“A meeting is an event where minutes
are taken and hours wasted.”
James T. Kirk

Somebody recently said to me, “I used to dread every second Thursday at work. That’s because it signalled the torture of our staff progress meetings”. They went on to say, “Those two hours each fortnight were physically challenging and mentally draining. If I wasn’t nodding off , I would be pinching my own skin under the desk in an effort to...

Learning effective time management in the workplace is a key to decreasing stress and becoming more productive. Creating and using your own time management worksheet is very helpful for practicing the tips on time management that you learn, so that you create an efficient schedule for best results.

There are printable worksheets available in books and around the internet. Also there are many time management worksheets software programs that can be downloaded to be used on your...

Time is a limited resource for most people. As business owners or professionals, we have so many roles – chief marketing and sales officer, team leader, operations manager, parent, spouse, pet owner, and more. What we accomplish is very dependent on how well we plan and prioritize. You can’t manage time – but you can manage yourself and how you choose to spend your time.

When it comes to self management, consider this. There is a big difference between activity,...

I think everyone is trying to multi task or focus on one thing to get efficient results at any area of his life. So do you multi task or focus on one thing at a time? Which strategy do you prefer? Or which is better and more effective?

To determine which works better, we have to have a look at the following moments:

Quality of the final result

Before multi-tasking or focusing on one thing, ask yourself: “What will be the quality of my final result?” It is...

How to know if you are becoming a slave of your work? How to find out if work is taking more attention than needed? How to know that your life is suffering because of excessive work and thoughts of work? For any work slave his/her enjoyment is in work. Ask a work slave to get away from work for a short time and he/she will read out a list of what all work is still pending. Let us test if you are a work slave?

Take a typical day. Find out how many hours you spend working,...

If you are currently experiencing overwork, overwhelm and burnout on a regular basis, you can learn how to energize and empower yourself and manifest your excellence.
By manifesting a fulfilling, effective and efficient day, you will be able to move from frustrated, irritated and scattered to calm, focused and energized. You will build confidence and be able to maintain your poise in the midst of daily stress.

The following 8 tips will help you to increase your daily...

Are you aware that the bulk of people who work on their own internet business, are basically working more hours than their last 9-5 full time job?

It's true so don't be disappointed because there are a great many others like you who are spending many hours every day on their business and neglecting their family.

The terrifying fact is, even the successful entrepreneurs are having problems getting more free time. The vision of working some hours per day with an...

While I have read many informative and insightful books on the subject oftime management, none have actually given me a practical means through which I can plan and manage my time better and overcome procrastination. That was until I discoveredThe Action Machine, a time management system that does just that.

What is The Action Machine?

The Action Machine is an effective time management system that enables you to manage and track all of the important...

To make the most of your driving time, you can listen to educational audio CDs while driving.  This is useful if you're too busy to listen to the CDs at home.  Or you may have time to listen to them at home, but you want to get some extra learning done by listening to the CDs while you drive.

You may know that when you read a book multiple times, you'll learn things that you missed the first time.  But reading a book multiple times from scratch can be time...

You have read time management and organizing books, you know what to do, you’ve even tried some of the solutions they offered and liked them, yet nothing seems to really work. What is going on? Why is it sometimes so hard to get and stay organized?

The clients who come to me for help are usually having trouble for one of two reasons:

1. Biology:

Yes, biology, or, more precisely, neuro-psychology, as in the way you brain is wired. While we are born equal, we also...