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Disturbances can come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common; they distract you in your work. But there are methods to avoid unwanted interruptions. Today's Done! is about how to create a temporary oasis of serenity and calm, allowing you to work undisturbed.

A brilliant idea never announces its arrival on beforehand, and honestly, how many can claim to get these epiphanies on command? Today's Done! is about how to better pay attention to great ideas when you get them and make sure to give them an opportunity to grow.

There are many ways of describing or illustrating a process, a goal or a businessmodel, but a picture says a thousand words, so why make it more difficult than it needs to be? Today's Done! is about how to with simple means sketch out what you want to convey.

Not being organized has it's price. It is costly in time, effort and energy which could be better spent elsewhere. Today's Done! is about getting a grip on your digital documents and enjoying the benefits of doing so.

When the to-do-list is filled to the brim with tasks and not all are initiated by you, it can be difficult to determine what needs to be done immediately and what doesn?t. Today's Done! is about knowing what is urgent and what is not, and prioritizing accordingly.

When you have done all you can to make your work as efficient as possible, prioritized by the book, made all lists and project-overviews you can think of, the to-do-list might still be too long. The solution may be to do less. Today's Done! is about a method which will aid you in reducing the workload in order to be even more effective.

When the tasks waiting to be done keep mounting, the skill of prioritizing is more than essential. Today's Done! is about the urgent-important matrix; the splendid tool for knowing what to prioritize right now.

If you have a tendency to accumulate all kinds of documents and other miscellaneous items on your desk and then get distracted by them when you need to focus on a single task, this week?s Done! was as made for you. Today's Done! is about a number of concrete solutions which will help you get control over any office-desk-mess, and you will before you know it have an empty desk.

The Holidays are approaching and with them time to stop and refocus, reflect on the year that passed and start afresh in the New Year. Today's Done! is about reflection and making a fresh start when you get back to work.

Being optimistic is always a positive quality, but being positive in the sense of unrealistic in terms of for example sticking to deadlines, getting things done etc, isn't... Today's Done! is about a trick for getting even the things which continuously fall through the cracks done.

Last week I promoted the mind-map, and as if that wasn't enough, I will continue doing so this week! In today's Done!, I present you with another five ways in which to use a mind-map, and invite you to indulge in this multi-tool for personal structure.

There are many ways of getting an overview of things, but none beats the mind-map. In today's Done!, I provide you with five powerful usages of my favourite multi-tool - the mind-map.

Piles of paper everywhere, notes scattered about, Post-its on every available surface... Sound familiar? In today's Done!, the physical inbox gets promoted as what saves a messy desk from the possible chaos caused by a continuous inflow of physical material.

Why, why, why, why, why? No, it's not a lament about the current economic climate, it is a sign that something is improving. In today's Done!, mr Ishikawa and mr Toyoda teach you how to solve your business problems creatively and effectively!

Last week, we spoke about the benefit of doing immediately all those tasks that demand less than two minutes to complete. Today, Done! is about how you can apply this two-minute-rule to quickly make progress on several fronts (e.g. projects) simultaneously, even if you don't have two minutes to spare (and haven't had for quite a while).