One of the important skills you need for time management is goal setting. Without that ability, you’ll have a much harder time taking the steps necessary to get your day organized and to complete your tasks in an orderly fashion. Below are some examples of how goal setting and time management are connected.

The Building Block Method

One of the best examples of the connection between goal setting and time management is the most effective way to accomplish...

You like most people in this world feel like there is never enough time to accomplish all that needs to be done in a day.  With work, family, school, housework and a myriad of appointments and errands to run it is no wonder you feel overwhelmed with trying to accomplish all that needs to be done.  By following some simple time management techniques you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to accomplish all you need to in one day.

Stop Wasting Time

All of us have asked the question at one point or another, "Where did the time go?" Frequently we find ourselves asking this question when we are doing something enjoyable, even more frequently we ask this question when we are scrambling to meet a looming deadline for some project. Time management is a slippery topic to discuss, because there are so many ways from which you can approach it. My purpose in writing about it is to share with you one simple thought; when you have...

JOHN DI LEMME on *Be very careful of how you invest your Time!*

*The Year 1906*

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!) The year is 1906 -

One hundred and three years ago. What a difference a century makes!

Here are some of the U.S.A. statistics for the Year 1906:

The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

A three-minute...

Time is money, and money is the Law of Attraction!

Time management is one of those very important factors in success. Everyone knows about it, but don’t think about it.

Time management is very important in people lives. If you know how to manage your time you can do so much more. You would have time for work, family, kids, parents. However you schedule it, that’s how it’s going to be.

The more control you have over your time, the more successful you...

So one day, not too long ago, I wanted to make some jewelry and went to get beads out of my bead container.  It was then that I recognized what I had was absolute insanity!

Granted, it had started out organized.  I had all the metal pieces (findings, metals spacers, wire, etc.) in one container.  Mostly seed beads and smaller items were another.  Everything else, however, was crammed into yet another Tupperware box.

Have you ever come to that point, where...

There are days when we just feel scattered and don’t know where to start with all the tasks and things we need to do. Do you ever think “the faster I go the further behind I get”? I think we all have days like this.  Let’s put first things first which means let’s prioritize what we need to do and what we want to do. Prioritizing is all about making choices.

As a professional organizer I work with people helping them to reduce clutter in their...

Are you a sucker for organizing gizmos? They are more than just gizmos or gadgets; they save us time and money and actually help us in clearing clutter.  Here are 8 ideas to whet your appetite.

1. Do you use a purse and have joked that you have everything in it but the kitchen sink yet you can’t find anything without dumping it all out on the counter or the floor? I have a friend whose husband always teases her that she has everything but the kitchen sink in her purse...

I was talking with a friend who is in the middle of a divorce, who has a lot of free time in the evenings, and it is driving him nuts!  In today’s society many people are buried in ‘busy’ and are looking for a moment just to themselves.  This guy doesn’t know what to do with himself.   We talked about how other folks would envy his freedom as they have little or no personal free time. Time has become a huge resource for us and is almost more...

“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste time.”
Henry Ford

Managing your time, finding balance, and living a complete and joyous life in this day and age almost feels like an oxymoron.  Today, more than ever before, we run from one task to another, often times combining tasks just to keep up.  If you are running your own business, then the day-to-day tasks are difficult to manage and even more difficult to...