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- What Inspires You? - by Many of the people who hire me as their personal coach have decided they want to find more passion in what they do each day. They're no longer willing to settle for less than a totally fulfilling life, and they want this life now…in the present...rather than waiting for some future date, or for ...
Views: 2729 - THE BIG HOLE IN YOUR DAY - by We all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. And if you multiply that out and my math is correct (I assume it is because I've done this a few times), that gives us a total of 168 hours per week. And the thing about time is that it can only be spent, it cannot be saved. (Did you ever have ...
Views: 733 - The Big Hole in Your Day - by We all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. And if you multiply that out and my math is correct (I assume it is because I’ve done this a few times), that gives us a total of 168 hours per week. And the thing about time is that it can only be spent, it cannot be saved. (Did you ever have ...
Views: 1341 - Easing E-Mail - by It’s interesting. Technology is often heralded as a servant for us yet frequently we become a servant to it. E-mail was trumpeted as the new communications tool that would surely put first class “snail mail” out of business. Last year, the U. S. Post Office delivered more pieces of first class ...
Views: 692 - FIVE WAYS TO NOT GET PROMOTED - by "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go;
From 7-3 it's misery;
Hi ho, hi ho."
Time Management has a lot more to do with "investing" our time wisely rather than just "spending it". A lot of people are not
getting the returns from their time that they desire because they are not investing their time ...
Views: 661 - TIME MANAGEMENT HORSE SENSE - by Every horse race has a first place winner and a runner-up, second place contender. It is not uncommon for the first place horse to earn twice the prize as the second place finisher. Curiously, the number one horse did not have to run twice as fast or go twice as far as the competition to get ...
Views: 634 - 5 Time Management Mistakes - by In my thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have observed a lot of what we can and should not do to increase our daily results. Time management is not necessarily working "harder", but rather, "smarter".
And to accomplish significantly more in our days, we need not ...
Views: 714 - Stop Wasting Time - by Life is often what happens to you along the way when you have planned otherwise because there are time wasters out there to throw you off the track. Your performance may not always match your intentions. To help you to increase your productivity each and every day, both on and off the job, here ...
Views: 845 - Just Say "No" - by I used to put everyone else's requests and needs first and if there was any time left over at the end of the day for what I needed and wanted to do, that was acceptable. That is until I began to realize that if you and I are going to be effective time managers, we have to stay away from ...
Views: 604 - Some Time Savers #3 - by In over 2,000 Time Management seminars, which I have conducted for more than 100,000 people from around the globe during the last 20 years, I have shown people how to get more done in less time, with less stress; to help them have more time for the things they want to do in their work and ...
Views: 944 - Some Time Savers #2 - by In my Time Management seminars, which I have conducted for more than 100,000 people from around the globe, I show people how to get more done in less time, with less stress; to help them have more time for the things they want to do in their work and personal lives.
If you can recapture a ...
Views: 684 - Daily Planning - by A poet once said, "The most powerful time is when you are alone, thinking about what you are to do rather than the doing itself." You've been reminded many times, "A stitch in time saves nine". Daily Planning is the time you ought to set aside each evening to plan out and take control over the ...
Views: 777 - Just Say No - by I used to put everyone else’s requests and needs first and if there was any time left over at the end of the day for what I needed and wanted to do, that was acceptable. That is until I began to realize that if you and I are going to be effective time managers, we have to stay away from ...
Views: 895 - Defeat Delays - by We all encounter delays that keep us from doing what we planned to do. Life is often what happens to you along the way when you are planning otherwise.
We can be delayed in traffic, waiting for the dentist, in an airport, or in a line at the bank or elsewhere. You cannot always control what ...
Views: 799 - Top Five Time Management Mistakes - by In my thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have observed a lot of what we can and should not do to increase our daily result. Here are the Top Five Time Management Mistakes we should all avoid.
1. Start your day without a plan of action. You will begin your day by ...
Views: 1849 - The Paper Blizzard - by Have you ever felt you were getting buried under a blizzard of paperwork? You should. Memos, junk mail, emails, letters, pamphlets, books, and faxes are coming at you at an ever-increasing rate. You get more information thrown at you in one day than your great-grandparents received in a ...
Views: 761 - Procrastination Pointers - by Procrastination is one of the biggest enemies we have to our Personal Productivity. Thinking about doing something and planning to do it are fine, but what if we fail to move ahead?
Procrastinating the unimportant items in our day is a useful talent. The problem for many, however, is that we ...
Views: 1302(1 vote) - Managing Multiple Priorities - by Time is the great equalizer for all of us. We all have 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, yielding 168 hours per week. Take out 56 hours for sleep (we do spend about a third of our week dead) and we are down to 112 hours to achieve all the results we desire. We cannot save time (ever have any ...
