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Time Management Blogwatch – December 30, 2008

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Time Management Blogwatch – December 2008

For what it’s worth, we cobbled together the best of the time management blog posts and articles from this past month of procrastination fascination.

Lest you think we’re kidding about the drivel that fills the time management blogs, imagine reading the thousands of posts we rejected including one that detailed how business travelers should stay on the lower floors of hotels to save time in the elevators.

There are no words to describe just how stupid you have to be to follow advice like that.




Time management
Time management. From childhood to till now I always think about 24 hours utilization. The ’80:20 Rule’. This says that typically 80% of unfocussed effort generates only 20% of results. This means that the remaining 80% of results are …

time management and what can’t be managed
We had a talk on Sunday at church about using our time more wisely. Most of the time I was telling myself–this isn’t for you, this isn’t for you. Because I am one of those people who is obsessive about making sure I get the most out of …

Drucker on Time As a Resource
There is without doubt an issue of time management going on here – that the Drucker quote below might shed some light on. However I think that what they really believe, perhaps sub-consciously, is,. “Mike, we are in a routine here. …

The Illusion of Multitasking
Posted in Entrepreneurship, My Future in Focus, Personal Development, Time Management Tagged: Blackberry, brain, business coaching, cognition, cognitive behavior, decision making, focus, focus management, Franklin Covey, life, …

Learning Time Management is Like Learning a Language
Because time management is built on a collection of personal habits, changing them is entirely up the individual’s willingness, and requires continuous practice to turn a new technique into a habit that can stick. …

QuickTalks: Dan Ariely: Time Management: The Root Cause of …
The temptations of the present overwhelm the good intention of the future.

Stress Management Techniques
A good time management course can do a great deal to help with all of these. Learning to focus on one thing at a time, setting times when you can be interrupted and times when you cannot, having regular breaks and a definite end to your …

Sir, you don’t need more time
Time management is a popular topic well chronicled in leadership and sociological discourse. Yet, despite the large amount of ink it gets, many leaders still get stung by the time bug while ploughing through their leadership functions. …

Top Management Tips: How To Cut Business Costs With Employee Time …
Having easy access to time management history allows your company to guesstimate (with accuracy) the man hours of a particular project, what that project will cost in labor and resources, the cost effectiveness of pricing, …

Choosing a Time Management Plan Thats Right for you
The types of time management techniques often employed today are wide ranging and varied in both their approach and tools used. Most business people have graduated from traditional desk top calendars and wrist watches to some type of …

Time Management for Freelancers: My Wired Article — Nerdist
This piece chronicles 6 weeks of my life trying to implement time management programs as a freelancer. It was super fun to write and I ACTUALLY LEARNED STUFF IN THE PROCESS. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. If you have a need for instant …

EVERGREEN: Time Management-Manage yourself, not your time
Unfortunately the term “Time management” creates a false impression of what a person is able to do. Time can’t be managed, time is uncontrollable we can only manage ourselves and our use of time. Time management is actually …

Sharpening The Saw – Habit Seven of the Seven Habits – We Take it …
That’s why Covey’s book is Number One on our list, and that’s why we were absent from the world of Leadership Development blogging for the past month. We were sharpening the saw. With our saws now razor sharp, …

Thinking of improving your time management skills for your 2009 New Year’s Resolution? Do yourself a favor and don’t read the blogs, read a book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey.

Save Your Money: It’s Time to Stop Trying to Improve Time Management

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Time Management Tools That Work – No Such Thing

If you’re a regular reader to this blog, you know we don’t put much stock in time management tips, tricks or techniques. We believe, like Stephen Covey, that you cannot manage time, you can only manage self. Any attempts, in fact, to manage time are just fruitless efforts that get you no closer to your goals.

Time management is about execution, organization and personal efficiencies. Sadly, you will not begin to execute simply by following a few time management tips; organization will not suddenly become second nature because you learned to use the calendar feature on Microsoft Outlook; and just because you can efficiently complete tasks doesn’t mean you are completing the correct ones or in the proper order.

