10 Bad Meeting Behaviors To Avoid
Are meetings at your company a free-for-all? Do they deteriorate into something that resembles near chaos? I have seen many corporate meetings that are less organized than a kindergarten class recess. Today, let’s address our bad meeting behavior. Meetings Gone Bad When did we start allowing this bad meeting behavior? Why do meeting settings tend to bring out [...]
Continue Reading →Calling All Time Management Ninjas…
This year is off to a great start! Thank you to all my readers, I truly appreciate your support. 2012 is going to be an exciting year. As the year gets off to a great launch, I invite you to get even more involved with TMN. Here are just a few ways… TMN Community Today [...]
Continue Reading →TMN’s Top 10 Posts of 2011
TMN Year in Review It has been a great year at TMN. I want to thank you for your support. Looking back, I am truly amazed at some of the events from this year. Some of the highlights: Traffic Quadrupled at TMN This Year. Not a simple feat. But, one that I hope to repeat [...]
Continue Reading →The Best Productivity Tech of 2011
TMN’s Best of 2011 As the year ends, I want to give recognition to the best productivity tools of the past year. So, today’s post is about Time Management Ninja’s favorite tools of 2011. You may have heard me talk about some of these previously. And there are a couple that I have kept to myself until now. These are [...]
Continue Reading →Just Do It Now.
We get ready to do something. And then we hesitate. We stop. We do something else. We do anything else. Sounds familiar? Today, just do. Putting It Off. We often put down small tasks that should take just a minute. – It will only take me a minute to put this away… I’ll do it later. [...]
Continue Reading →12 Things You Need To Do Before 2012
I have some news for you. 2012 is here. Well, just about. Only 19 days left until the New Year. For many, this is the last full week of work before holiday vacations. Are you ready for 2012? Is Your 2011 Finished? You may be surprised that 2012 is so close. New Year’s has a [...]
Continue Reading →How Taking Pictures Can Improve Your Productivity
You know the sayings… Every picture tells a story. A picture is worth a 1000 words. Take a picture, it’ll last longer. Usually when we think of pictures we think of taking photos of friends, family, and vacations. However, pictures can be a powerful tool to assist in your time management. Do you use pictures to help [...]
Continue Reading →The Secret of Finishing What You Start
Are you good at starting things? Can you get a project or idea in motion quickly? Some people are fast to charge into a new task. However, finishing them is another matter. Undone projects litter their desk, inbox, and todo list. How are you at finishing things? Started, But Not Finished Being good at starting [...]
Continue Reading →Today Is A Good Day To Regroup
Are you a little bit behind? We all need to catch up from time-to-time. The trick it to recover before it is too late. Today is a good day to regroup. Getting Out From Underneath It All Sometimes our obligations, tasks, paperwork, and email pile up faster that we can deal with them. We are [...]
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