Sometimes I have to trick myself into doing what needs to be done.

5 Productivity Tricks

Karen CaccavoPaperwork Organizing, Productivity

A client of Personal Money Manager recently told me, somewhat sheepishly:  “I have to confess.  Sometimes I have to trick myself into doing what needs to be done.” To which I responded: “No need to apologize! If it works, go for it!” In that spirit, here are some field-tested productivity tricks for “fooling” yourself into getting stuff done.  (Click here …

Can procrastination be good?

Want to Get More Things Done? Try Procrastinating!

Karen CaccavoFinancial Organizing, Productivity

Can procrastination be good?  An article by Adam Grant in The New York Times asserted that when facing creative challenges, procrastinating can actually yield better results.  To illustrate, the writer tells of almost finishing an article but putting it aside.  Then, before submitting it, he found new inspiration and ending up submitting a more interesting piece. Surprise!  Procrastination is a …