Although a lot of productivity and time management advice focuses on what you do at work, the reality is that your morning routine can be every bit as important (and sometimes, even more important) than your work habits. After all, starting the day feeling rushed and stressed out is no way to prepare for an [...]

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How do you compare with others as you try to manage your time each day?  Here are the results of OfficeTime.Net’s annual survey:  Email–33% spend 1-2 hours per day on this, while 22% spend more than 2 hours each day.  Internet Surfing–8 out of 10 people spend more than 2 hours per day doing this. [...]

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Do you need a change this year?  Many people are numbly going through the motions of their lives, never once stopping to experience any excitement or joy. With this kind of existence, it is no wonder that so many people are tuning out of their lives and ending up having breakdowns and other emotional problems [...]

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As we wrap up the year, think about the time management tools that will help you navigate through a successful 2013.  Keep in mind that if something is not actually scheduled, chances are slim that you are going to accomplish it.  To decide what you need, ask yourself: 1.  Do I need an overview of the [...]

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Have you ever had the experience of agreeing to something – like a dinner with relatives, a weekend volunteer project, or a new social activity, for example – that sounded like a good idea at the time, but you ended up dreading as it got closer? Believe it or not, psychologists have identified this is [...]

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Parents today are pulled in countless different directions, making it hard to find the time for everything on those never-ending to-do lists, not to mention to spend time with your family. This makes time management essential. Hannah Anderson, from the “Full-Time Nanny” blog submitted her article, “10 Ways Parents Can Better Manage Their Time” . Many of [...]

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At its heart, the field of time management and productivity training basically comes down to teaching busy people how to spend their time both more efficiently, and more effectively. That can be difficult to do, though, when you aren’t sure how you are spending it in the first place. In my keynotes and seminars, I [...]

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In the past, I have advised my readers and students at my seminars to keep a time log if they want to increase their productivity. It is probably advice you’ve heard in the past; few of us truly realize how we spend the minutes and hours that our work days add up to until we [...]

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How many times have you heard someone say that a vacation, or a day off, went by much too quickly… and that they wish they could do it over again? How many times have you been that person? You certainly are not alone if you feel like there are never enough days to get away [...]

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A lot of us went to the summer thinking about all of the things we were going to accomplish… only to eventually watch those goals dissipate away with the long days and summer sun. I have written in the past about the letdown that often comes toward the end of January or the beginning of [...]

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