TweetShareShare0 Shares Old time management joke (and to paraphrase George Carlin): To the person who has lost something: “Well, where did you have it last?” The answer: “If I knew that, I would still have it!” But, there is one thing, that if lost, you can never find again. And unlike your car keys, will […]
Tweet6ShareShare612 Shares Friday, again? Time for another “No Meeting Friday!” Today, we have a list of things that you could better spend your time on instead of being locked in a meeting room. 11 Things Your Could Do Instead of That Meeting 1 – Get to Know Your People When was the last time you […]
TweetShareShare0 Shares People conform. You have probably heard that you become like those that you hang out with… …but, what if those that you are hanging out or working with aren’t like what you want to be? What then? Studies have shown that if you hang out with people who are out of shape, you […]
Tweet7ShareShare1219 Shares When you get back to work from a weekend do you suddenly have hundreds of emails waiting for you? Does your email multiply? Does it reproduce while you are asleep? Some people are convinced this is the only answer to explain the mountain of email that appears in their inbox. Where does all […]
Tweet13ShareShare316 Shares We live in a late world. People are late. Projects are late. Planes are late. And we accept it all. Why? Because we have been conditioned to it. In fact, when something is on time. It usually throws us off. I recently saw a traveler yell at a customer service rep at the […]
Tweet8ShareShare210 Shares In less than one month, the iPad has almost entirely replaced my laptop. Both at work and at home. It is truly an amazing device. It is mind boggling that something so small and thin, can be such a powerful tool. It is Not a Laptop I’ll start by saying that if you […]
Tweet1ShareShare34 Shares It’s Friday! That means “No Meeting Friday!” That is when we set aside Friday from the wasteful distraction of meetings and concentrate on doing real, creative work. It can be the most productive day of the work week. What? Your workplace doesn’t observe “No Meeting Friday?” Well, you can still do your best […]
Tweet1ShareShare1 Shares Are passwords a time management problem for you? How much time do you waste trying to remember passwords? Or resetting them? Even worse, have you ever had to clean up after one of your passwords was compromised? If you are like most people, you have at least a few accounts that you regularly […]
Tweet186ShareShare24210 Shares I got the inspiration for this topic from Leo Babauta’s post the other day entitled “Kill your Todo list.” Leo’s theme was about getting rid of your todo list and instead concentrating on just “one thing” that you wanted to get done that day. Leo and I agree on many things when it […]
Tweet16ShareShare1026 Shares Pop Quiz: How many emails are currently in your inbox? Be honest. 10? 20? 50? 200? More? A colleague I recently spoke with had 2300+ email messages in their inbox. A large percentage unread and unanswered. At that point your email has become an ineffective means of communication. You read stories of people […]