by Harold Taylor | Jun 14, 2021 | General Time Management
In one of my earlier blog articles I mentioned my love of books and my tendency to hang onto them. I have been criticized more than once for citing time management reference books that were over ten years old – as though ideas had a “Best before” date. Let me remind...
by Harold Taylor | May 31, 2021 | General Time Management
There are several laws that collectively provide effective guidelines for those who wish to maximize their use of time. Here are a few of the more important ones; along with brief explanations of how they can impact the way you manage time. Parkinson’s Law: “Work...
by Harold Taylor | May 10, 2021 | General Time Management
Enterprise-Rent-A-Car several years ago surveyed 1000 Americans and found that 70% worked at least one weekend a month, with 63% saying that their employer expected them to put in time on Saturday or Sunday. And if they were not physically present in the office, 74%...
by Harold Taylor | May 3, 2021 | General Time Management
Traveling on business used to give us an opportunity to get caught up on our work. In my first book, Making Time Work for You, published in 1981 by General Publishing in Canada and Beaufort in the United States, (and out of print long ago) I had a chapter titled “Make...
by Harold Taylor | Apr 26, 2021 | General Time Management, Uncategorized
The expression, “burning the candle at both ends,” was first coined in the 18th century. At that time, “both ends” was a reference to both ends of the candle. Candles were both useful and expensive in those days, and lighting both ends at once, would be a...
by Harold Taylor | Apr 19, 2021 | General Time Management
When we have a lot of things to do and we start to get behind in our work, we tend to speed up. This could backfire since the faster we go, the more we focus on how much we are getting done and less on what it is we are doing. It goes well if we are always doing the...
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