by Harold Taylor | Mar 19, 2024 | General Time Management, Uncategorized
The Zeigarnik Effect can work against you when you leave a task unfinished, such as working on other projects while there is email waiting to be reviewed. This effect was first observed with servers in restaurants. They seemed to remember everything that each guest...
by Harold Taylor | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
You can modify your personality. I indicated that in the previous blog article, and mentioned the comments of neurologists and others in an earlier blog article titled, “Are you a highly sensitive person?” The personality or character of leaders can help produce a...
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 | 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 | Mar 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
In last week’s article, I provided a dictionary definition of patience as “the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.” But more accurately, I should have just said that patience is the opposite of...
by Harold Taylor | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Book The Proactive Manager, my latest e-Book, published this year by Bookboon, expands on my 2020 introductory book, How to Become a Proactive Person, and with the aid of more recent research, introduces you to our innate proactive brain and how you can enhance...
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