by Harold Taylor | Jul 18, 2022 | General Time Management
You have probably heard this many times before. The brain cannot multitask; it operates sequentially and can only focus its attention on one thing at a time. You may think you are doing two things at the same time, such as reading this article while listening to a...
by Harold Taylor | Jul 4, 2022 | General Time Management
Thanks in part to Atul Gawande’s book, “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right,” the checklist is making a comeback. Like David and Goliath, the lowly checklist has come forward to challenge the troublesome side of technology. The troublesome side of...
by Harold Taylor | May 16, 2022 | General Time Management
When you have repetitive commitments, and most people do, there is an excellent opportunity to not only keep up with your work, but to get ahead of it. Do you have monthly reports to prepare? Weekly meetings to attend? Articles to write? Books to read? List all...
by Harold Taylor | Apr 25, 2022 | General Time Management
A Time Management Article by Harold Taylor In my last blog article, I mentioned our low attention span, and our innate tendency to interrupt ourselves to accept interruptions from others. We are hardwired to protect ourselves, and any potential interruptions could be...
by Harold Taylor | Apr 11, 2022 | General Time Management, Uncategorized
A Time Management Article by Harold Taylor Back in the year 2000, Microsoft Canada reported an average attention span of 12 seconds for humans. This decreased to 8 seconds by 2013, probably influenced by the digital age of speed. Microsoft Canada also noted that the...
by Harold Taylor | Feb 23, 2022 | General Time Management
A Time Management Article by Harold Taylor Over 30 years ago, I had a bad habit of tossing my car keys on the kitchen table when I came home at night. Invariably I wasted time searching for my keys in the morning since they seldom stayed on the table. To solve my...
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