When was the last time you reviewed your todo list?
How much is on it? Is it stale? Does it need a review?
If you want to stay on top of your tasks, you need to groom your todo list today and every day.
Category Archives: Time Management
7 Ways That Everyone Should Invest Their Time
We all have the same amount in the day.
And despite your best efforts, you cannot get any more.
What are you doing with yours?
Do you waste it on meaningless pursuits? Or do you invest it on your future?
Adding Up Your Time: 20,000 Days and Counting with Robert Smith
This week I had the chance to chat with Robert Smith about his new book 20,000 Days and Counting.
In it, Robert talks about being grateful for each and every day that we have, and living an intentional life.
You time is a gift, how many days have you had?
9 More Apps to Make Your Mac More Productive
Not long ago, I had to replace my iMac. (See here…)
At the time, I wrote about the apps that I installed on my new Mac to get it up and running. 19 of them to be specific.
Today, I want to share 9 more apps to make your Mac more productive.
Don’t Fool Yourself With “Just-in-Time” Time Management
Do you finish tasks at the last possible moment?
Are your projects always finishing just before the final deadline?
If your time management is always just-in-time, you may need to take a second look at your productivity.
10 Signs Your “Fear of Missing Out” Is Keeping You From Being Productive
You are constantly checking social media, the news, and email.
You can’t stop answering your phone when you should be working.
Is the “Fear of Missing Out” keeping you from getting your work done?
How to Practice the Zen of Effortless Travel
Does even the thought of travel stress you out?
Do you dread the packing, preparing, and then waiting at the airport?
Travel doesn’t have to be that way.
You don’t need to be so stressed out with the journey that you can’t enjoy your destination.
Here are a few tips to make your travel just a bit easier…
The Race Is Always Longer Than You Think
Recently, I was running a race and thought it was over.
The finish line was within sight, so I started my final sprint.
As I cornered the last bend in the road, the finish line was not where I believed it to be.
In fact, it was still a good half mile down the road.
Since I had misjudged the end of the race, I had expended all of my energy and could only coast the remaining distance to the finish line.
This analogy holds truth for many things in life.
Don’t misjudge the finish line in your race.
The Easy Way to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed
This is a guest post by Robert D. Smith. He is the author of 20,000 Days and Counting, a crash course in living every moment with maximum intensity and purpose. For over 30 years, he has overseen the career of New York Times best-selling author and speaker Andy Andrews. He also writes about entrepreneurship, personal growth, and more at TheRobertD.com.
Are you working on something BIG right now? If you are, my guess is that your to-do list is a mess, some part of you is afraid the project will fall apart, and your stress level is through the roof. You are simply overwhelmed.
As a human being, you have an amazing ability to do this to yourself over and over, all because you consistently overlook basic principles of time management that are easy to forget when you’re in the heat of a major project with intense deadlines.
The reality is this—if you’re feeling overwhelmed right now, you are simply being foolish. Being overwhelmed is proof that your perspective has been knocked totally out of whack.
Why?
Because overwhelm is nothing more than a product of becoming too focused on the big picture…when all you really need to worry about is what you must accomplish in the next 15 minutes.
10 Simple Rules for Choosing Your Productivity Tools
What productivity tools are in your toolkit?
Are you constantly adding new ones or do you stick with the tried and true?
Better yet, how do you pick your productivity tools in the first place?