REAL TIME MANAGEMENT

by Asian Efficiency Team on December 7, 2021 at 12:00 pm

2020 was the year everyone learned about the video conferencing tool Zoom. Up until then, it was primarily used in business settings for virtual team meetings, which didn’t happen all that frequently in most companies. Then everyone was forced to work from home due to COVID-19 and Zoom became essential. But Zoom isn’t just for

by Asian Efficiency Team on December 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm

In this episode, we are going to talk about Calendars, or more specifically doing a Calendar Cleanup. Any way you can get your Calendar in top shape will have an immediate impact today and going forward. There aren’t many productivity changes you can make that will do that! If your calendar has become cluttered with

by Thanh Pham on November 30, 2021 at 12:00 pm

It’s Friday afternoon, and you are still at work. Instead of planning an amazing weekend with your family and friends, you are ordering takeout to power through a long night to finish all the work you did not get done this week. It reminds you that you have to find a way to be more

by Asian Efficiency Team on November 29, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Today’s episode is going to be slightly different than what you might be used to from us. We’re always looking for ways to make the podcast better, more fun, and insightful. Every podcast episode is still actionable but the format might be different every now and then like today’s episode. We are going to talk

by Thanh Pham on November 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Despite the great move to all things digital in the modern world, there is still a strong need for written notes. In fact, emerging research is showing us that writing things with pen and paper helps you remember material better than typing notes on a computer.  Dr. Helen Macpherson notes: When we write by hand,

by Asian Efficiency Team on November 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm

In this episode, we are going to do our Annual Productivity Gift Guide. What do you give to someone who is into productivity? Or maybe you’d like to give them something that would help them out. This year, we are going to do something different. We are going to share some of our favorite productivity

by Thanh Pham on November 16, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Every time Apple releases a new version of their mobile operating system, excited Apple fans rush to do a software update hoping that they can check something off their wish list. People live on their phones and tablets because of how much they can do with them. Our mobile devices make life easier in so

by Asian Efficiency Team on November 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm

In this episode, we are going to talk about everyone’s favorite topic: Meetings. Believe it or not, there’s a way to make meetings less painful, and to even make them events that people WANT to attend (or at least don’t actively hate) If you run meetings, we’re going to give you tips to make them

by Thanh Pham on November 9, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Self-discipline is one of those things that everyone wishes they had but struggles to develop.  Take a look at your own life. What’s that one thing you want to do but just can’t seem to make yourself do it? Write a book? Lose weight? Exercise? Become an early riser. Use social media less?  It’s tough,

by Asian Efficiency Team on November 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Apple released a new feature for iOS and macOS called Focus Mode to help you focus and customize your notifications for fewer distractions. In this episode, we’ll unpack this feature, how we use it and how you can use it to focus and get less distracted. Even if you don’t use an iPhone or Mac,

by Thanh Pham on November 2, 2021 at 11:00 am

Did you ever lose something important? It has happened to me more times than I want to count. The worst part is when I know, “I put it somewhere safe.” Obviously, some of my “safe” places were not that safe. Regardless of where I put something, I still rely on my memory to find it

by Asian Efficiency Team on November 1, 2021 at 11:00 am

A comment in a recent podcast recording Livestream made us realize that there’s this misconception that we are these notification-less monks, who have all of our devices on Do Not Disturb and never get notified about anything. This is not quite true – we actually embrace notifications and reminders! The only difference is that they

by Thanh Pham on October 26, 2021 at 11:00 am

Everyone wants to know how to be productive. The problem, however, is that most people think a new tool or app will make them more productive. And so they shell out money on the latest planner or task manager, thinking that it will help them get more things done. This almost never works. Why? Because

by Asian Efficiency Team on October 25, 2021 at 11:00 am

Even if many of us are back in the office, at least part-time (or never left), it is inevitable that so much of our day is spent in online meetings. We fire up our computer, connect to Zoom or Teams, sometimes for back-to-back calls! There are some things you can do to make your Zoom

by Brooks Duncan on October 19, 2021 at 11:00 am

Few things in life make you feel as useless as when you are standing in a parking lot with your car’s trunk open, fruitlessly trying to use a house key to cut open one of those infernal plastic ties that attach the item you just bought to its packaging. “How,” I asked myself, “could you

by Asian Efficiency Team on October 18, 2021 at 11:00 am

We’ve all been there. You had a day that just went all wrong. Maybe you or someone else made a mistake, or some crisis came up and your day went totally downhill, or maybe you have some sort of habit you’re trying to keep (or break) and you backslid a bit. Maybe it was a