by Harold Taylor | Jul 25, 2014 | Executive Function Skills
Executive skills are critical in today’s world because life is getting more and more complicated with increasing numbers of choices and decisions to make and less time in which to make them. The ability to set goals, plan and prioritize, and stay on course is...
by Harold Taylor | Jul 18, 2014 | Executive Function Skills
How can we strengthen our executive skills? Sometimes referred to as” habits of the mind”, a person’s “executive skills” are those brain-based skills required to execute tasks – that is, getting organized, planning, initiating work, staying on task, controlling...
by Harold Taylor | Jul 10, 2014 | Executive Function Skills, Technology
We are ill-equipped to deal with the onslaught of interruptions introduced by technology. Our brain’s natural inclination is to react to them. We coped with this in the old days by isolating ourselves from interruptions by closing our office door, having our...
by Harold Taylor | Jul 2, 2014 | Executive Function Skills, Technology
The Medium is the Message One thought stands out from the writings of Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s –“The medium is the message.” Step ahead 50 years and that statement now seems prophetic. The medium is the electronic technology such as e-mail, and as we remain...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 19, 2014 | Holistic Time Management, Technology
The Best Things in Life are Free from Technology: A case for holistic time management. A heading of an article in the May 17, 2012 issue of the Toronto Star caught my attention – “Outsourcing Life.” It’s true. We’re outsourcing all the...
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