by Harold Taylor | Jun 20, 2018 | General Time Management
What about writer’s block that you hear so much about? Well if you know what you have to say, you won’t have writer’s block. Some writers spend more time staring at a blank computer screen than they spend writing. Others may freeze after a paragraph or two. What...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 13, 2018 | Creativity, General Time Management
In case you haven’t read my last couple of blog posts, I have been discussing how some books, articles and other literature have been claiming that messiness aids creativity, while others claim the opposite. Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, authors of YOU: On a Diet, claim...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 6, 2018 | Creativity, General Time Management
Most of the articles associating a messy environment with creativity (mentioned in my last blog article) referred to the ping-pong study where participants were asked to write down as many uses as possible for ping-pong balls in a given time frame. Those participants...
by Harold Taylor | May 30, 2018 | Creativity, General Time Management
Many years ago a TV personality from Montréal, Canada, interviewed me during a National Association of Professional Organizers conference in the U.S. It was for a TV special he was doing on messiness. Naturally, considering what I do and what I preach, I explained the...
by Harold Taylor | May 24, 2018 | General Time Management
I read an article recently that claimed that people who are late are more successful, and live longer. Don’t believe it. Chronic lateness is stressful, unacceptable in business, and can be detrimental to your success – and even your job. Most people don’t want to be...
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