Tweet66ShareShare90156 SharesHave you ever finished a meeting and thought, “Wow. We could have saved a lot of time if we had simply sent an email to the group.” Instead, 12 people were summoned to a conference room to sit and listen to someone read their homework out loud to the team. These “bad meetings” are a […]
Tweet145ShareShare136281 SharesAre you an early bird? Rising before everyone else. Getting a head start before the day begins. Or are you an night owl? Staying up into the darkness. Working long after everyone else has given in for the day. I use the early morning hours for writing, planning, and working out. These are my […]
Tweet131ShareShare273404 SharesWe have all been there. You are in a meeting that seems to go on forever. It is well past the appointed end time and someone is still talking like they could go on all day. You have long stopped listening and instead have started worrying about how the rest of your day is […]
Tweet81ShareShare52133 SharesTen years ago today, Steve jobs introduced the iPhone on stage. It is still one of the best keynote speeches of all time. (You should watch it.) I don’t think it can be overstated that, “The iPhone forever changed the world.” It flipped so many industries on their head, from telecom to music to […]
Tweet155ShareShare117272 SharesYour todo list should be your best friend when it comes to your productivity. It is there to catch your todos, keep your priorities on track, and to remind you later when you have long forgotten a random todo. Is your todo list helping you get more done? Or do you forget about it […]
Tweet63ShareShare3295 SharesHave you ever spent an entire day cleaning up your house? Or your garage? Or your office? It’s not fun to have to dig out of a big accumulated mess. Those “big messes” don’t create themselves. And with a little discipline and effort you can prevent those large time-consuming clean up jobs.
Tweet92ShareShare126218 SharesMost of us are always striving to do more. Trying to cram as much into our days as our crazy schedules will allow. The result is busy, hurried days where everything seems to blur together. Some things get done, but much doesn’t. It might be time to ask, “Am I trying to do too […]
Tweet59ShareShare2887 SharesAre you ready for your workday? Prepared to charge into your day’s activities? Set to take on life’s challenges as they come? Or will you make it up as you go? Stumbling through your appointments and obligations, all the worse for the wear. Being ready for your day makes everything go easier.
Tweet64ShareShare39103 SharesDo you sit around and wait for work to come to you? If you are waiting for tasks to come to you, then you probably aren’t being very productive. Not only does this type of “reactive productivity” show a lack of initiative, but it is a bigger problem because if you are waiting for […]
Tweet107ShareShare101208 SharesI recently attended a meeting, and as everyone departed, I heard one of the participants say, “What did we accomplish in there?” Another attendee replied, “I can’t remember anything.” If this is how your company’s meetings are perceived, then you need to re-evaluate how your team is spending it’s time. Is your company guilty of meeting […]