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Here are commonsense yet practical tips on how we can maximize productivity in our daily lives. Try out some of these for yourself and discover which ones work best for you.

It's probably a good time to check back in with some of your personal or professional goals, remember? Those things you promised yourself you'd use to get you to that next step in your personal, professional or business life. You probably went so far as creating smart goals, making sure you took care of each step in the SMART goal process. This Derek Sivers TedTalk suggests you should keep those goals to yourself.

A key component of being professional is organisation, yet many business practices seem outdated and cumbersome in today's technology-driven world. From holding onto receipts for expense reporting to filing business cards away for networking opportunities, there's a lot to keep track of. It's time to simplify.

No matter how much time we spend trying to optimize our inbox — from batch checking messages to adding bells and whistles — email takes over our lives. Looking at my stats from last month, I received and processed over 10,000 emails (eek!), so finding the right way to manage all this online correspondence has been critical for my day-to-day sanity.

Turns out, though, the "right way" to manage email depends a lot on your own personal style. I've rounded up some of the most popular and successful strategies so that you can decide which one is best for you.

Creating a Productivity Journal has not only increased the amount of tasks I accomplish, it has also reduced my stress level while improving my creativity.

Review of the 16-inch portable LED monitor from AOC. Lightweight, great for presentations. See what else our reviewer had to say about it.

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The way people sometimes look at time management and productivity, you might think that you must sacrifice one for the other in order to get anything done. I don't think that's true and if you're operating that way in your day-to-day life maybe it's time to review. I thought I'd share these four simple tips to help you get out of your own way when it comes to managing your time and getting the most done in the hours you have available.

It's not all about working hard — it's about working smart. Look at how being lazy can make you more efficient and more successful at work.

Trello is an awesome project management tool that makes collaboration easy and, dare I say, even fun. But this visual list tool can do so much more, whether you're organizing work projects, family chores, travel plans, or just about anything else. Here are some ways to put Trello to use for managing your entire life.

Need to stay organised? The solution is literally in your pocket -- your smartphone. Countless people (students, businesspeople, creatives, etc.) use mobile productivity apps like Evernote, Easily.Do, and Any.DO to stay on top of things. Which mobile app helps you organise your life? Here are some more tips to help you be the most organised…

The way you get stuff done isn't by having reasonable estimates of the work required, or being a sustainable company, it's about personal work-heroism, and the precedent you just set is going to bite you...