by Harold Taylor | Dec 21, 2020 | General Time Management, Uncategorized
We are oversimplifying when we say that important tasks are those that relate directly to our goals or they are tasks or activities with innate value. In most cases it may be true. But importance depends to a great degree on the situation at the time. Importance is...
by Harold Taylor | Dec 7, 2020 | General Time Management, Meetings
Tuesday is the best day for meetings, according to survey after survey. Of course, Tuesday wins by default since Monday is deemed the worst possible day for meetings, according to the same surveys, the reason being that Monday it is the most productive day of the...
by Harold Taylor | Nov 30, 2020 | General Time Management
A survey on living spaces conducted by the magazine Mindful, and published in the June 2016 issue, asked people where they put things that they had not used in three years. Here are the results: 55% donate it to charity. 22% let it petrify at the bottom of a closet...
by Harold Taylor | Nov 23, 2020 | General Time Management
The logical place to start when you decide to limit the stuff in your home or office is at the source – shopping. If you have a broken water pipe, you do not start by mopping the floor, you turn off the water. In the same way, if you can resist those needless trips to...
by Harold Taylor | Oct 13, 2020 | General Time Management
I recommend that people find their high energy time in the morning and start working on their top priority for about 90 minutes. Then take a break of about 15 or 20 minutes before starting the priority task. Following the second 90-minute work session there should be...
by Harold Taylor | Oct 5, 2020 | General Time Management
Procrastination is the continual, deliberate postponement of tasks that are best done now. It is putting off what you want most in favor of what you want at the moment. Deciding to complete a task at a future date is not procrastinating; it is planning. And...
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