While productivity strategies come and go, two stand out as both prominent yet often misunderstood: time blocking and task batching. On the surface, they seem similar. Both methods involve planning ...

Step right up and behold the magnificent world of strategic Calendar planning. When you fuse organization and creativity, it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. In a workplace filled with constant notifications, blurred ...

Although calendars have existed since the Bronze Age, time blocking, which assigns specific tasks to designated timeslots, is a more recent innovation. Although its true origins remain mysterious, ...

If you find you just do not have enough hours in the day perhaps refining your time management using the technique of time blocking in your calendar might be the perfect solution. Effective time ...

From the moment you wake up to when your head hits the pillow, entrepreneurs spend their days jumping from task-to-task. We’re also rushing from meeting-to-meeting. Putting out fires. And, getting ...

In leadership, intentions often collide with interruptions. Strategic goals lose ground to Slack pings. Reflection is postponed for a “quick” fire drill. And the most meaningful work—the kind that ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...