Views: 1277 - Five Steps To A Productive Meeting - by Time is the great equalizer for all of us. We all have 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, yielding 168 hours per week. Take out 56 hours for sleep (we do spend about a third of our week dead) and we are down to 112 hours to achieve all the results we desire. We cannot save time (ever have any ...
Views: 742 - Control The Free-Fall - by Do you sometimes feel a little bit out of control during your workday, wish you had more time to do the really important things or feel like you are doing a lot of wheel-spinning on non-productive items? You are not alone. Eighty-five percent of people in the workplace have similar complaints ...
Views: 766 - The Big Hole In Your Day - by We all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. And if you multiply that out and my math is correct (I assume it is because I've done this a few times), that gives us a total of 168 hours per week. And the thing about time is that it can only be spent, it cannot be saved. (Did you ever have ...
Views: 807 - Easing E-Mail - by It's interesting. Technology is often heralded as a servant for us yet frequently we become a servant to it. E-mail was trumpeted as the new communications tool that would surely put first class snail mail out of business. Last year, the U. S. Post Office delivered more pieces of first class ...
Views: 822 - Five Ways To Not Get Promoted - by Time Management has a lot more to do with investing our time wisely rather than just spending it. A lot of people are not getting the returns from their time that they desire because they are not investing their time effectively, keeping them from getting promoted and advancing beyond where they ...
Views: 660 - Top Five Time Management Mistakes - by In my thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have observed a lot of what we can and should not do to increase our daily results. Time management is not necessarily working harder, but rather, smarter.
And to accomplish significantly more in our days, we need not increase ...
Views: 820 - What Not To Do When Making a Keynote Presentation - by “keynote n : an address designed to present the issues of primary interest to an assembly and often to arouse unity and enthusiasm.”
A wonderful communication device, that keynote presentation is. Did you ever have to sit through a bad one? It happens. If you would like to give a “snoozer” ...
Views: 9462(2 votes) - Getting Out Of Balance - by The underlying core of my more than 2,000 Time Management presentations during the last twenty years has been the concept of balance. Success in managing our time has less to do with the tools available to us, such as to do lists and techniques for delegation, as it has to do with achieving ...
Views: 817 - Crucial vs. Not Crucial - by We all have too much to do. True? Sure ¡®nuf. And that says a lot of good things about you. That you have too much to do suggests that a lot of people have entrusted much confidence in you. I mean, people who are drifting about early each afternoon begging co-workers for something to do, may not ...
Views: 681 - How to Become Successful – 7 Habits to Follow - by When you take a look at some of the successful people in the world, the money they possess may blind you or the notoriety the public bestows upon them distracts your judgment. At second glance (with the exception of generational money and success), there are certain factors that have contributed ...
Views: 1080 - Planning Principles - by The old adage reminds us that “People don’t plan to fail but a lot of people do fail to plan.?During a war, we find a tank operator and a general. Which function is more important? It is probably the general, at least in this sense. One can be the best tank operator on the line, get out there ...
Views: 736 - Stuck In Your Feelings? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Mark Ivar MyhreOne of the biggest problems we all experience with our emotions involves getting 'stuck' in them. Meaning, we keep feeling the same exact feelings, over and over; day after day. If you seem stuck in your feelings - it's almost guaranteed to be painful. Or at least unpleasant. Sadly, we end up ...
Views: 4982 - Systematize and Simplify - by During thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have learned and shared a lot of simple practices that help my audiences to increase their daily results. A lot of time is wasted because we don’t have a system in place for many of the repetitive tasks we do so that we have to ...
Views: 996 - Procrastination Paula - by It’s Monday, and oh, how Paula hates Mondays. “Blue Monday? “It’s a jungle out there and a rat race? she reminds herself. In fact, she has a bumper sticker on her car that reads, “I just had a whole week’s worth of Mondays?
As Paula arrives at her desk, she notes the other slogan she has ...
Views: 938 - TOP FIVE TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES - by In my thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have observed a lot of what we can and should not do to increase our daily results. Time management is not necessarily working “harder”, but rather, “smarter”.
And to accomplish significantly more in our days, we need not ...
Views: 908 - CONTROL THE FREE-FALL - by Do you sometimes feel a little bit out of control during your workday, wish you had more time to do the really important things or feel like you are doing a lot of wheel-spinning on non-productive items? You are not alone. Eighty-five percent of people in the workplace have similar complaints ...
Views: 1058 - Control the Free Fall - by Do you sometimes feel a little bit out of control during your workday, wish you had more time to do the really important things or feel like you are doing a lot of wheel-spinning on non-productive items? You are not alone. Eighty-five percent of people in the workplace have similar ...
