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From the Archives: Weekly Work Planning Template
Sam’s weekly work planning template is a great way to keep track of all your clients and cases, and prioritize your days. It’s still one of our most-popular posts, because it’s a really useful tool!...
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Assigning Microsoft Outlook Tasks to Others
Even if you’re adept with using Microsoft Outlook to keep track of your to-do list with Tasks, Categories and Views, you may not know it’s possible to assign Tasks on your list to subordinates. Not...
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Managing Microsoft Outlook Reminders
If you routinely use the Tasks feature in Microsoft Outlook to track your case related to-dos (or even flag incoming and/or outgoing e-mails), you probably set those to pop up a reminder periodically...
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What I Learned While Losing 100 Pounds
At the end of my first year of law school I weighed 278 pounds. It took three years, buckets of sweat, a little blood, and hard work to get on the scale in early 2011 and weigh in at 178 pounds. What...
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Remember the Milk: Still the Best To-Do/Task Management Software
I am no longer obsessed with task management tools like I was after I first read Getting Things Done, but I still spend more time playing with software than I ought to. I have reviewed Producteev,...
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Any.DO: A versatile task management tool
I’ve been searching for the perfect task management tool for some time now. Although there are a ton of them available, some of which I’ve even plunked down a decent amount of cash for, none ever quite...
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How to Handle an Overflowing Inbox or Task List
Lawyers get paid big bucks to not only handle high pressure situations, but multiple high pressure situations.In a perfect world, lawyers could work on cases in a nice, calm, sequential manner in order...
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MITs: A Simple Way to Be More Productive
If the idea of learning a productivity system like Getting Things Done is keeping you from being more productive, here is a simple practice that requires nothing more than reading this pretty-short...
View ArticleConstant Change Leads to Increased Productivity
Most people, especially attorneys, tend to be creatures of habit. They get up at approximately the same time every day, work the same hours, etc.The assumption, however, that maintaining the same...
View ArticlePrioritize Your Time When Overwhelmed
I never used a calendar or a to-do list until I became an attorney. Even then, I initially rejected the idea that I would be so busy that I would need to schedule everything.The reality for most...
View ArticleShould Lawyers Use Getting Things Done (GTD)?
Guest post by Lior Levin.There are very few professions better suited for using the Getting Things Done (GTD) system than the legal one. A project-driven field with hard deadlines and dire consequences...
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Assigning Microsoft Outlook Tasks to Others
Even if you’re adept with using Microsoft Outlook to keep track of your to-do list with Tasks, Categories and Views, you may not know it’s possible to assign Tasks on your list to subordinates. Not...
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Managing Microsoft Outlook Reminders
If you routinely use the Tasks feature in Microsoft Outlook to track your case related to-dos (or even flag incoming and/or outgoing e-mails), you probably set those to pop up a reminder periodically...
View ArticleOptimize Your Morning Productivity
For the most part, the practice of law does not lend itself to starting your day at noon and working well into the evening—working in the morning is a given. Morning person or not, most lawyers need to...
View ArticleConstant Change Leads to Increased Productivity
Most people, especially attorneys, tend to be creatures of habit. They get up at approximately the same time every day, work the same hours, etc. The assumption, however, that maintaining the same...
View ArticlePrioritize Your Time When Overwhelmed
I never used a calendar or a to-do list until I became an attorney. Even then, I initially rejected the idea that I would be so busy that I would need to schedule everything. The reality for most...
View ArticleShould Lawyers Use Getting Things Done (GTD)?
Guest post by Lior Levin. There are very few professions better suited for using the Getting Things Done (GTD) system than the legal one. A project-driven field with hard deadlines and dire...
View ArticleWhat I Learned While Losing 100 Pounds
At the end of my first year of law school I weighed 278 pounds. It took three years, buckets of sweat, a little blood, and hard work to get on the scale in early 2011 and weigh in at 178 pounds. What I...
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Remember the Milk: Still the Best To-Do/Task Management Software
I am no longer obsessed with task management tools like I was after I first read Getting Things Done, but I still spend more time playing with software than I ought to. I have reviewed Producteev,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Any.DO: A versatile task management tool
I’ve been searching for the perfect task management tool for some time now. Although there are a ton of them available, some of which I’ve even plunked down a decent amount of cash for, none ever quite...
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