Tweet17ShareShare724 Shares You are holding a meeting with 8 people in the room. However, only 3 are paying attention and contributing. The others are working on their laptops. Checking email. Texting friends. Or who knows what else. Does this sound familiar? Is this your meeting?
Tweet29ShareShare71100 Shares “Poor planning on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency on my part.” It happens to all of us at some point. You are working hard through your day, when suddenly, the figurative fire alarm goes off. A co-worker or a client suddenly needs something immediately. It is an emergency. We all have to […]
Tweet19ShareShare19 Shares Recently, I went on a “Tour Of Homes” which featured many fancy restored houses. The thought that stuck with me, was that all these old homes had walls and walls of built-in bookcases. (Filled with old books, of course!) Some must have had five or six rooms with “book walls.” Now, these were historic […]
Tweet51ShareShare152 Shares Sometimes you just have to be ruthless with your email. Otherwise, it will run you over like a freight train. This weekend, there was an interesting USA Today article about a Harris Interactive poll that showed that more than 50 emails a day is the tipping point for most people to be overwhelmed […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares I have received several requests from readers for a list of TMN’s top posts. So, I have added a “Best Of” page that contains what I consider my best posts. (Not necessarily based on traffic). You can check out the new “Best Of” page here. Maybe you will discover an article that you […]
Tweet11ShareShare11 Shares If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself spending too much time surfing the Internet. Maybe you like car blogs or fashion websites, or as in my case, too much technology news. RSS is a great way to minimize the time you spend surfing and to laser focus what you read. However, you would […]
Tweet34ShareShare34 Shares Do you turn on your time management when you are in a jam? Only to turn it back off once it is the weekend or when you are past the obstacle? Just like cramming for a test. This method is not very effective. You squeeze all your time management into a day and […]
Tweet15ShareShare15 Shares Previously, I wrote “How the iPad Replaced my Laptop in 30 Days.” I have continued to use the iPad as my main mobile computing device and my laptop continues to sit on my desk more and more. So, I thought I would provide some additional insights on using the iPad as your “laptop […]
Tweet44ShareShare145 Shares Are you guilty of self-inflicting time management problems on yourself? Are you always running late? Do you miss deadlines? Do you create your own crises? Are you your own worst enemy when it comes to time management? Making Your Own Life Friction Life friction is the self-inflicted stress, problems, and issues that people […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares What does the iPhone 4 have to do with productivity? For me, quite a bit. The iPhone 4 serves as my: Internet access, phone, camera, notepad, email, text messaging, GPS, video game, eBook reader, iPod, and more. It is my one device. I can do almost everything I need to do from it. Recently, […]