Tweet3ShareShare2225 Shares It’s going to be a chaotic day. How do I know? It’s Monday. OK, joking. But, I do predict that today will be filled with the normal last-minute tasks, fire drills, and unforeseen events. So, how do you keep yourself from being swept away in the stream of chaos? How do you remain calm while others […]
Tweet2ShareShare5759 Shares Today’s checklist is inspired by “10 Things To Stop Doing Now… To Get More Done!” Here are 10 things that I am not going to do today…
Tweet45ShareShare2368 Shares Some days are overwhelming. Some days come at us with a vengeance. Too many tasks, too many emergencies. How do you cut through the chaos to get to what is important? Some days it seems that you need a laser to blast through all your tasks. It’s All About Focus Lasers are powerful […]
Tweet54ShareShare2478 Shares Email has gotten out of control. Doubt it? Your employees are spending up to half of their day on it. What can we do to bring this productivity monster under control? (Hint: We may have to go rogue on this one.) Email Has Taken Over Email is here to stay. Despite our best efforts, it […]
TweetShareShare55 Shares The other day I questioned my 8-year-old son as to when he was going to do something that I had asked him to do. He said he would do it tomorrow. The next day I said, “OK. Are you going to do it now?” He said, “I said tomorrow.” I replied, “You said that […]
Tweet502ShareShare252754 Shares You go to work… and you work. Or so you think. Your day goes by in a flurry of activity. But, despite your busy day, it feels like you aren’t making any progress. You finish your day and it seems like you are further behind that when you started. You have to wonder, “Are […]
Tweet75ShareShare63138 Shares 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 […]
Tweet15ShareShare318 Shares 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 […]
Tweet74ShareShare1690 Shares 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. […]
Tweet136ShareShare14150 Shares 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 […]