by Harold Taylor | Apr 19, 2021 | General Time Management
When we have a lot of things to do and we start to get behind in our work, we tend to speed up. This could backfire since the faster we go, the more we focus on how much we are getting done and less on what it is we are doing. It goes well if we are always doing the...
by Harold Taylor | Apr 12, 2021 | General Time Management
If you want to get the right things done in this digital age of speed, work slower, not faster. Your progress is greater when you do not undertake too many projects or tasks at the same time. Have you ever taken on several large projects only to realize that you have...
by Harold Taylor | Mar 22, 2021 | General Time Management
John Dewey, a 20th century philosopher, psychologist, said that the most useful virtue in the world is patience. It is certainly true today. We have plenty of opportunities to be impatient. Most people in business face a plethora of interruptions, delays, rush jobs,...
by Harold Taylor | Mar 15, 2021 | General Time Management
To anticipate means to predict, expect, or think about what is likely to happen. Whenever you anticipate that something might happen, you can immediately take action instead of saying after the fact, “I was afraid that might happen.” The action you take...
by Harold Taylor | Feb 1, 2021 | General Time Management
There are hundreds of books on time management and it would take thousands to describe the topic in detail. But here is my summary of what time management is all about. Do not try to manage time. You cannot manage time, but you can manage how you use it. ...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 25, 2021 | General Time Management
Glenn Adamson, a curator, and scholar, in his book Fewer, Better Things, claims that purchasing a crafted object prompts you to respect the person who made it. If you respect the object, he says, it is likely that you are going to respect the person who made it. I...
Recent Comments