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- 10 Reasons Why YOU Want To Choose YOUR Clients - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from Maria MarsalaIt’s a costly and hard-learned lesson in business: saying “no” to an interested prospect that does NOT fit your ideal client profile. It’s counter intuitive, but taking just any client who responds to your advertising may cost you money, aggravation, and time. Remember, your ideal ...
Views: 2442(2 votes) - Take command of your days - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2010 from Gwen ThibeauxHave you ever felt that your days just get away from you? At the end of each day, you wonder where the time has gone, feeling nothing was accomplished? If you can relate to this happening, it's because your days are taking control of you. Don't let your days rule over you. Take command and ...
Views: 2862(1 vote) - Time Management - How to Analyze your Time Use - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleYou’re a multi-talented person. You can weld, bellydance, quilt and author computer code. Or at least you *could* do all those things, if only there were more hours in the day and days in the week. How the heck did it get to be Thursday already? Never mind that, it’s June for heaven’s sake! Life ...
Views: 7905 - 5 Common Pitfalls of a Work from Home Business - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from TJ PhilpottA work from home business allows you many freedoms but maintaining a healthy life style often becomes an issue as a result. The majority of home businesses today rely upon the internet as their 'base' of operations. These online entrepreneurs are therefore seated quite a bit and this coupled ...
Views: 1453(3 votes) - Take Breaks to Get More Done - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleWant to get more done? Most multi-talented people have so much to do, we throw ourselves at tasks without taking breaks. We find ourselves, hours later, in a sorry state: our pulses are racing, our minds are fried and our ‘to do’ list seems longer than when we began. (“But how can this be,” ...
Views: 2016 - Time Management and Planning - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2010 from Shanna BeamanPlanning is a critical piece of the puzzle in reaching your goals. Planning makes you more productive, because you have written down, and know exactly, what the major and the minor tasks are that you must accomplish each day. How many times have you actually thought “Oh don’t forget to do ...
Views: 2229(1 vote) - Time Management or Time Wasted... How Strong is Your Inner Time Dictator? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2010 from Liz CopelandEverybody has a Time Dictator inside them. This is the person who when you want to goof off and be totally unproductive, wags their finger at you and says ‘This must be done... NOW!’ I think the Time Dictator is a close friend of the Tidiness Dictator, who always makes sure you put the ...
Views: 2187 - 5 Tips For Getting Rid of Clutter With No Effort - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2010 from Marilyn BohnThe ocean is both powerful and hypnotic. When we visited Maine we watched as the beautiful white waves come crashing onto the rocks. In Delaware we watched as the waves come rushing onto the sandy beach where they calmly flattened out and slunk back out to gather speed again. On one ...
Views: 1922 - Time Management is a Myth - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2010 from Paul BurtonTime can’t be managed. It ticks inexorably forward, second by second. The phrase "time management" is really just a catch-all to describe how we get things done. The sum of all we get done is our productivity. Thus, we’re talking about productivity, and, in this case, individual ...
Views: 2017 - Stop Procrastination - 4 Ways to End Procrastination For Good - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Michelle PrinceI tend to procrastinate. I can start my day with the best of intentions to get important tasks done, but I soon find myself detouring from the path. I end up filling my hours with busyness and errands. I know the most important things I need to do, and the ones that will bring me ultimate ...
Views: 1764 - Work Life Balance Tips - Proven Strategies to Balancing Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Michelle PrinceIt is often said that balance is the key to happiness and the good life. When related to self-esteem, most of us are aware that we fill our lives with activities and obligations for others without thinking about ourselves and what we may need. There is a way to take care of yourself while also ...
Views: 2093 - Getting the Most Out of Your Time - For Further Education - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2010 from Jessica EballarWith time management, it’s easy to detect the time wasters and get rid of them with discipline. And with billable hours, it's just a matter of using time and billing software. But what about those activities that further your professional skills? There’s so much information out there, it’s easy ...
