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The 'See Do' Time Management System

February 4, 2012 by Jim Estill with 77 views

Lately I have been using a slightly different time management technique which I call the "See Do" method. As the word implies, I see it and I do it.This method works great for keeping things clean and tidy. See a spot, wipe it. See something out of place, put it away.In email. I get an email and deal with it. Previously I had often... [read more]

Three Tiny Habits...

January 9, 2012 by Jim Ewel with 110 views

A tiny habit is once per day, for less than 30 seconds. How to change your business with three of them. [read more]

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Scheduling Social Media Time

August 4, 2010 by Barbara Weltman with 1,605 views

According to the Nielsen Co., the time spent on social media sites increased this past year by 43%. Many are now spending more time tweeting than e-mailing. What does this mean for a business owner with a calendar packed with things to do each day? [read more]

Managing Your Time in a 26-Hour Day

April 28, 2010 by Barbara Weltman with 354 views

It was reported that small business owners worked on average 52 hours a week. This report came out in 2005; it predates social media and other changes that can demand even more time by owners.  New time demands In 2005, when the 52-hour week was clocked, handling email was considered to be a demanding chore for many owners. Today... [read more]

Maximize business execution and your personal productivity

April 11, 2010 by StephenLynch with 96 views

How do you achieve business success whilst making quality time for your personal life?  The higher you climb; it seems the greater the sacrifices you need to make.  Many high achievers burn themselves out thinking they have to get everything done.   People are busier these days, but not necessarily more productive.... [read more]

Why Time Management

February 17, 2010 by Jim Estill with 462 views

I’m always perplexed when I hear someone say they are not interested in Time Management. The reasons they cite usually has to do with the fact that they don’t want to work that hard and are more interest in having fun, relaxing, or having leisure. If this is truly the case, then they’ve missed the whole point in Time Management. Many... [read more]

Motivation and Ways to Wake Up Early

January 29, 2010 by Jim Estill with 841 views

One of my readers sent me the following email in response to my 6 Reasons to Wake up Early article: Feeling the annual winter-lack-of-motivation-I-don't-want-to-get-up blues... Why do I want to get up early? Because by the end of the work day I'm exhausted, and have no interest in doing anything except lying on the couch and... [read more]

The Other 8 Hours

January 20, 2010 by Jim Estill with 278 views

I read a great book by Robert Pagliarini - The Other 8 Hours - Maximize Your Free Time to Create New Wealth & Purpose. When I first heard of the book I thought. Oh no, now a time management system that figures out what to do instead of sleep - which for me would be the other 8 hours (well actually, I would rarely sleep that long... [read more]

Five Good Tips For Busy People

November 16, 2009 by Steve Roesler with 225 views

"Unless you are an hourly worker in America, boundaries between work and leisure are dead. Work bleeds into life, and life bleeds into work. People have the smart phone, aka the “digital leash.” Work will never be the same. It’s already gone." --Kris Dunn, VP of People, DAXKO (The Blurring Line Between Work and Life)Kris and the group... [read more]

How to make time for social media: Twitter

October 31, 2009 by Drew McLellan with 573 views

As I cross the country talking about social media, whether it's with clients one-on-one or with conference attendees from a stage -- the "I don't have time" mantra is a common response to the conversation.   I'm with you. I get the time crunch thing. I'm caught between that same rock and hard place. But... I have figured out... [read more]

Time Management is Mostly About Energy Management

October 14, 2009 by Jim Estill with 274 views

Time Management is more about energy management than just how time is spent. If we increase our energy, we increase our productivity. So one of the things I work on is increasing my energy.I am a big advocate of time tracking to determine high and low energy times. One of my readers sent me an email saying he was having problems with... [read more]

I've Deleted All My Alerts And Replaced Them With Filtrbox

August 7, 2008 by Brad Feld with 60 views

I have been looking forward to this day for a while.  I've always been obsessed with following any news or blog mentions of any of the companies I'm an investor and the people I work with.  For the past few years I've satisfied my obsession with an extensive set of Google Alerts (via email), Yahoo Alerts (via email) and... [read more]

Is Time The Driving Factor?

May 12, 2008 by Jay Deragon with 76 views

With so many demands vying for our time and attention, sometimes even a simple, uninterrupted phone call seems to be a stretch of the imagination. Cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), instant messaging, pagers, faxes, emails and the list goes, on all contribute to information availability and overload. In Western society, we... [read more]

Email Overload (Software Code Give-o-way)

April 27, 2008 by x x with 98 views

People are overloaded and completely innundated with email. I’m one of those people and I’m getting to the point where I’m seeking out solutions to the madness. One of the things, I’m trying, is a new product called Email Center Pro, from the good folks at Palo Alto Software. They say it’s supposed to be great for companies that have... [read more]

Rolling up your hoses when you're not fighting fires

April 27, 2008 by Kelly Forrister with 96 views

We were in a staff meeting the other day discussing some of the finer points of David Allen's 3-Fold nature of work. Part of the Doing phase, the 3-Fold nature describes how you spend your time: Doing Pre-defined Work (choosing from what's already processed and organized on your lists and calendar)Doing Work as it Appears (responding to... [read more]

Smartbrief and Information Overload

April 17, 2008 by Steve King with 116 views

Information overload is felt by us all.  Simply put, there is too much information and too little time.  In response to this problem, a wide range of companies are providing information searching, filtering and sorting services to help people find relevant information.  Smart Brief is one such example.  According to... [read more]

Easy interruptions to eliminate

April 14, 2008 by Kelly Forrister with 104 views

While you can't necessarily stop your colleagues from interrupting you, you can tell your tools not to. Start with email notifiers. It's nearly impossible for people to not notice email notifiers when they appear on your screen or make a sound. I created a 30 second video demo to show you how to turn off email notifiers in Outlook,... [read more]

Dealing with interruptions

April 5, 2008 by Kelly Forrister with 33 views

Interruptions are a fact of life in every job and in every company. It's one of the most common things people tell me drags on their productivity. Formany of us, our jobs require us to handle work as it appears, so the only choice really becomes to get better at managing the interruptions. I received a letter from someone recently... [read more]

Take Time Out of Time Management for Business Success

January 29, 2008 by Lisa Haneberg with 66 views

Here is a guest post from Susan Reid, author of Discovering Your inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey to Business Success. I like Susan's point about the importance of how we treat time (and the pitfalls of falling into a time management mindset). Susan is doing a virtual book tour on several blogs - you can see the... [read more]

Balancing proactive vs. reactive

January 15, 2008 by Kelly Forrister with 39 views

Someone recently asked me, "How do you manage your day so that you are proactive versus reactive? I assume you have lots of people/projects pulling for your time – how do you stay focused?" Here was my response:There's always a blend of proactive versus reactive in everyone's day. The best mix of those will be different for everyone,... [read more]

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