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10 Best Productivity Books of 2009

Stepcase Lifehack -- Granted, the year’s not done yet, but publishers start to slow down new releases right about now, so it’s not likely we’ll see another contender for “best of 2009” until January. Plus, Christmas is coming up, and I wanted to give you plenty of time to read some of these books before you give copies to your friends and relatives.But really? It’s never the wrong time to recommend a list of great boo...     11-20
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Take a Vacation from Your Email!

Stepcase Lifehack -- Considering how useful – revolutionary, even – email is as a communication tool, it can also be an incredible drain on productivity. If you’re anything like me, you have discussion listservs, newsletters, Google alerts, Facebook updates, blog comments, advertisements, automated backups, reminders, and all manner of other stuff pouring into your inbox all the time – all in addition to emails from a...     11-18
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Stationery Pr0n: Japanese Pens and More from JetPens.com

Stepcase Lifehack -- Geeks tend to love pens, notebooks, and office gadgets. Some of the most popular posts here at Lifehack have been about pens and other stationery. Let us loose in a Staples or Office Max and were like kids in a candy shop. We cant pass a stationery shop without feeling at least a twinge of desire – and usually without dropping some of our hard-earned money inside. And of course, theres our love af...     11-18
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Ask Reader: What’s your dream iPhone app?

Stepcase Lifehack -- Stepcase Lifehack readers and other lifehackers, we are reaching out to hear what types of applications you guys would like to see on your iPhone. Think of it as your dream iPhone app. In the past, Stepcase Apps were developed based solely on our team needs. However, as we continue our development of mobile apps for the iPhone, we’d like to get our readers involved and see what kind of business, p...     11-12
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Review: Xobni Extends Outlook’s View, But at a Cost

Stepcase Lifehack -- Outlook is a well-established presence on the business desktop, providing millions with their email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. It’s such an institution, in fact, that when Microsoft radically revamped the Office suite’s interface in 2007, it left Outlook largely unchanged.Although it’s big and sluggish, there’s no denying that Outlook does what it’s supposed to do. Not quickly or with style, ...     11-12
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Information Pollution Alert! Living with Data Smog

Stepcase Lifehack -- We are a nation awash in data smog. This is more than just information overloadits not just that theres too much information out there for one person to adequately encompass, its that theres too much data out there to even make out the information clearly, let alone to evaluate and act on that information.Whats worse is that unlike normal smog, which is the unintentional byproduct of our need to b...     11-12
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Put Up Your Hand If You Ever Lie

Stepcase Lifehack -- Put up Your Hand if You Ever Lie.If your hand went up, then we now know you’re a liar. If it didn’t go up then we know you’re an even bigger liar.When asked the question “are you a liar?” nearly 97% of people answer “no”. When the remaining 3% (self-confessed liars) are subjected to questions calibrating their real, rather than perceived, honesty, they turn out to be, on average, 28 times more hon...     11-12
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11 Ways to Think Outside the Box

Stepcase Lifehack -- Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It means approaching problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently; and understanding your position in relation to any particular situation in a way you’d never thought of before. Ironically, its a cliché that means to think of clichéd situations in ways that aren’t clichéd.We’re told to “think outside the box” ...     11-12
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12 Lists That Help You Get Things Done

Stepcase Lifehack -- At the center of just about every personal productivity system are lists – GTD has it’s context lists, Pomodoro has it’s action inventory and daily to-do lists, todoodlist has, well, the todoodlist, and so on.But there are a lot of different kinds of lists besides your task or to-do list that can help you be more productive. Lists in general are powerful tools – open-ended, constantly growing, and...     11-12
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Make Email Your Servant (Not Your Master)

Stepcase Lifehack -- Lets be clear.  Your email is not your work; it is simply a tool to help you do your work.  But like any tool it can be ineffective or even dangerous when used wrongly.  Here is how to make email your servant not your master.1.  Check your email inbox at set intervals. Do not have your email on and active in front of you all the time.  For most people it is better to check email no more than three...     11-12
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Your Happiness Plan

