I'm a HUGE fan of Cena Block and her Time and Space Style Inventory (TSSI). Anytime you can learn more about your personality, I think it's valuable information to have. You are able to make more informed decisions, anticipate potential obstacles, and overall live with a higher awareness. As a time strategy visionary, I found that to be able to gain these insights in [...]
Delegating effectively is a tricky concept! If you delegate in too much detail you run the risk of annoying the person you've delegated to AND spending more time than necessary. Yet, if you don't share enough detail you run the risk of the end product not being what you want. Recently a client (we'll call her Lexi) shared her delegating challenge with me during [...]
What happens when in a busy day your mind is so crammed with all your "to dos" that you feel like you're going to explode? When you try to find where the end of the thread is so you can start doing something, anything? And then when you start something, anything, only to drop it to deal with an emergency? We've all had this [...]
Imagine a typical work day. Do you move quickly from activity to activity, task to task, phone call to email to appointment? Or do you have plenty of time to complete each activity before starting the next? Odds are your day tends to look more like the former than the latter. In which case, as you start to relax in the evening, you probably [...]
Take a look at a social media post by any entrepreneur and you'll find frequent references to stress, exhaustion, confusion. The cause? Juggling!! No, not balls or bowling pins - but tasks and time and family and business and needs and... and... As a Time Strategy Visionary, I've been privileged to work with many jugglers, some more successful than others. Take Amanda for example. [...]
You are unique - your time management system should be also! But . . . how do you know WHAT STRATEGIES will work for you? You need to understand your preferences! So, what are those preferences? Cena Block, a productivity expert and business coach, has developed a tool to guide you in determining how you like to manage your time and space. The Time [...]
I had the pleasure last fall of appearing on David Ralph’s Join Up Dots radio show, and recently got some great feedback from him on progress he’s made toward delegating. Truly, he took one tiny piece of one tiny conversation and created HUGE results for his life and his business. I encourage you to listen to the entire clip. (It's only 10 minutes!!) [su_youtube [...]
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 [...]
Time management is a journey - not a destination. Becoming more efficient and effective is a goal, a mission, a vision - not a stopping point. Excelling in the area of time management means something different for each of us. I'm curious ... where are you in your time management journey? [su_youtube url="http://youtu.be/fZeEkDmQy4k" width="360" height="280"] As I work with clients - I find they [...]