Views: 1608 - How to Always Have Enough Time - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from CHARLES GLASSMANDuring a radio call-in show I appeared on, a caller expressed the frustration and stress he feels with his life. “I know I should be exercising, eating well, and meditating, “ he said, “but I have three jobs, kids, and not enough time to do anything.” Primitive humans were lucky to have the ...
Views: 5776(6 votes) - Boundaries Lead to Wellness - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from Janice RussellMay is Family Wellness Month. Whether you are a family of one or a family of ten or more, there are a number of ways that you can enhance wellness in your life. This article will speak to wellness in terms of mental health as it relates to a functional space and calendar. Many people ...
Views: 2484(3 votes) - Empowering Youth: Help Your Child Learn Time Management - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2010 from Linette DanielsThese days, everyone is busy. This is true even for kids. You complain about juggling work, household tasks, school activities and family time. You feel out of control with so much to do and too little time to get things done. You get frantic about picking the kids up on time, getting ...
Views: 2277(1 vote) - Priorities & Prioritization Tips for Creative People - How to Prioritize Now! - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KylePrioritizing tasks and projects (and whatever else is on our plate) can be challenging for anyone. For multi-talented people, it's even more difficult because modern day DaVincis have that many more things on our 'to do' lists. How to decide what to do? How to choose what to focus on among ...
Views: 3797(1 vote) - 5 Simple Tips to Maximize Your Efficiency - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2010 from Vinny HoeftnerLife is short. You could be a beggar on the street. Or a CEO of a fortune 500 company. Either way you're only given twenty four hours a day to play with. So...what are you going to do with it? Ever wonder how some people seem to be able to accomplish so much more in a day, while others end ...
Views: 1433(2 votes) - Time Management Strategies for the Multi-Talented - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleTime management is tricky for multi-talented, creative people. We have a lot of activities and tasks on our plates. And those plates are spinning. No sooner do we start project A when we suddenly get a great idea for project B and a key contact for project C calls out of the blue and…before ...
Views: 5935(1 vote) - Cultivating the Motivation to Change - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2010 from Bill JawitzIn order to get improved results in any endeavor, you need to change what you’re doing. All the best strategies and tools will yield nothing if they’re not applied. And application happens in the realm of action – that is, in the realm of behavior – not in rumination or wishful thinking Yet, ...
Views: 1539 - How to efficiently manage the time? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from Larry MacdonaldToday, in the corporate world, the term 'time management' is used quite often. With the increasing demands in the market, efficient management of time becomes important to accomplish a task or goal in the allotted time with absolutely no error. Most of you have employed various strategies or ...
Views: 1386 - Effective Time Management - Use Feasibility Studies to Get Better Results - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2010 from Elsa SakinaUsing feasibility studies to manage your time involves technical details and a lot of logical questions regarding a projected plan. Business establishments, organizational developments, and personal studies involve a kind of study or plan that will create timetables, projections, and strategies ...
Views: 2927 - Get Over Your Email Addiction - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2010 from David UtkeI know what it is like, you find yourself checking your email when you should be doing something more productive with your time. When you know you should be doing something more productive. Instead however, your addicted to that email. Always checking it. To over come your addiction requires you ...
Views: 2213 - The Real Key to Time Mangement - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Linda PucciOne of the biggest struggles all of us have in our modern world has to do with how to manage time. Most of us are so busy, and bombarded with demands on our time. We are overstimulated by choice, and even inventions designed to make us more effective and efficient often become time-stealers. ...
Views: 2142(2 votes) - How to Instantly Save 2 Hours A Day - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Lorraine PirihiDo you find it frustrating knowing that there must be a better way to manage your time, yet you can't seem to pinpoint exactly what you need to do? Well here's a simple secret that could easily save you a couple of hours a day. I've been coaching Greg for only a couple of months and in ...
Views: 1855(2 votes) - Four Ways to Minimize Interruptions and Distractions - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2010 from Paul BurtonWe are bombarded by interruptions and distractions all day long. They affect our focus and cause us to lose time getting back up to speed. If we can increase our productivity by just six minutes each day, we’ll increase our productivity by 24 hours each year. That’s three days of production this ...
