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Adult coloring books: stress relievers or waste of time?
In the United States in 2016, adult coloring book sales topped $14 million compared to $10 million in 2015. Recently, sales have slowed down, possibly because the books have reached the saturation point. But that's a lot of people who still believe the books are...
Time management training: communicating your worldview.
“Worldview” is a term that Seth Godin uses in his book, “All marketers tell stories,” to refer to a consumer's rules, values, beliefs and biases. Something is true in the mind of an individual because the person believes it's true. That is the basis of a placebo. It...
The Pareto Principle in Action
The Pareto Principle, named after an Italian economist-sociologist, Alfredo Pareto, states that the significant items in a given group normally constitute a relatively small portion of the total items in the group. The ratio that holds true in most cases is 80:20. For...
The greatest time management strategy is to live longer.
I suppose whenever I pass another birthday (83 this month), my thoughts return to thoughts of loving life. The good news, according to statistics, is that we’re living longer. The bad news is that our bodies frequently outlast our minds. Dementia is on the increase....
Ten time management myths: Part 2.
Myth #6. The biggest time wasters are interruptions, which include email, meetings and rush jobs. I call that a myth because none of those are really time wasters – not if you follow my definition of a time waster, which is an activity, within our control, that does...
Ten time management myths: Part 1.
Myth # 1. We can manage time. The biggest myth is that we can manage time. We cannot influence time one iota. Time is managed perfectly by itself. We can only manage ourselves in the time we have available. We are given 1440 minutes each day to use as we please. We...
A new broom sweeps clean
Getting rid of the clutter. The logical place to start when you decide to limit the stuff in your home is at the source – shopping. If you have a broken water pipe, you don't start by mopping the floor, you turn off the water. You can resist those needless trips to...
Organize your home and office
Organization aids peace of mind, creativity, and attention as well as time effectiveness. Disorganization, on the other hand, causes stress, fractured thinking and wasted time. It could even contribute to obesity. For example, a Psychology Today article posted on May...
Dive into the day. A good start leads to greater productivity.
Some people go swimming an inch at a time. They stick a toe into the water and shocked by the temperature, commence to first immerse a foot then a leg, and gradually the torso. It's an agonizing process. Each step into deeper water brings another cold shock to the...