I believe everything happens for a reason, and 'if it was meant to be, it will be'. So when I returned home from Las Vegas, I picked up the "Happy Pockets" book by David Cameron. The page it opened to said this, "Keep your goals always beyond your comfort zone. If you achieve all of your goals and fail to create new bigger ones, you stop to grow. That can be dangerous, even though it may feel comfortable. Did you know that most people start getting the symptoms and...

Effective time management is something that many business professionals struggle with on a daily basis. This is no different for the work at home mother. In fact, it may be more difficult for a work at home mother then a business professional who works outside the home. Why? When working from home, mothers tend to get side tracked by the small things that need to be done around the house, running errands or making phone calls. However, with a little determination and effort, effective...

Imagine for a moment that Mr. Donald Trump came and told you that every day at midnight he was going to deposit $86,400.00.00 into your bank account.  That’s $31,536,000.00 in a year.  Now the money is all yours and you can spend it as you desire, but there is one catch (isn’t there always).  You must spend all of the money in the 24 hour period.  You cannot carry any over to the next day, everything must be spend; to the last penny.

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An extremely common source of stress on the job is largely self-inflicted: the chronic underestimation of how long a task will take.

Whether it’s a routine motion you have to draft, a “touch-base” meeting with a partner or staff member, a quick call with a client, or cleaning up your office, it often takes longer than you assumed (or you don’t accomplish all you had hoped in the time available). The result is the build-up of pressure as your day...

One thing that both the rich and the poor have in equal supply is time. We all have 24 hours a day but some of us make better use of the time we have than others. I like the phrase that states, "Time is money."

Have you ever stop to think why business owners are able make money . This is because they buy your time. They realize that they can only work 8 hours a day and hence to gain leverage they employ you. If you were to employ 10 people to work for you with each one...

Time management is basically about being focused. The Pareto Principle also known as the '80:20 Rule' states that 80% of efforts that are not time managed or unfocused generates only 20% of the desired output. However,  80% of the desired output can be generated using only 20% of a well time managed effort. Although  the ratio '80:20' is only arbitrary, it is used to put emphasis on how much is lost or how much can be gained with time management.

Some people view...

Rest is highly underrated in our lives. I am not talking about just sleep, although we know we don't get nearly enough of that either, I am talking about "not-doing". I have been running like mad all of this fall, traveling here and there, giving talks, working on projects - wonderful, productive meaningful work.

Finally this week I am simply sitting and realizing how tired I am. But mostly I am realizing how narrow my perspective gets when I become busy. One of the...

Fathers are the breadwinners of the family. We all know that. They work as hard as they can to be able to bring in money for the family. Most often than not, they are the ones children hardly see because they’re busy earning a living to support them. But how can fathers support and spend time with their families? How do they attain a family work life balance ?

First of all, you need to slow down. You do not need to get rich right away. By slowing down, you get to enjoy life...

Going through life each day we are forced to juggle many different tasks. Many times these tasks can pile up and before we know it, it is out of control. We feel overwhelmed, stressed, and fatigued, also known as chronic overwhelm. This can really damage your immune, hormonal, and nervous systems (Managing Overwhelm/ Time Pressure; Heartmath.org; 1/13/2010). This, in the end causes you to age faster and even be more at risk for disease (Managing Overwhelm/ Time Pressure). “With...

Since the majority of online entrepreneurs work alone on the internet their success is dependent upon their own personal productivity. Most people starting an online business normally have a small budget to work with so it is up to them to do it all. Therefore increasing productivity is critical for the majority of people when marketing on the internet.

Let's look at 5 different ways in which online entrepreneurs can save time and energy while increasing productivity.