Stepcase Lifehack -- A Quick SurveyBefore we get under way with today’s briefer-than-normal chat, I want to conduct a little research on the run. Put up your hand if happiness is one of your aims in life. And no, participation is not optional at Stepcase Lifehack today. Yep, even you scaredy cats. Okay, keep ‘em up so I can count… 1001, 1002, 1003… yep; that’s all of you. Guessed as much. So it seems that despite the ...     11-12
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Four Kinds of Vampires that Haunt Your Life (and What to Do About Them)

Stepcase Lifehack -- You are surrounded by vampires.They circle you, slowly, eyeing your throat, their teeth glistening in the moonlight. Your heart pounds in your chest as they move in, intent on draining your lifes blood for their own unholy nourishment. A scream rises up in your chest as they close in on you, their fangs bared, and then you feel the first pair of teeth sinking into your throat.Hey, Dustin, got a mi...     11-12
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Being a Man in the 21st Century (Part 2)

Stepcase Lifehack -- Earlier this week, I began a discussion of the way that manhood in American society is changing. Today, I want to revisit the topic with some of my own ideas about how these changes could lead to a more enriching and satisfying take on masculinity.Before I do that, though, I want to say how thrilled I was at the response the first post got – I had never expected such lengthy, thoughtful comments a...     11-12
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Review: aNobii for iPhone

Stepcase Lifehack -- aNobii.com is a cataloging and social networking website for booklovers. On aNobii you can catalog your book collection on a beautiful wooden shelf and meet people with similar reading tastes. aNobii has an international following with information on over 10 million books, including 200,000 book reviews spanning 15 languages.aNobii has just released an iphone app, and weve had a chance to try it o...     11-12
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Being a Man in the 21st Century (Part 1)

Stepcase Lifehack -- Manhood is changing. Its as simple, and as complicated, as that.Two recent events prompted me to write about manhood today. The first was the release of The Shriver Report, a study of the status of women in the United States. The second was the publication of The Art of Manliness, a book of advice on manhood based on the popular blog of the same name.The Shriver Reports most stunning finding is th...     11-12
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How to Give a Great Speech: Part 2 Delivery

Stepcase Lifehack -- An important speech can be a worry.The keys for success are good preparation and confident delivery.If you have prepared your talk well and memorised the key points then you are ready to give a great performance. And it is a performance. Giving a talk should be much more than simply conveying informationit involves an element of drama and of theatre. Here are some tips:1. Be confident.You will be ...     11-12
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What Will You Learn Today?

Stepcase Lifehack -- A Typical Life?I gotta be honest, I really like my life. Of course I have my moments (being human and all), but for the most part, it rocks. Not a day goes by where I am not thankful for, or totally aware of, what I have and what I’ve been given. Of course it’s not always a normal, conventional or typical life by any means (but who has that?) – and sure, I’ve disappointed my long-suffering mother ...     11-12
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The Science of Motivation

Stepcase Lifehack -- What motivates you?While there are thousands, millions, maybe billions of answers to that question, a growing body of research, some of it dating back 50 years, shows two things that don’t motivate us very well – the promise of rewards and the threat of punishment.It seems counter-intuitive, since after all we take it for granted that we need incentives to do work. It’s the basis of our whole econ...     11-12
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Getting Things (Re-)Started: Dealing with Mental Blocks

Stepcase Lifehack -- In any significantly big project, there are bound to be times when you lose the track of what you’re doing, when for whatever reason you stop moving forward and, what’s worse, can’t seem to find the motivation to get going again. When we “fall off the wagon” like that, a kind of psychological wall starts building up, making getting back in the swing of things seem more and more daunting. An ugly c...     11-12
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How to Give a Great Speech, Part 1: Preparation

Stepcase Lifehack -- If you have to give a keynote speech, an after-dinner talk, or an address to a group of customers or colleagues then preparation leads to success. Here are some key tips:1. Investigate the audience.Find out as much as you can about your audience, their interests and their likely mood. What is it that they will want from your sessioninformation, entertainment, tips, ideas, guidance? What will they ...     11-12
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