If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or email updates. —> Thanks for visiting!The other day, someone was telling me how busy she has been and all that she has been doing. Her list of activities certainly made it sound as though she is busy, but she doesn’t […]

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Think you can not get anything done in just 15 minutes? In fact, some of my most productive work is done in 15-minute blasts. Although I use 15 minutes as a standard, you may do some of your projects in 10, 20 or 30 minutes, depending on the time you have available or your maximum […]

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You may know that one of the benefits of working at Google is “20% time.” Google allows their engineers to spend 20% of their time working on projects that are not necessarily part of their normal jobs, but are things they are passionate about.
This is a perk for employees, but the company gets a great […]

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Do you have a to-do list crammed with dozens of things you “must” do? How many of them will you get done today?
To-do lists are great. I use them all the time because they help me to remember what I need to do and keep me focused on my goals. It is also quite satisfying […]

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The telephone can be a big time waster. It interrupts you by ringing while you are trying to concentrate on something. You plan to quickly return a call, and twenty minutes later you are still on the phone. You get caught in a phone-tag loop, exchanging messages but never connecting with the person you need […]

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Can you point to specific things you accomplished today? Without goals and a plan, the day can simply drift by. You find yourself at the end of the day feeling as though you were busy and worked hard all day, but unable to name a specific accomplishment.
You can put an end to those lost days […]

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