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Time Management InformationHaving Time on Your SideClarity brings accomplishment Overcome Procrastination - Discover ways to get more done in less timeSo What Then Is The Opposite Of Procrastination? 7 Reasons to Take Breaks at WorkMy job in Chicago began with three months of probation. Effective Time Management TechniquesTIME MANAGEMENT How Are You Viewing Your Time?In working with and coaching people across the country, one of the top requests we continually receive is how we can help people manage their time better. More Time Wanted? Deal with Your Time-wasters Now!Ever feel that you spend too much time shoring up the performance of some of your people? More time with one or two than with some of the others. How to Minimize Trips to the Grocery StoreStill awaiting the birth of my baby (I am overdue), it is increasingly a challenge to go grocery shopping. Thank goodness I have wonderful friends and neighbors who offer to go for me. How You Can Double, Triple, or Even Quadruple Your Reading Speed!Are you drowning in a sea of unread papers? Do you feel frustrated because you cannot keep up with your reading assignments? You may have wondered if you should take a speed-reading course. Or can you learn to improve your reading ability by yourself? 21 Questions To Assess Your Readiness For Time ManagementHow many of us are guilty of ?Putting the cart before the horse?? Delegate or DrownWhy waste your precious time working on tasks, which are definitely not your forte when you can delegate or invest your money on a product or service which will free up your time? You can then focus on the more important areas in your work and your life. Making Headway on a Slow Day: 9 Ways to Turn Down-Time into Productivity TimeIf you work from home, you know the kind of day I mean. You made the calls. You revised those drafts. You sent out the emails. Where is everybody!? As much as you used to relish a slow day when you were corporate, it?s a little different when you?re playing boss to yourself. Your mind gets to wandering. Should I head out to the park? Should I hit the mall? Should I... file for unemployment? Time and Life, Bit by BitLooking out through my picture window during a recent winter storm, I felt like I was in a giant snow globe. Big, fluffy snowflakes were falling, covering everything with a nice wintry blanket. Ah, how nice. I love snow... all two feet of it in my driveway!! Could you use a ?Stop Doing? list?One of the tried and true organization and time-management tools is the trusty old ?to do? list. I was trained to diligently put one together at the end of the day for the following day, and whatever tasks I failed to complete, to carry it forward. This system has worked well in helping me prioritize and focus. But I have also heard many of my colleagues complain about having too much on their list, and feeling very discouraged and overwhelmed by the sheer number of items on their ?To Do? list. To help ease the overwhelm, I want to introduce the concept of the ?Stop Doing? list. Too Much to Do? Too Little Time?Hey - Did someone press the FFW button? Plan Your Day and Stick to Your PlanHow many times have you remarked to someone that there are not enough hours in the day? The sad truth is, not matter how much you wish it, it is unlikely that you can get more than 24 hours in each day. So, the trick to time management is really how you get the most out of the hours you have. One way to do that is to become an exceptional planner of your day. It is not very difficult ? just takes some basic knowledge and a lot of discipline. As a coach, I can help you with both, but the knowledge is what I?ll cover right now.
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