by Harold Taylor | Apr 9, 2020 | Stress
If you work in a stressful environment, chronic stress can affect more than your health. It can reduce your performance, weaken your willpower, curtail your memory, impede good decision-making, interfere with sleep, and lead to burnout. Most managers recognize stress...
by Harold Taylor | Jan 13, 2020 | Holistic Time Management, Stress
In the last three articles I have discussed creating an environment that supports self-control and strategies such as pacing yourself, managing energy, adequate sleep, regular exercise, and balanced work scheduling. But if you want to develop self-control and maintain...
by Harold Taylor | May 28, 2019 | General Time Management, Stress
Defeating the tyranny of the urgent. Based on hundreds of surveys of time management seminar participants over a thirty year period, “rush jobs” are among the top ten time problems faced by managers and staff alike. It seems that they are on the receiving end of tasks...
by Harold Taylor | Apr 4, 2018 | Sleep, Stress
Do you find yourself mulling over problems and reviewing the day’s activities as you try to sleep at night? You’re wasting your time and depriving yourself of sleep. Your brain won’t start working until you’re out of the picture. Once you are asleep,...
by Harold Taylor | Mar 21, 2018 | Stress
Being able to manage stress is critical since it can weaken the immune system, raise cholesterol levels, accelerate hardening of the arteries, disrupt the digestive system, and lead to overeating and obesity. And according to Tiffany Chow, in her book, The memory...
by Harold Taylor | Aug 9, 2017 | Stress
In the United States in 2016, adult coloring book sales topped $14 million compared to $10 million in 2015. Recently, sales have slowed down, possibly because the books have reached the saturation point. But that’s a lot of people who still believe the books are...
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