Tweet20ShareShare525 Shares There was a huge positive response to last week’s tweets about no meetings on Fridays. So, I thought it was appropriate for us to officially designate Fridays as “No Meeting Fridays.” Many people have been saying that they are booked for so many meetings that they cannot get their work done. Have you […]
Tweet5ShareShare27 Shares Once upon a time people rushed to answer phones. For those old enough to remember, you had to get to the phone. At one point we did not have answering machines. We did not have even have CallerID. So, if you didn’t get to the phone…you did not even know who called. ——- […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares On your last trip, what did you forget to pack? You would be amazed what people will forget: Socks Cell phone charger Workout shoes Maybe even their brain! (Some people have admitted to this…) Traveling can be stressful enough, but when you are disorganized and worrying about packing it only adds to your […]
Tweet157ShareShare14171 Shares Where is your Todo List? And more importantly, when was the last time you looked at it? The idea of a todo list is to capture the things you need to do, so that you can get them off your mind, and you can continue the business at hand. However, all that is […]
Tweet3ShareShare3 Shares Freeze! Nobody move! This is an inspection. What is on your desk…right now??? Papers. Post-its? highlighters? Binders from last month? Unfinished sodas? Last year’s magazines? How are you working in that mess? I recommend that you start each day by spending 5 minutes cleaning up your workspace. It will pay off in spades […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares Trick question: When do you show up for the 9AM meeting? If you are like most people in the workplace, you shuffle around and or even get to work at 9AM and then head down the hall to the meeting. What happens? People are wandering in for a good 5-10 mins. They make […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares If you Twitter a lot… you know that every character counts. 140 is not a lot to say. So, you find yourself omitting words, leaving out spaces, changing before to b4, etc. I wonder how much Twitter is changing our current langauge/communication styles? Simple words like “very” are replacing fancy words like “extremely.” […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares Lots of people have been asking me about productivity apps for iPhone and other devices. So, I thought I would share my current iPhone home screen. I share some app specific tips and thoughts in the near future. Here are some of the apps that I currently use often: – Evernote: If you […]
Tweet143ShareShare18161 Shares Action is one of the most important aspects of a good time management system. It seems like common sense, once you organize your todos, you need to actually DO them. (Hence the getting things done part…) However, most time management systems lack this sense of urgency. The urgency to take action and close […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares One of the most common reasons that people’s time management systems fail is due to complexity. Their system or tools are simply too complex for long term success. This usually happens in one of three areas: Too complex for the task at hand Too complex for the user Too complex for everyday […]