One of the most challenging situations people face when planning their day is how to stick to their schedule when they are constantly being interrupted. Just when your activities are organized, someone else's emergency seems to get in the way. A client has a crisis, co-workers are in a jam,... Read More
People always seem to be in such a hurry, everywhere I go. Always rushing to get to the next thing, as if someone is holding a stopwatch over their head, timing them to the second. When I lived downtown I expected it, but here, nearly 50 miles from the... Read More
When I was small, I have never considered the importance of time.I would just laze around, watch TV, lie in bed, and play videogames. As I grew older, I thought about the things that I haveachieved. To my surprise, I haven't accomplished a lot. I resolved to myself that... Read More
Balancing Your Work, Family and Social Life By Gene Griessman, PhD Many of us have an image of personal balance as a set of scales in perfect balance every day. But that's an unrealistic goal. You are in for... Read More
"TIME CANNOT BE 'MANAGED.' THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF TIME MANAGEMENT IS A BIT OBSCURE. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE MANAGED IS YOUR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THAT TIME."I am quite confident I have never had an original idea in my entire life. What I have done, however, is create new ways... Read More
As I sit here in front of the computer I am breaking through on something that I have been tolerating for weeks now? actually sitting down to write this newsletter. I wasn't blocked for ideas ? I had a list of them. I simply couldn't (yea right? wouldn't) sit... Read More
In this fast and crazy world, we want to multi-task at every given moment. After all, how else can we accomplish all that needs to be done in only 24 hours? We've been taught that if we reach all of our goals in a day, week, month, or year, we... Read More
"Work smarter, not harder" is a clich? that has darted in and out of the workplace for years. But it's still as true as ever. And it's often overlooked advice that truly works. "Working smarter" means think strategically about how to improve your productivity. For starters, think about how you... Read More
How much time do you spend on Mastering Your Time? I don't mean managing time. There is quite a difference between managing and mastering your use of time. The goal of managing your time is to be more efficient, to squeeze more productivity out of your day. There are a... Read More
Recently I saw an advertisement for a time management booklet: "Shorter deadlines, competing priorities, endless meetings, interruptions and even higher quality expectations are just some of today's time challenges. And yet the number of hours in the day remains the same."As entrepreneurs we all struggle sometimes with managing our time... Read More
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Why waste your precious time working on tasks, which are... Read More
Recently I was working with a new client who had... Read More
Sounds too good to be true?It really isn't!In fact, studies... Read More
A common remedy for improving your time management is to... Read More
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"If you control your time, you control your life" -... Read More
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One of the issues most often raised by my clients... Read More
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Recently I saw an advertisement for a time management booklet:... Read More
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Goal Planning-Achieving balance in a person's life requires assessment of... Read More
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Many of us spend long hours at our desk. To... Read More
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1. Do tasks less frequentlyClean house every 10 days rather... Read More
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This past Friday I was asked to speak with a... Read More
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Such an innocuous little phrase, yet when you are hard... Read More
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Last week I attended a presentation from Parenting Expert and... Read More
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Increased productivity, the ability to get more value for our... Read More
A simple kitchen gadget is transforming my life. I don't... Read More
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