3 Easy Ways to Simplify Your Ideas and Achieve Stress-Free Productivity

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Productivity is all about capturing your ideas in an effective way that clears your mind. Most people have a preferred way to save their ideas, projects, and to-dos – and while some are arguably better than others. “Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the…

The Simplest Secret to stop being “Busy” and Start being Productive

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Do you commonly describe your life as busy? The term carries a surprising amount of stress with it. The misconception is that being busy makes your life have more meaning – it describes a behavior more than an activity level. Busy bees: working hard, repeating the same task…

Why Professionals Use Rituals to Get Ahead

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] It’s Monday, and you could not dread more the start of the week than you do right now, splayed out under the covers. Your alarm clock (read: smartphone) launches a wailing siren’s call commanding your complete consciousness. How can you transform this fatigue- and dread-paralyzed version of yourself…

Amazing New Skyscraper Designs Cast No Shadows!

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] What if Manhattan’s infamously endless “days” were not cut off after a few short hours of light? The endless old buildings line up next to one another, crowding worse than businessman at Chipotle during lunch (half) hour. As much as organic food lovers and green lobbyists riot, our…

True or False: Office Style Equals Office Efficiency

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] It can be challenging for truly stoic entrepreneurs to admit that style reflects intelligence, and makes huge impacts on internal efficiency. Offices are meant to be the mecca of efficiency, productivity, and leadership – yet the vast majority of offices do not bother to focus on the external…

Office Efficiency for Architects and General Contractors, Part III

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Last week, we went over the benefits of managing documents in an automated and searchable manner. While finding them can alleviate huge amounts of time and stress, how can you make this system a seamless process so that your clutter does not continue? Damage Control My old data…

Office Efficiency for Architects and General Contractors, Part II

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Keeping the office free of clutter and digital files free of redundancy are two difficult tasks for the average contractor or architect. Last week, we spoke about the importance of keeping your space free of old files – but how can we find the files once they are…

Office Efficiency for Architects and General Contractors, Part I

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Is your office riddled with rolls of old plans, partially filled purchase orders, and hard drives stuffed beyond capacity? Since the ‘90s, your paper trail may have decreased slightly, which is strange, because your online files have also reached exponential levels. Are you losing productivity and job performance…