by Harold Taylor | Jan 8, 2015 | General Time Management
About 30 years ago when I designed the Taylor Planner, I decided to have a week at a glance planner with all seven days showing and a weekly To Do list instead of a To Do list for each day. I had no survey data or other statistics to back me up. I just felt it was...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 6, 2015 | General Time Management
Don’t be an activity packrat by taking on too many commitments for yourself or your family. In general, people’s lives are too busy. If it’s not critical that you do something, then it’s critical that you not do it. Keep your life free of clutter. Take time to fully...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 5, 2015 | General Time Management
The number of choices we have to make on a daily basis has increased exponentially during the past thirty years. It’s interesting that no generation has had such a long lifespan and so much leisure time as the current generation; yet a third of all Americans report...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 4, 2015 | General Time Management
Charles Handy in his book, The Age of Paradox, makes an interesting case for launching a second career before the first one starts going downhill. Or a second business before the first one starts to falter. Or a new product before the sales on the first one starts to...
by Harold Taylor | Dec 31, 2014 | General Time Management
Working on two or more jobs at the same time reduces the efficiency of each. Researcher David Meyer, PhD., claims that not being able to concentrate on one task for significant periods of time may cost a company as much as 20 to 40 percent in efficiency. I have seen...
by Harold Taylor | Dec 23, 2014 | General Time Management
There are many misconceptions about time management. Here are five time management myths that may appear to be true at first glance. Myth number 1: We can manage time. We cannot manage time. Nor can we save it. Time ticks away relentlessly in spite of our efforts to...
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