Have you ever put something off, only to find it looming over your head like a dark cloud? Maybe it’s a business you want to start, the sales calls you need to make, or a book you want to write, or an exercise program you’ve been meaning to start. When the thought of it drifts […]
We tend to think of life in segments of time. You could definitely make arguments for and against this concept. But for the sake of what I’m about to share…I’m going with the “pro” argument. Time gives us very definable periods to gauge activity and progress. As we start the 4th quarter of the year, […]
What’s so special about 5:15? Is it 15 minutes after you get off work, 15 minutes into a happy hour…you don’t want me to get up at 5:15 in the morning do you??? Actually, I was referring to a simple concept of 5 seconds or less and 15 seconds or more. It might just be […]
Here are three easy steps that can save you a bunch of time and headache especially when your day starts to blow up. I was teaching a program on time management last week and there was a healthy debate about what is important to do each day vs. what is critical to do each day […]
A good friend of mine recently asked me a curious question that caught me a little off guard. “You are out and about all of the time. Your business seems to be doing well. You have to be working your butt off raising a 7-month old. Yet, after years of marriage, you and your wife […]
The pressure mounts all day long to go faster and faster. Little phrases become all too familiar, crank that report out before 8:30, spend less time talking, spend more time doing, get to that meeting early, have those numbers on my desk by yesterday, can you get to the store before it closes. As you […]
Umm… NO! For those of you that have been following the newsletter, I have been posting all kinds of strategies on how to be more efficient at work like how to organize your day, how to get through your email faster and how to increase your level of focus. It’s all really good stuff but […]
In last week’s article, I shared what Time Tar Pits are and how to identify them. This week I promised to give you some helpful tips on how to address some of my favorites. These time suckers include: checking your email, interruptions from staff or co-workers, spending way too much time on facebook, Linked-In or […]
Time tar pits…what’s that? I was working with a client a few days ago and I was introducing the concept of a “time trap.” It dawned on me that a tar pit was the best way to describe what these things can do your productivity. There you are minding your own business, taking a leisurely […]
First do your chores, do your homework, help your mother, blah, blah, blah. I remember those words like fingers on a chalkboard, especially if I dared to defy the direct request/orders of my father. If I did, the wrath of God would ensue. I wasn’t the easiest of children by the way. I was one […]
