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Time Management Articles:
Bringing you up to speed.
27 years ago, I wrote the following article titled, “Don’t become obsessed with speed: save some time for the things you enjoy.” I thought I would reproduce it here in its entirety, complete with its outdated references to such things as speedy memos and videos. We...
Writing things down improves your memory
An old proverb claims, “The shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory.” And those of us still using paper planners can rest assured we are making the right decision, according to information contained on an article in the October 11, 2017 issue of Fast...
How to overcome writer’s block
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...
Creativity and organization are not incompatible.
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...
Creativity is all in your mind
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...
A time to be messy
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...
The importance of punctuality
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...
Develop a positive attitude
We can grow old physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually or we can simply continue to mature in all of these areas until the day we die. Yes, sorry about that – we will all die someday regardless. But don't make this your goal. Don't make death your...
Ways to conserve your personal energy
In previous blog articles I discussed energy sources and activities that deplete your personal energy. In this article I suggest how you might conserve your energy. Much of the information is summarized from my eBook, Manage your personal energy, published by...