“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...

You are on the phone talking to a customer when your manager walks into your work area. He needs you to do something for him. Now the fun starts as you desperately start searching for a piece of paper to start scratching down notes. In my travels I am always amazed when I observe so many managers and employees still using paper scraps and sticky notes to write down important information.

I suspect the ‘hunting and pecking’ for something to write on is a common scene in...

Do you ever find it hard saying “no” to colleagues? Sometimes saying “yes” seems like the easier option, however by saying “yes” to extra work, you could be setting yourself up for added stress and possible failure. There are only so many hours in your day and you can only get so much work done. Saying “yes” when you mean “no” can be dangerous. Who would have thought that “yes”, that little three-letter word could...

Do you ever sit in traffic on the way to work listening to the radio, only to be bored by a over-the-top DJ rambling on about something stupid? Or maybe you find yourself staring out of the window of a train or bus wishing it would hurry up so that you can get to the million and one things you need to do today?

According to some interesting statistics that I was reading recently, the average worker spends at least an hour a day travelling to and from work, with some people...

Whether you’re the CEO of a multi-million dollar business, a manager of a large team, a supervisor or a hard working employee, chances are there’s someone in your working life who will try to load extra things onto you. These ‘extra tasks’ are often called the ‘monkey on our back’.

Even in your family or personal friendships you can probably think of people who are good at trying to throw monkeys onto your back!

Meet the monkey!

According to a report that I was reading recently, one in every three adults suffers from moderate to high levels of personal stress. With so much bad news in the papers and on television, uncertainty about the economy and the pressure of daily life, is it any wonder more of us are feeling stressed.

• Every year nearly something close to 50,000 Australians are admitted to hospital due to stress-related disorders.
• Stress requires more people to take time off work than...

I really hate to be the author of a negative type article, but after having read numerous books on the subject and reviewed lots of programs, the reality is that many of the programs out there are not only not effective, they are a negative on your productivity.  This means they actually make you less productive than doing nothing or what you were doing before.  Now, I am not going to name names and am not slamming anyone because there are systems that may fall into these...

How you use your time is very crucial. You could waste time unneccessarily or have tons of down time by working quickly.

You should look at these tips if you need some tips with time management. However, the truth is, that there are no cookie-cutter rules for managing your time. It is perfectly okay if your friends' strategies do not work for you.

When trying to perfect your time management skills think about these guidelines:

1.Shut your door and turn...

We've all heard it said that the hardest part about doing a project is starting it. Easy tasks have the ability to mushroom out of proportion if we don't take care of them in a timely manner. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and with that in mind, I've put together this list of five techniques to for beating procrastination and getting on with your life.

Keep Your Butt in the Chair

I once had a professor tell me that the key to having good study...

Time Management is Self Management

Take a look at the following questions about how you spend your time during an average week and answer them the best you can:

How many hours of sleep do I get?

How much time do I use eating?

How long do I need to get dressed?

How long does it take to get to work and back?

How long does it take to do the chores and keep the house going?

I don’t know about you, but for me that list comes in...