Software Engineer Notes (Ziv Birer blog)

This is a great movie that explains the two minutes rule. No need to read the GTD book or to implement the whole system. This simple rule can help to overcome the email overload. I found it very useful. But there are two hard point to do: (1) Process emails only in chunks and don't check outlook every time email received (very hard to do !) (2) Do not scan new emails for interesting stuff, just process one by one. Again - very hard to do !

If you feel tired, easily distracted or just not focused, you can use a "work sprint". Instead of just seating in the cube trying to be focused, start a 20 minutes or 30 minutes of pure work time. Then give yourself some prize (coffee break, surfing the net ...). I use 'Pizza Timer' freeware to show a timer that go backwards. It is just great freeware and help me to stay focused on hard times (like after lunch). Site: http://ant4.com/PizzaTimer