Views: 797 - Finding the "ME" in a World of "WE" - by I graduated from college with the world at my finger tips. The problem ever since has been figuring out what in the world I want to do. I am thirty years old and I have a resume full of jobs yet nothing I would call a career. Where is my focus? What does this say about me? “ That I don’t cut it ...
Views: 730 - Coincidence or What? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from michael imaniCoincidence or what? Coincidences happen for a reason. You might not fully understand the rationale behind a coincidence until you have the benefit of hindsight. At the point of coincidence, you might wonder why? Why did I bump into that person this morning? What made me turn down this ...
Views: 736 - Draw A Line In The Sand - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Mark Ivar MyhreSometimes you feel like you REALLY got to change something. Maybe it's an annoying habit. Maybe it's more serious. Maybe it's losing weight, or stopping smoking. Whatever it is, you just get fed up with the situation. You're motivated to change. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE! Maybe it's occurred ...
Views: 1077 - THE MISSING ELEMENT IN THE LAW OF ATTRACTION - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Ken OnuThe movie "The Secret" has become an all time bestseller! People from all walks of life are praising it and believe it or not, also criticizing it. If you haven't watched it yet..you can do so at http://www.thesecret.tv/. The experts in the movie explain the Law of attraction in such a way that ...
Views: 938 - The True Strength - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2010 from M.Farouk RadwanWhy??? He is depressed since years but he doesn’t know the reason behind it, sometimes he finds himself sad without knowing why and sometimes his mood swings with no apparent reason. He is not that successful or that happy and he blames the government and luck for it. But there is an ...
Views: 697 - Success Maker: Help others to be Greater than You - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenIf you want success you will need to be a success maker to get it. You may have the initial idea that makes your success possible, but no matter what your idea you’ll need others to reach success yourself. You can’t become greater and more successful if you’re looking to build your foundation ...
Views: 857 - Time Management Technique: Organized Chaos? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenHow are those piles impacting your time management? Some people are naturally neat and tidy while others are comfortable with a far more relaxed environment. It really isn’t a matter of cleanliness, or your comfort level for tidiness it’s a matter of efficiency. Even though you may not ...
Views: 533 - Coming Undone - Is a Good Thing! - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Eva GregoryDo you remember the saying, 'everything I needed to know about life I learned in kindergarten?' Well, I won't say everything, but definitely a few really key lessons can be learned from the five and under set. One of the most important ones is the wide-eyed wonder and delight that children ...
Views: 831 - Communication The Key to a happier more Successful Life! - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Deidre TretsvenDo you ever wonder why there is so much conflict in life? Have you ever thought about how nice it would be to get along with everyone? Do you wish people understood how you think and feel about things? Do you often feel you are walking to the beat of a different drummer? The answer is in our ...
Views: 774 - Make Me A Channel - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Toni LaMottaMost of you are probably familiar with the Prayer of St. Francis which begins, Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. It’s a beautiful prayer and fits perfectly into stage three of spiritual growth. This is the stage where we recognize that while we do create things by our thoughts, we are actually ...
Views: 973 - Do You Create Walls Or Bridges? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Pam ThomasMarie* is a bright, innovative, creative woman who recently started her own consulting business after working for many years in the corporate world. She is proud of herself for taking the leap from employee to self-employed and has high hopes for her new business. One day while having lunch ...
Views: 912 - Reach out and Touch Someone - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Rob McBrideOne of the strongest desires we all have is the desire for recognition. For each person who goes to bed hungry for food, there are thousands who go to bed hungry for acknowledgment. With the daily rush to get from here to there, we frequently forget how easy it is to make another happy. We are ...
Views: 806 - Success Takes Passion - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from alex blackwellTypically when we think about passion we also think about the heart. It is in our hearts we hold our deepest desires and passions. Pursuing these desires, we believe, will lead us to the happiness, success and fulfillment we really want. To acknowledge your passion is to live your life’s purpose ...
Views: 789 - Time Management Program: If You Want it Done Right You Have to Do it Yourself, Right? - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2007 from Cheryl ClausenWrong, you’ll never become effective at managing your time if you think you are the only one who can do anything correctly. The ugly truth is most people can do many of the things you’re doing now better than you can. You may even recognize this, but you still don’t let them because: you feel ...
Views: 615 - The Esteemed Self - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2007 from Veronique Inc.Throughout this article you are going to see references to the "esteemed self." I originated this term to build upon remembering the love, honor, respect, and grace of you. The esteemed self is simply a reflection "in words" of embracing all those parts of yourself you may have buried in ...
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