Techniques and strategies to maximize your time using checklists and systems.
Happy Holidays! I know it’s not Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or Ramadan or . . . but we can celebrate Christmas in July, can’t we? In late November and early December, I am asked questions about how to handle the increased busy-ness at the upcoming holiday season in addition to already high stress levels. AND usually by early December . . . the "damage [...]
Does this sound familiar? "With my new full-time job and my daughter’s busy soccer schedule, I just don’t have any free time at all right now to work on creating better time management skills. Plus, we are getting ready to move so I have a lot going on. As soon as my schedule mellows out a bit, I'll be ready to start coaching and improving [...]
Does your email program have a default setting to check for new emails every 5 minutes? If so, you could be interrupted by email 96 times in the average work day. 96 times!!! Does this sound familiar? You start writing a training manual and the little mail icon slides across the bottom of your screen. You minimize the manual, jump over to your inbox, [...]
Let me tell you a story. (And if you can relate to this story please be sure to leave a comment below.) Once upon a time ... in a land far, far away (Florida) there lived a focused and diligent entrepreneur. He had been working with a brilliant time strategy visionary (hmmm wonder who that could be?! LOL!) and was becoming incredibly efficient and [...]
Many of my clients share with me that they underestimate the amount of time a task will take to complete. As a result, they are “off-schedule” by noon. I use the Rule of 3 and Rule of 1.5 Techniques when scheduling. This helps to ensure I have enough time to complete each task. The next time you’re faced with a busy day full of [...]
From a time management stand point I love checklists. When you use a checklist you've created a process, stepping stones that allow you to logically move from step A to step B. In addition, you help reduce the potential of overwhelm as you no longer need to try to remember everything involved in your project. [Tweet "Create a checklist - and use it!"] If [...]
This is my favorite time of year. SPRING! Not because the weather is changing (let's be honest - here in Northeast Ohio we will still get snow at least 2 more times this spring) but because Baseball Spring Training has started! I'm excited about the possibilities. The Cleveland Indians have a ton of talented younger players. The veterans are all poised to have injury-free, [...]
Today I'm going to continue my "time management is like a boat" analogy. First, you need to keep your head above water, then you can get into the boat. When you are feeling overwhelmed and out-of-control it is difficult to make long term decisions. Every thing feels immediate and urgent. However, once you are able to move past the overwhelm, then you can begin [...]
Goal Setting. Do you set goals? If you do, are they long term? Short term? A combination? At the beginning of each year I set goals. Sometimes, I also revisit these goals around my birthday in June. But, on a day-to-day strategic level, I don't necessarily put much focus on my "big goals". AND . . . until taking the Holistic Time Coaching class [...]
"Time Truth: Task management is about capturing your priorities, sorting them into a tool you trust, and tracking them until they are completed." - Julie Gray. Welcome to the next post in the "Teacher as Student Series" where I share my new awareness with you regarding my learning when I was a student in the Holistic Time Coaching class taught by Julie Gray and [...]
