Merlin Mann is an expert on productivity and speaks about how to think about time management.

Have you asked yourself recently if your time is going toward things that matter and bring value to your life? Merlin suggests that we should be examining how we are spending our time and questioning our decisions on how we allocate the fixed 168 hours we have each week. To save you 35 minutes, I have summarized some of the key takeaways from Merlin’s presentation.
An interesting concept he talks about is that when we …

Bill Gates swears by his three monitors for greatly enhancing his workspace productivity. Now a new study suggests that using two monitors instead of one can increase the speed of certain computer tasks.
According to the New York Times:
In a study commissioned by the electronics company NEC, researchers at the University of Utah recently asked office workers to perform several common tasks using various monitor configurations. They found that people who used two 20-inch monitors were 44 percent more productive at certain text-editing operations than people using a single 18-inch monitor.

People …

The article entitled “The Man’s Guide to Getting Productive” in January 2009 edition of GQ had some very good productivity tips.
Make a Deal with Yourself
Stephen King will go to a quiet place and make a deal with himself that he will just 5 pages done. He says that once he gets started he will often want to
do a little more. Often getting started is the hardest part so setting a goal can help motivate you to get the work over with.
Get Sufficient Sleep
According to the article “missing just a few …

Jay Leno and George H. W. Bush are two individuals who have recently installed residential wind turbines on their property. A residential wind turbine can lower your electricity bill by 50 to 90 percent, and pay off the initial investment in six to 15 years, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) . Bush installed a 33-foot tall Skystream 3.7 at his at his Kennebunkport, Maine home. Jay Leno installed a Delta II by PacWind on his garage and also a MagWind from Enviro-Energies.
The Skystream 3.7 is produced by …

While there may not have been any breakthrough marketing books in 2008 like a Long Tail or Tipping Point, there were some good thought provoking reads. Here are ten of the best marketing books from 2008.
10. Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are by Rob Walker
9. Impact: How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions, and Make a Difference in a Noisy World by Ken McArthur

8. Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki
7. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of …