Views: 3800(2 votes) - Weed Your To-Do Garden - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Jackie GartmanEvery year I weed my garden. I try to weed whatever doesn’t feel good, including chores, inanimate objects (dying plants) and people (yes, people!). I use a trick called Bag It, Barter It, Better It. It’s a brilliant exercise that you can do on your own, requiring you to look over your to-do ...
Views: 1385 - The Happiness – Success Connection - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Bill JawitzWhen audiences around the world are asked to complete the following sentence, one word is overwhelmingly provided. Your response? It was probably “happy.” No other answer – successful, wealthy, healthy, well-adjusted, etc – comes remotely close. Why is that? What does it tell us about ...
Views: 1382 - Time Management for Attorneys - THE Key to Improved Time Management - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Bill JawitzEach of us has a core work style (governed by our core personality style) which, when consciously understood, can provide powerful insight into how we go about managing our time. By way of example, here are two very different attorney profiles as depicted by a widely-used style inventory call ...
Views: 1650 - Say No – Set Your Boundaries, Get More Done - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Marsha EganFeel like you’re on a treadmill that will never stop? Too much to do? Too much to get done? Just as with how the overlap between our work and our home lives has become blurred, and technology has connected us to people and tasks around the clock, we could all be working 24/7 and still feel ...
Views: 1741(4 votes) - Are You Doing The Right Stuff? - by Submitted on May 30, 2010 from Marsha EganThese days, it seems like we are being pulled in so many different directions. Priorities compete with each other, and it just seems like we can’t get everything done, doesn’t it? What’s worse, it seems like our daily “to do” lists grow much faster than our abilities to check them off. No ...
Views: 1645(2 votes) - 4 Tips to Better Command Your Workload - by Submitted on May 30, 2010 from Paul BurtonWe entered the workforce well educated, but few entered well skilled. Gaining skills on the subject matter of your job is critically important, but so too are skills for managing how you actually get your work done. Worflow processing and organizational skills focus on the actual completion of ...
Views: 1742 - 6 Simple Secrets On How To Declutter Your Home - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2010 from Marilyn BohnWhen women find out that I am a professional organizer inevitably they ask if my home is organized. When I simply say yes then they ask me if all of my cupboards are organized. When I say yes they ask if my closets are organized. Again I say yes. My home doesn’t look like a page out of a ...
Views: 2506(1 vote) - From Habits to Freedom - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Janice RussellHow many times have you heard someone say, “I never have enough time!”? Maybe you have even said it yourself. I hate to break the news to you...we all have the same amount of time: 24 hours in a day which means 168 hours per week. There is nothing that anyone can do to change it. For some people ...
Views: 2588(15 votes) - 3 Technologies That Will Make Your Life Easier - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Alex KnollAs a techie I am always looking for new and better ways to use technology in my life. Through these searches, I always come across some great ideas that most people don’t know about. In this post I will discuss three of these ideas and how to use these technologies to make your life ...
Views: 1751(2 votes) - 4 Time Management Tips - by Submitted on May 27, 2010 from Paul BurtonTime itself cannot be managed. It ticks inexorably forward. However, we can manage our behavior to make the most of the time we have. All behaviors employed to best utilize time should target one thing: sharpening focus. The more you focus on the task(s) at hand, the more productive you will be, ...
Views: 1883(3 votes) - Task List or Wish List? - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Donna LindleyIs your to-do list a mile long? Do you look at the same long list of tasks every day and wonder where to start? If so, how do you choose which tasks you will work on today? Writing down your to-dos or entering them into your task list is only the first step to getting things done. You also need ...
Views: 2369(5 votes) - How to Cure “I’m-Often-Late” Syndrome - by Submitted on May 26, 2010 from Bill JawitzWhat percentage of the time that we’re late for a meeting or a phone call is it truly, fully, outside of our control? Certainly it’s very rarely. The vast majority of the time when we’re late, it’s because we don’t plan well enough. We didn’t leave early enough for our destination. We didn’t ...
