When was the last time you found yourself slumped over a pile of paperwork at midnight, checking your e-mail from a beach resort, or sneaking in a couple of hours of work on a Sunday morning? If you’re thinking back to a time when you were trying to work through a particularly tough project, good [...]

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For good time management skills, you need both productivity and efficiency for good office organizing systems.

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Try these time management techniques used by leaders to cut down on the length of meetings.

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There is a lot of advice out there on the best ways to run an efficient and successful meeting. Some of the books and seminars available are excellent, and I definitely recommend checking them out if you have the time. But, given that so many of us can’t find the time in our schedules to [...]

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How perfect is too perfect?  It’s great to want to be the best at everything and do the best job we possibly can, but being a perfectionist will kill your productivity over time. That’s because there simply isn’t enough time to do everything as well as we would like to – sometimes “good enough” just has [...]

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Not long ago, a group of British researchers found that, when it comes to multitasking, doing too much at once reduces your productivity roughly the same amount as using marijuana would. For those of us who are addicted to using the Blackberry or iPhone while driving, checking e-mail in the middle of meetings, and flipping [...]

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Having too many projects going on isn’t just bad for your focus – it can actually lead you to accomplish less than you would have if you had only had a few things on your plate. The reason is simple: looking at an unrealistic calendar or schedule isn’t that motivating; if you’re going to get [...]

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Changing the way you think about, much less spend, your time is difficult. Not only do you have to learn new systems and processes, but there are likely to be tons of unproductive habits you will have to modify and unlearn – ways of thinking and working that have been with you since your earliest [...]

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You don’t have to be a genius to manage time; rather, if you’re a genius, you probably don’t know how to manage your time because you tend to be eccentric, you keep haphazard and unconventional schedules, and you have a one-track mind that is so focused on your passion that you find it hard to [...]

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The average traveler spent 36 hours in rush-hour traffic jams in 2007.  That translates to $750 per person in the form of lost time and fuel.  (Urban Mobility Report, Texas Transportation Institute, 2007 figures) It is great when you get more done during the day and are able to leave in time for an evening [...]

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