Tweet218ShareShare40258 Shares Do you have something you need to do? Something you have been talking about for a long time? Why haven’t you done it? We all like to talk about what we are going to do. Yet, when it comes to the doing part… we fall short. We put it off. We hesitate. We […]
Time Management
Best of TMN 2010: Yours and Mine
TweetShareShare99 Shares This has been a great year. Lots of amazing things have happened. And I have all of you to thank for TMN’s success this year. As we look back at 2010 and forward at 2011, I thought it would be a good time to remember some of the best posts of this year. […]
Work When Others Are Not
Tweet57ShareShare2178 Shares It’s the last week of the year. It is a great week to spend with friends and family. (If you are at home… turn this off and go spend time with your loved ones.) However, for those that are at work this week, it is usually a wasted time period. Not much gets done […]
How Do You Build Productivity Momentum?
Tweet227ShareShare227 Shares How do you get things moving? How do you get going when you don’t feel like working? Some days nothing seems to get done. You can’t get going no matter what you try. Other days things just seem to be rolling downhill. One thing leads to another, and before you know it, you […]
What’s On Your Time Management XMAS List?
Tweet13ShareShare417 SharesHopefully, you have finished your holiday shopping. (See “5 Reasons Your Holiday Shopping Should Be Done.”) As the holiday season is upon us, I thought I would post a few of my favorite time management gifts for the season. If you read my blog or follow me on Twitter, you probably know that am […]
When Plans Change, Do You?
Tweet26ShareShare2147 Shares What happens when your day doesn’t go quite as planned? (They never do. Do they?) Do you get knocked off balance? Do you shift and adjust? Or do you obstinately stick to you original plan… “no matter what.” An important time management skill is the ability to adapt. If you are inflexible, you […]
20 Ways to Relax at Work
Tweet128ShareShare10138 Shares When you thinking of relaxing, you probably don’t think of your workplace. In fact, most corporate work environments are far from relaxing, instead being a mass of negativity, stress, hurriedness, and self-inflicted time management. However, just because everyone in your workplace is running around like their hair is on fire, doesn’t mean that […]
Why Too Quiet Can Be a Bad Thing
Tweet2ShareShare24 Shares In our busy world we are constantly trying to achieve balance and peace. It seems we are always trying to find shelter from the busyness and noise of the workplace. However, what if things were totally quiet in our lives? What if there were no distractions? No competing priorities? No background noise? Total […]
10 Ways to Put Your Meetings on a Diet
Tweet64ShareShare2690 Shares Meetings are one of the #1 time wasters in the workplace. Too often employees are locked in meeting rooms instead of allowed to get their job done. They take up too much time. Cost too much money. Kill too much of employees’ morale. And result in too much loss of productivity. Most companies […]
What’s Your Backup Plan? Get Mozy!
Tweet12ShareShare12 Shares Have you ever had your computer fail? Or the hard drive crash? What did you lose? Important files? Personal documents, pictures, and memories that cannot be replaced? Some close friends of mine just had their home computer crash. They lost everything. All their digital pictures All their personal files All the financial documents […]