Use a Time Multiplier to Get Things Done

By Admin | Aug 6, 2008

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How I Cram for Those Mid Term Exams

By Admin | Mar 19, 2008

OK, sometimes you’ve gotten distracted, or maybe you’ve had a personal problem. At any rate, you’ve fallen far behind in preparing for an exam, or a presentation, or a meeting of some sort. What now?
The first rule is don’t panic. Panic won’t get you anywhere and is even more distracting when you’re trying to absorb [...]

Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 6 - Steps I Use to Cope With Stress

By Admin | Feb 18, 2008

All stress is not bad. The human mind needs to experience some stress just to stay focused and sharp. I’ve read recently where some university studies have shown that the only completely stress free people in the world are dead. Wonder how much that study cost?

Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 5 - How I Manage Multiple Priorities

By Admin | Feb 16, 2008

Are you overwhelmed with trying to manage multiple “top” priorities? Do you feel you’ve overextended yourself? Is the pressure more than you can stand? If you can fog a mirror these days, you probably answered yes to at least one of those questions.

Getting Things Done by David Allen Part 3

By Admin | Jan 12, 2008

Getting Things Done by David Allen Part 3
Read Part 1 here.
Read Part 2 here.
This is the third and final section of the book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.. Section 3 is titled The Power of the Key Principles and it starts by discussion of the power of the collection habit and how [...]

Getting Things Done by David Allen Part 2

By Admin | Jan 11, 2008

In yesterday’s post on this book, I covered the first section and first three chapters of David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.
Today, I’ll cover section two, Practicing Stress Free Productivity, by covering chapters four through ten.
Chapter 4
This chapter primarily focuses on setting up your personal space or spaces for [...]

Getting Things Done by David Allen

By Admin | Jan 10, 2008

Work doesn’t have the boundaries that it used to have. People carry laptops home and continue working (kinda like what I’m doing), they answer emails while on vacation in Disney World, they take business cell phone calls while out to dinner with their families. These factors are causing stress among the knowledge workforce. No more is there an 8 to 5 factory job and at 5:01 it’s over.

7 Time Management Tips

By Admin | Jan 1, 2008

Your time is the most important asset you have. Unfortunately, there is an infinite number of things to do and only a finite amount of minutes available to get them done. How do you make the most of every single minute? Effectively manage that precious resource!
1. Know where you spend you time by using a [...]

20 Reasons Managers Fail

By Admin | Dec 29, 2007

This is a long post (2,800+ words), but I’m sure the list is still not exhaustive. Please comment and add your reasons for management failure below.
A manger is someone who accomplishes work through others. So what traits or actions cause a manager to fail?

1. Avoiding responsibility when things go wrong by blaming others.
A good manager [...]

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