by Harold Taylor | Jan 31, 2017 | General Time Management
I have a little magnetic sign on my refrigerator that claims, “Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.” There is more than a little truth to that. I am definitely too lazy to look for things, and that’s what spurred me on to become as organized as...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 18, 2017 | General Time Management, Technology
Balancing high-tech and high-touch. Research shows that things left undone cause stress. And an expanding to do list, which never seems to empty, is a constant reminder of all the things left undone – important or otherwise. This is true whether it is a hardcopy or...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 12, 2017 | General Time Management
Slow decision-making wastes time, as do spur-of-the moment decisions, which frequently result in costly and time-consuming mistakes. But the worst thing you can do is to procrastinate on decision-making. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, once conducted a...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 6, 2017 | General Time Management
Poor communications is one of the top time problems identified by workshop attendees. Much of this could be a simple lack of communications – a failure to share relevant information with those who need to know in order to perform their jobs effectively. But much of it...
by Harold Taylor | Dec 6, 2016 | General Time Management, Meetings
To run effective meetings, you must control both the length of the meeting and the meeting itself. Regardless of whether you spend an average of one hour or six hours each day in meetings, there is considerable time savings to be realized by running them efficiently....
by Harold Taylor | Nov 15, 2016 | General Time Management
Research has discovered that deciding in advance when you will do something increases your commitment to do it. Adding something to a weekly list of things to do – even though they are only intentions – is better than simply being aware that something has to be done....
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