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Time Management Articles:
The battle for your brain.
Marketers, for one, are great fans of brain research, and books like Why We Buy, by Paco Underhill, Buy-ology by Martin Lindstrom, and How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer give plenty of examples of how this knowledge is applied to increase sales. Expensive wine tastes...
Technological distraction
Oliver Berkeman, in his 2023 book, “Four Thousand Weeks,” says that surveys reliably show that “We feel more pressed for time than ever before.” He even mentions that a Dutch team suggested back in 2013 that busyness might be understated since many people are too busy...
Is your way of working really working?
In the book called The Power of When, author Michael Breus sheds new light on when to schedule our writing projects. We know that prime time is the time that we are at our peak energy level and alertness. Most of us believe that we should schedule our priority...
Rejections are the battle scars of writers.
I think I would have been more successful in my writing career if I hadn’t had the grandiose idea of submitting material to the top paying publications such as Reader’s Digest, Saturday Evening Post, and Chatelaine. Few things are more de-motivational than rejection....
Keep your writing short, simple, and understandable
This article is a follow up to the last blog article titled “Keep your communication clear and concise.” It offers more examples of brevity in writing by eliminating needless words. Take the example of someone setting a “new record” in pole sitting. I have never heard...
Keep your communication clear and concise.
It’s the message in your email, the story in your novel, and the information in your article or nonfiction book that is important to the reader. So, make them as clear and concise as possible. One way of doing this is to avoid converting verbs into nouns. Free the...
Apply subtractive sculpting to your work and life.
Michelangelo was a subtractive sculptor. He used a mallet and chisels and other tools to free a figure he visualized in a block of marble. It is the oldest form of sculpture, and many artists can visualize the finished piece of art in that block of granite or wood,...
Do you want to become a published writer?
I evolved as a time management speaker and trainer by keeping up to date with current knowledge as it relates to the use of time. By trying out different ways of working, and adapting what works best for me, I've also been able to evolve in my writing as well. I write...
The challenge of technology
I ended my last blog article with a joke that illustrated the challenges of texting to maintain clear communications. It was from an article by Diana Windingland, author of Small Talk, Big Results. Windingland expressed a concern for teens and young adults who may be...