Views: 1779(2 votes) - I Don’t Have The…….TIME - TOP 5 TIPS TO HELP YOU FIND THE TIME TO EXERCISE - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from Nick RandallIn the first article of the "I DON'T HAVE THE........." series we are going to examine the excuse of not having enough time to exercise and see if we cant find a few ways around it. In a rapidly evolving and increasingly fluid world, time is becoming our biggest and possibly most elusive ...
Views: 779(2 votes) - Preparing for a Peaceful Summer - by Submitted on May 25, 2010 from Jonathan M FlaksWith Memorial Day approaching this weekend, officially launching the summer season, there’s a general sigh of relief and well-earned, wide-armed welcome after the very long winter we’ve endured. And while I’m the first one out there dusting off the grill for a summer of sundrenched days of ...
Views: 1438(2 votes) - Build Great Habits (And Bust Some Bad Ones) - by Submitted on May 24, 2010 from Dave NealBest-selling author, John Grisham, was a practicing defense lawyer in 1984 when he began writing his first novel, A Time to Kill. Because his job demanded 60 to 70-hour weeks, he came to work several hours early for three years to work on the book. Some mornings it was the last thing he wanted ...
Views: 1394(3 votes) - 8 Time Management Tips to Boost Efficiency - by Submitted on May 21, 2010 from Noura DeppDo you find yourself snowed under the amount and intricacy of thing you need to do every day? Do you often think that days and months pass by quite quickly and you don’t get much time to devote to necessary things? Along with aggravated answers to above questions, you also know that time ...
Views: 757(1 vote) - Fun and Family Stimulates Creative Thinking - by Submitted on May 15, 2010 from TJ PhilpottSitting at a desk or work station is no way to stimulate your creative thinking. Even though most businesses thrive on creativity and innovation they create an environment that can actually limit your creative skills. Thinking outside the box is what spawns innovative ideas but trying to do so ...
Views: 790 - Using Time Wisely When Writing Articles - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from TJ PhilpottWriting articles can actually take a good amount of time when you combine all the necessary preparations along with the writing process itself. In fact it is not unusual to begin monitoring the time you invest in this process which can than lead to writer's block. The more time you realize you ...
Views: 889(1 vote) - The Rules of Disengagement: Ending Conversations Gracefully and Tactfully - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Colette RobicheauDo you ever have trouble ending a telephone conversation? Do you need to speak to someone but worry because it always turns into a long drawn out conversation on topics you would rather not speak about? Do people come in your office and you can't get them to leave? Do your meetings run too ...
Views: 2050 - Tools for Time Management - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Colette RobicheauReady to get organized to better manage your time? Here are some helpful tools to get you started. Day Planner. Use one place to record all your appointments and special dates. Be sure to record telephone numbers along with appointment details so you can call if you are running late or ...
Views: 953 - Title: Thirty - Two Tips to Help Manage Your Time Better (from Self Help/Personal Growth Books) - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Craig Lock"We share what we know, so that we all may grow". * Thirty - Two Tips to Help Manage Your Time Better (from 'Handbook to Survive Life') What CAN I do to manage my time better? I believe the key to effective time management is ...
Views: 1688 - Learn How to put an end to procrastination - by Submitted on May 13, 2010 from M.Farouk RadwanTime is the most precious asset you have and even though most of people are aware of this fact still some of them keep wasting time. Most people don't waste time on intention but instead they do some mistakes that kills their time without noticing and that's why in this article i will point ...
Views: 1390 - Six Time Management Skills - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2013 from Joshua NyamacheAre you just plain fed up? Is it because you lack time management skills? You're not alone; there are thousands of people who have the problem of time management. If you have ever walked the streets of Manhattan, then you must have noticed how people were rushing to and fro. Just like the ...
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