Posts Tagged ‘time management’
Me, I’ve found something to brand!
Me, a Certified Professional Organizer who’s reluctant to give most clients a business card! I’ve found something to brand, something I’d pass out like pens at a bank. I’ve come to a standstill trying to teach a certain person, who shall remain nameless, about calendars. And many of my clients dislike calendars – “too…
Read MoreLate to the Party
I’m seldom late to a party, unless traffic or the weather conspire against me. But I’m currently butting heads with a certain someone who will go unnamed who is likely to start running late to parties, work, passport appointments and all sorts of other “That’s gonna hurt, real world” commitments sooner than later. And I…
Read MoreGetting Things Done: the art of stress-free productivity
Getting Things Done: the art of stress-free productivity David Allen’s system is incredibly simple. But it is also powerful and takes discipline. He makes a very persuasive argument for his technique, which pared down to its absolute essentials is: “WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN AND DATE THE NOTES!!!” Which, did I mention, takes discipline? And practice. What…
Read MoreThe Myth of Multitasking by Dave Crenshaw
I think ANYONE could read The Myth of Multitasking by Dave Crenshaw in about 30 minutes if s/he didn’t switchtask while doing it. You expected me to say “multitask,” din ya? Crenshaw explains that people don’t multitask, juggle more than one chore at a time: they switchtask, shifting their attention from action to action to…
Read MoreAn Oasis in Time by Marilyn Paul, Ph.D.
An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest can Save Your Life, like It’s Hard to Make a Difference When You Can’t Find Your Keys is a gentle, good-natured look at human tendencies. But the books couldn’t otherwise be more different. It’s Hard focuses on STUFF, anything from the paperwork for paying the bills to…
Read MoreAs simple as your CBAs – procrastination
Someday I will take boundless joy in paying someone who likes to clean houses to clean my house. Win – win – win. Toss in a couple more wins for good measure, we’ll call it a Baker’s Dozen. Until I win the Safeway Monopoly millions or the book I’m gonna write becomes a best-seller, I…
Read MoreGetting Organized in the Era of Endless by Judith Kolberg
When I read Judith Kolberg’s Getting Organized in the Era of Endless, I didn’t feel I’d learned much in the way of new techniques, new ideas, about time, information or stuff management. EXCEPT… Ms. Kolberg presents a framework of time and stuff overwhelm and conflicts, and protections against falling into the traps, in an exciting…
Read MoreThe Tao of Time Diana Hunt & Pam Hait 1991 Redux
I reviewed The Tao of Time in an earlier post. I’ve been using the concepts in an entirely unapproved fashion – no affirmations, no visualizations, no consistency. Bad Organizer, bad. I’ll probably never mutter a mantra or see fluffy clouds, because I excruciatingly dislike both methods of relaxing. Haven’t even pretended to pick up a…
Read MorePesto out of Postponement
Pesto out of postponement. Take a last-minute client cancellation and: (1) finish improving data in QuickBooks; (2) finish scrubbing old information from my phone list; (3) continue following-up on Monday’s GSBA Matchmaker conference MUCH sooner than otherwise and (4) experiment with pistachio pesto several days ahead of schedule. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pistachio pesto was a success,…
Read MoreSneaky Santa
Like shopping, especially around the holidays? Maybe ought not to shop – get just a little too enthusiastic? You know what I mean: no idea where the trinket will go on the tree, five oh-so-cute miniature Santa hats for the dog instead of one, $100 out of pocket instead of $10…When you find yourself in…
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