by Harold Taylor | Jan 11, 2021 | General Time Management
People tend to work on the easiest tasks first and leave the more difficult tasks until later in the day. If the easiest tasks are also the most important, that is not as bad, but still not the best idea if there are important, difficult tasks to do. Despite the...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 3, 2021 | General Time Management
I was reminded by the titles of many time management books on my shelves that some people may get the impression that “getting things done” is what life is all about. The titles on the covers are deceiving, even though the contents may say something completely...
by Harold Taylor | Dec 21, 2020 | General Time Management, Uncategorized
We are oversimplifying when we say that important tasks are those that relate directly to our goals or they are tasks or activities with innate value. In most cases it may be true. But importance depends to a great degree on the situation at the time. Importance is...
by Harold Taylor | Dec 7, 2020 | General Time Management, Meetings
Tuesday is the best day for meetings, according to survey after survey. Of course, Tuesday wins by default since Monday is deemed the worst possible day for meetings, according to the same surveys, the reason being that Monday it is the most productive day of the...
by Harold Taylor | Nov 30, 2020 | General Time Management
A survey on living spaces conducted by the magazine Mindful, and published in the June 2016 issue, asked people where they put things that they had not used in three years. Here are the results: 55% donate it to charity. 22% let it petrify at the bottom of a closet...
by Harold Taylor | Nov 23, 2020 | General Time Management
The logical place to start when you decide to limit the stuff in your home or office is at the source – shopping. If you have a broken water pipe, you do not start by mopping the floor, you turn off the water. In the same way, if you can resist those needless trips to...
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