self awareness and sensitivity. Just because you like to talk loudly or tell everyone when you are annoyed about something at work, doesn’t mean everyone else in your office will appreciate it. You may not then even realise why people seem distant with you. Think about how you behave and how it affects the people around you. It will help you to be more in tune with the people you work with and develop more positive relationships.
7. Enjoy Your Work
It is much easier to be positive when you are enjoying the work you are doing. Try to enjoy your work as much as possible. Obviously nothing is fun all the time, but if you can focus on making the best of your job it will help you feel positive and in turn foster positive relationships.
8. Add Value
Add value to your work place. You can be the friendliest and happiest person in the work place, but if you are not getting your job done, someone else will have to pick up the slack! Think of ways in which you can help your company and your co-workers. There is something incredibly positive about someone who is thinking about what they can do for others. We have all heard stories about people who didn’t have qualifications or experience, who have wowed their way into a job by making themselves indispensible. Be that person!
What are your experiences with creating positive relationships at work? Let us know in the comments.
(Image courtesy of Mait Jüriado under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license.)
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According to Dr. Phil, “we can’t change what we don’t acknowledge first.” With this being the case, I have finally come to terms with a plaguing issue that I’ve denied for many years: My name is Jennifer, and I am an overachiever.
There. I’ve said it. The proof is in the pudding.
Adorning my bedroom walls are dozens of plaques, commendations, and kudos from just about every avenue of my life: from grade school awards, to college scholarships, to writing competitions, to community service.
I say this not to brag, but to make a point. In 2005, in the hit movie “Hustle and Flow,” one of the main characters of the movie laments over how hard it is to be a successful hustler. This “baller” should try being an overachiever! Overachievers may not get the same street cred, or cool theme music, but they work just as hard and live in constant angst in their daily efforts to be the best at what they do.
Achievement becomes an addiction in which the “high” of success is often chased by additional acts of excellence and emotional and physical over investment. And to be quite honest, it can be rather exhausting.
Sure, for those of us who suffer this malady, we can say that it makes our moms proud, earns us a few bragging rights, and reasons to reward ourselves with chocolate and periodic shopping sprees, but somehow, somewhere, we have to draw the line.
For example, I was competing with a little girl at a close friend’s daughter’s birthday party, in a jump rope competition, and let’s just say that this kid proved to be a poor loser. But I was determined to outdo her.
Could you be an overachiever just like me?
According to the Overachiever Coach, “Overachievers are ambitious, driven, and influenced to do (and be) the best. They have a unique mindset that keeps their brain on overdrive and a work ethic that keeps them one step ahead. High expectations and focused intensity are definite characteristics of overachievers. They are always pushing themselves for more,–whether it’s professionally, academically, personally, or in a sports or hobby.”
Sound familiar?
Here are some other tell-tale signs of overachievers, based upon my own experience and observations:
- Overachievers have a sense of urgency about things that makes them unique comparatively. They view time as a commodity.
- Overachievers often come from successful families where parents or other family members were doctors, lawyers, actors, teachers, bankers, or military personnel (whereby “they got it honestly”). In other words, achievement was as much a part of their family blood line as their DNA.
- Overachievers typically do well in school, often skipping a grade or two, or earning scholarships along the way.
- Overachievers tend to be their own worst critics. They impose high standards and subject themselves to personal scrutiny on various levels.
- Overachievers are very results-oriented. They are very diligent in their day-to-day functioning, and often set goals by which they measure their overall performance.
- Overachievers often feel pressured to do well.
Now that we’ve identified what it is, here is how to look at this condition more objectively — and use it to enhance our lives rather than encumber it.
If you, like me, have decided that 2011 will be the year to be less stressed, less anal, and more balanced in your personal and professional life, here are some savvy ways to walk the talk:
- Realize that we were designed to be “human beings”, not human doings. Keep things in proper perspective. We are more than our titles and Facebook status updates. Our value as human beings should never solely be tied into our value in the workworld, or the value of our achievements.
- Know that the stress associated with “driven personalities,” grueling work hours, and extremely high self-imposed expectations can contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease, and poor sleep habits. It can also adversely impact our personal relationships, if we apply the same high, rigid standards. Act accordingly.
- Take heed to the saying, “all work and no play makes Jane a dull girl.” Balance is crucial. Work hard, but play hard too when time allows. Tap into some personal hobbies like cooking, or writing, or sports for recreational outlets and a greater quality of life.
- Give yourself a break. There’s nothing wrong with having a “marginal mindset” or weaknesses in some areas. For instance, I really suck at bowling, but enjoy it immensely. Everybody needs an activity that allows them to relax and release. What’s yours?
- Realize that life is not a competition. Run your own race. Don’t get caught up in comparing your successes to your siblings, friends, or co-workers. We each have different skills, circumstances, and goals.
Follow these timely tips and you’ll achieve something much greater than “status”. You’ll enjoy a greater quality of life, and better mental and physical health. And that’s something truly worth boasting about.
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Coaching is an ongoing professional relationship that helps people to produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers or businesses.
