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Work on the most important, most difficult tasks first.
People tend to work on the easiest tasks first and leave the more difficult tasks until later in the day. If the easiest tasks are also the most important, that is not as bad, but still not the best idea if there are important, difficult tasks to do. Despite the...
Getting the right things done
I was reminded by the titles of many time management books on my shelves that some people may get the impression that “getting things done” is what life is all about. The titles on the covers are deceiving, even though the...
Checklists are tools for proactive managers
Proactive means “acting beforehand.” By taking note of the past and acting in the present, proactive people assure themselves that things will go smoothly in the future. Proactive people are not only excellent time managers, but effective leaders, because they are...
Importance and urgency vary with the situation.
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...
To get organized and manage your time, start with your attitude.
David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work, says that one of the most common concerns he hears from organizations is that the more technical their people are, the worse their social skills seem to be. And a 2018 Labor Day survey indicated that 49% of Americans are...
Don’t criticize meetings, change them.
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...
Packrats lose time, space, and money
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...
Shop less, toss more.
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...
Hang onto your memories.
In my last four blogs I have emphasized the importance of being proactive in the prevention of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The reason is threefold. First, the incidence of dementia is increasing to the extent that one in three people will die of...
Exercise your body and your brain.
Last month I started a series on being proactive when it comes to your health. Where proactivity is most important is in the maintenance of brain health. Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia can get its foothold in your brain 20 or 30 years before you have any...
Sleep: the medicine with healthy side effects.
Three weeks ago, after the publication of my e-Book, How to Become a Proactive Person, was published by Bookboon, I decided to write a few blog articles on proactivity as applied to Alzheimer’s disease. The reason for this is that there is no known cure for...
Keep in constant contact with others.
Last week I started a series on being proactive when it comes to Alzheimer's disease. It might seem strange in a business blog to be discussing a disease that most people attribute to seniors. But my latest e-book, published by Bookboon, How to Become a Proactive...