If you're not sure where all your time disappears, keep a log of your time for a week or so. Make a note of everything you do through your normal working day.

Include work and personal time; from when you wake up, how long you take for meals (too much, too little?) until you go to bed. There is no right or wrong answers, at this stage you're just getting an idea of where your time goes.

Now, answer the...

One of the best ways to get on your way to overcoming procrastination is to de-clutter your working environment.

For a procrastinator, being surrounded by clutter just means more possible distractions. And more distractions mean a reduced ability to focus on getting the task in hand done from start to finish in the least amount of time.

So, if there are papers, notes or stationary on your desk then get them out of sight.

You've heard the saying out of...

Many of us feel frustrated in front of a white sheet of paper or the modern version of it, a blank screen, when faced with some writing assignment.

Usually people prefer to start from a certain point and customize their docs further rather than develop entirely new piece of work. One way to overcome frustration and more important to save your valuable minutes is by using templates. Using them does not mean that you cannot do better on your own; it only helps you check your...

The biggest barrier to productivity is not a lack of time like most think. When you dig deep down to the core of the problem, a lack of productivity comes from a lack of integrity. Most people will say one thing and then do another. When you’re not integral to your word you create more work for yourself and that leads to a lack of productivity.

Here’s one way to look at it. Let’s say I ask you out for dinner. I phone up and say, “hey, would you be...

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...

You may be a goal oriented person, but that does not necessarily mean that you have the time management strategies that are required in order to achieve those goals. Do you feel like you could use some assistance in developing better time management? While everyone may not be inherently good at managing their own time, there is no reason why you cannot teach yourself to manage your day better by employing the right strategies for efficient and effective time management. These three...

I remember when computers were becoming really popular and we all thought they would take care of our paper work pile ups. A man working next to me said he thought they would create more paperwork nightmares. From my observations this has become true.

I have 9 tips on how to declutter paper in our homes and offices:

1. Create a filing system that works for you. I use Freedom Filer that is based on placing everything in color coded categories.  The first step is to...

Time management at work is an essential skill to master if you want to become more efficient and experience less stress in the workplace. Being able to apply good time management at work can help you achieve more in a day.

Organizing your daily schedule can also help in giving you more control over the use of your time and energy in doing the different tasks. This will help to lessen the stress brought about by meeting deadlines and the pile-up of different tasks that still...

If you are a wife and a mother then it becomes important for you to lift up necessary responsibilities. But it doesn’t mean that you are unable to give your proper time to your children as well as husband. You have to arrange your time in a way that your family won’t get depressed. The first thing you have to do is to set your routine. When you get up early in the morning for the purpose of sending your children to school, you should take some rest after sending them before...

If you are a wife and a mother then it becomes important for you to lift up necessary responsibilities. But it doesn’t mean that you are unable to give your proper time to your children as well as husband. You have to arrange your time in a way that your family won’t get depressed. The first thing you have to do is to set your routine. When you get up early in the morning for the purpose of sending your children to school, you should take some rest after sending them before...