What comes to mind when you think about office distractions? The most common ones cited are the telephone, email, and paper. Of themselves, those are enough to overwhelm a person each day. However there are other distractions causing you to lose valuable, productive minutes every day. Some ... Views: 1384
Stupidity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
No one should be billing themselves as stupid. After all you are operating in a very high-paced world, handling multiple demands on your time, and still producing good work. Yet if you are operating in this ... Views: 1345
Myth: You can save time.
There is no way you can bank unused hours. Each hour gets spent. Time is the most democratic of resources. Everyone is given the same amount every day. Since every minute is nonrenewable, all that matters is how you are using your time this minute.
You might ... Views: 1191
Think back to your elementary school era, to your first day in a new school year. Regardless of what happened the semester before, you had a chance for a fresh start. There were no time management issues following you. You were dressed in your best clothes, with new supplies, and you walked ... Views: 1246
Think back to your elementary school era, to your first day in a new school year. Regardless of what happened the semester before, you had a chance for a fresh start. There were no time management issues following you. You were dressed in your best clothes, with new supplies, and you walked ... Views: 1178
There can be something wrong with time management skills when everyone is so busy that they cannot even pause to reflect on the meanings of the Labor Day holiday. Consider two definitions of this event:Labor Day 1)A holiday set aside to celebrate and honor working people, inaugurated in 1882 by ... Views: 1794
Time management and stress management—is there a relationship? Lack of time may not be the only thing that creates stress for people, but it certainly ranks as one of the highest in its frequency of occurrences. Also consider another situation where stress and time are related, but not due to ... Views: 1641
On a recent airplane flight, I thought of all the systems that are in place to get us from one destination to another as efficiently as possible.
Boarding
Consider the rapid turnaround of planes these days. When the arriving passengers disembark, their luggage is taken off, the plane is ... Views: 1132
Finding the right gift can be a stressor at any time of the year. Your parents probably have everything they need and more knickknacks than they have room for. Your own children may not need more toys or want you to pick out clothes for them.
Almost everyone has some area of their life that ... Views: 1259