by Harold Taylor | Jul 18, 2018 | General Time Management
In the August, 2018 issue of Psychology Today, Glen Adamson, author of the book, “Fewer, better things” is said to believe that we should limit our purchases to things we find to be beautiful, meaningful or useful. Since at least two of these three requirements are in...
by Harold Taylor | Jul 4, 2018 | General Time Management
27 years ago, I wrote the following article titled, “Don’t become obsessed with speed: save some time for the things you enjoy.” I thought I would reproduce it here in its entirety, complete with its outdated references to such things as speedy memos and videos. We...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 27, 2018 | General Time Management, Memory
An old proverb claims, “The shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory.” And those of us still using paper planners can rest assured we are making the right decision, according to information contained on an article in the October 11, 2017 issue of Fast...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 20, 2018 | General Time Management
What about writer’s block that you hear so much about? Well if you know what you have to say, you won’t have writer’s block. Some writers spend more time staring at a blank computer screen than they spend writing. Others may freeze after a paragraph or two. What...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 13, 2018 | Creativity, General Time Management
In case you haven’t read my last couple of blog posts, I have been discussing how some books, articles and other literature have been claiming that messiness aids creativity, while others claim the opposite. Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, authors of YOU: On a Diet, claim...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 6, 2018 | Creativity, General Time Management
Most of the articles associating a messy environment with creativity (mentioned in my last blog article) referred to the ping-pong study where participants were asked to write down as many uses as possible for ping-pong balls in a given time frame. Those participants...
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