The way in which your approach coaching sessions will make a difference to what you get out of them and how much you achieve. Here are some tips that will help you to get the most out of coaching sessions:
1. Choose Wisely
Choose coaching and your coach wisely. Coaching is not counselling or therapy and it is important to be clear about the distinctions. There are many resources on the internet that will help you learn more about coaching. A good coach will also suggest a referral to a more appropriate professional if your needs are beyond their scope.
Recommendations from friends and colleagues are a useful way to find a good coach. Don’t be afraid to ask for testimonials. Get clear about who the coach is and how they work. Many coaches offer a free consultation and I recommend taking a free consultation up so that you can get any questions answered and ensure you are a good match to work together before you commit.
2. Get Clear
If you can, write a list of the areas you want to work on before you start your coaching sessions. If you are not sure about what you want to work on you can let your coach know when you initiate coaching and work on this together. The clearer you are, the easier it will be to achieve your goals.
3. Be Ready
Coaching takes commitment. Be prepared to work hard and be challenged. Coaching is about making changes and achieving different results to what you are achieving now. You will need to be in it for the long haul and be prepared to try new things. Your coach’s job is to help you to go beyond what you normally do and achieve. The purpose of coaching is to see where you can improve in the area of life you are working on.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein
4. Be Prepared
Be prepared for each session. You will work with your coach during each session to create actions to complete for the next session. These actions will help you to move towards your goal. Make sure you do what you promise and turn up prepared each time. Completing these actions may be challenging at times, but the real work happens between sessions: in your own life.
5. Be Punctual
Treat your coaching sessions and coach with respect and be punctual for coaching sessions. If you are always late for appointments and you are doing the same with your coaching sessions, this could be an area that you could use your sessions to work on.
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6. Be Open To Change
Know that by undertaking the coaching process, you are saying that it is time to move your life forward with absolute commitment and confidence. Be prepared for change. Coaching will have positive impacts on many areas of your life, not just the area you are working on. Be open and willing to change. Don’t hire a coach because someone has told you that you should or because it sounds good. Do it because you are ready to change and take full responsibility for engaging in the process.
7. Be Coachable
Being coachable is fundamental to the coaching relationship. Being coachable doesn’t mean you cannot voice your opinion or that you should blindly follow what your coach says. It does, however, mean that you are open and willing to be coached and trust your coach’s recommendations and ideas. This is why it is so important to spend some time choosing a coach. You need to feel comfortable with them and trust their judgement before you get into the coaching process with them. If a coach identifies that you are not fully committed to your goals and agreed actions, they will raise this with you so you can both determine the most appropriate course of action.
8. Be Responsible
Be responsible for your own actions and initiate the coaching process on this basis. This also means raising with your coach — without delay — anything that you are unhappy about within your coaching relationship. Don’t relinquish power to your coach. Coaching is a partnership and you need to be responsible for your own actions.
9. Be Committed
The coaching process takes absolute commitment. To achieve anything extraordinary in life, you need to be willing to engage, work hard and move past obstacles and your own fears. Make sure you are ready to take on the commitment when you start your coaching sessions. Being clear about your commitment will help you get through the challenges you will face along the way.
10. Have Fun
Finally, have fun with the coaching process. Coaching is an incredibly powerful and rewarding way to make changes in your life and /or business. Make sure you enjoy the ride!
(Image courtesy of Ric e Ette under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 generic license.)
After forty(!) articles in the Awesome Links series, I thought I’d offer some of my favorite links from the past that have been published on WorkAwesome.
Supercharge Your OS X Desktop: Wallpaper, Icons, Other Hacks (Windows tricks included)
I like to include useful posts from Guiding Tech (full disclosure: I own that site) now and then in the Awesome Links posts. I decided to look up and check which of them brought the most visitors from WorkAwesome. Turns out this post on OS X desktop customization had struck a chord. Check it out if you missed it last time. (The post includes tips for Windows users, too.)
The Essential Zen Habits of 2010
Zen Habits has to be one of the must-read sites for anyone who follows the productivity niche closely. This link points to all of the best stuff offered by Zen Habits from 2010. Easily one of my favorites.
25 Ways to Wake Up Early
Waking up early is usually one of the prime candidates for our new year resolutions every year. We know it’s good for us — but most just can’t do it. This piece from Life Optimizer got my attention as I try to get that resolution back on track myself. Even if just one of the 25 ways does the trick, the time spent on reading the article makes it worth it.
The Art of Positivity (and How it Saved My Life)
Blogging maven Darren Rowse opens up in this post at FeelGooder like never before. The insight he offers to his readers into his past is just amazing. It’s a fascinating story of how someone who was so frustrated that he wanted to throw him in front of a truck went on to become one of the most well-known and respected professional bloggers in the world.
Managing Money, Time, Energy, and Information: Five Powerful Tactics from My Own Recent Experience
From one top blogger to another. In this post, Trent from The Simple Dollar blog (one of the most popular personal finance sites out there) talks about the way he managed time, money, energy and information after his wife returned to work. A must read for productivity enthusiasts.
I hope you’ve liked the above as much as I have. Do you have any favorites from our Awesome Links series? Any changes you’d like to see? Share them in the comments.
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