True Time Management is about Effectiveness

Prior to the technological onslaught of time management tools, managers could be divided into two distinct groups: effective and ineffective. In the 1980s, a business leader who needed something done – and done right – knew which of his executives could handle the task. Back then we described this person as organized.

So what’s changed? As we examine our fellow managers today – those armed with a PDA synced to their Outlook, their CardScan machine, a CRM tool and their computer desktop – we notice very quickly that we can divide them into two distinct groups: effective and ineffective.

In the 1980s, truly effective salespeople – those who seemed to always win Salesperson of the Month – used index cards to keep track of their customers and prospects. This was their CRM tool; this was their version of Salesforce.com. They were slaves to their paper planners (yesterday’s Microsoft Outlook) and they never missed a meeting. Why were these salespeople so much more successful than their peers? Didn’t everyone have access to index cards and paper planners?

Why Technology Hasn’t Moved the Effectiveness Needle

While the tools technology has provided have slightly shifted the bell curve of effective leadership to the right, it’s no surprise to us that these tools have done little in the way of narrowing the curve. We are no more effective as leaders today than we were twenty, thirty or forty years ago.


To stick with the salespeople analogy: we find it almost criminal that today’s technological tools (whether CRM software or a CardScan machine) go largely underutilized by the unsuccessful salespeople people, while being exploited to their fullest by the Salesperson of the Month.

Salespeople, you see, more than any other group, stand to gain the most from employing technology in their daily work. So why don’t more of them embrace the very technology that has been proven to help them make more money?

People are Lazy, Procrastinating Do-Nothings

While we can think of a few choice descriptively redundant terms for the ineffective salesperson or manager, the truth is that personal effectiveness is not something that can be burned onto a CD and loaded on your laptop. Effectiveness – the essence of time management – must become part of your DNA.

The effective salesperson in 1984 who mastered the use of index cards had the desire and DNA to be successful. It’s likely he was not a “natural born salesman” and therefore had to work at it. Knowing this, he strived to add anything to his arsenal that would give him a leg up – even if it meant more work.

This element of human nature is still present twenty-five years later – we see it in the successful salespeople who learn every nook and cranny of the company’s CRM tool and go out of their way to master new technologies – but we still see these qualities in just a few salespeople on any given sales team. Technology has done nothing to move the effectiveness needle.

So it’s Hopeless to Attempt to Improve My Time Management?

Well, yes and no. Would you describe yourself the way Waffle House describes hash browns? That is, are you scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, topped, diced and peppered? If so, then you need a lot more just than technology to improve your time management (something you should start calling your “effectiveness”). May we recommend you internalize (that means read until you fully understand and live) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey? (There’s a reason this book was voted the best leadership book ever written by the editors of AskTheManager.)

Alternatively, would you say that you’re generally effective; that you do a good job of cleaning your inbox; that people can count on you to get things done and that you’re only looking for something to help you recover a few minutes a day? If this describes you, congratulations, you are one of the lucky few who are either hardwired to perform or you’ve worked hard to achieve effectiveness. For you, we’d like to recommend something that’s helped us organize our contacts: the CardScan Personal v8 Card Scanner. This tool is great for the already organized and worthless to the lazy, procrastinating do-nothings.

The first step is recognizing you are a lazy, procrastinating do-nothing – this could save you a lot of money.

Time Management – The Fruitless Effort of Trying to Manage Something that is Unmanageable

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Time Management – The Fruitless Effort of Trying to Manage Something that is Unmanageable

The Time Management Blogosphere has not taken a break in advance of the holiday season; and they continue to deliver much of the same drivel that is common with Internet postings on managing time.

As any marginal leader knows, you cannot manage time, you can only hope to manage yourself – to make significant improvements in your own effectiveness to eliminate “time” as an obstacle. The Time Management bloggers have either forgotten this fact or they choose to ignore.

For better or for worse, here are the few gems we discovered from the last couple of weeks of entries on the Time Management blogs:




How To Spot Time Killers: Top Time Management Guidance
We all know time is precious but, let’s look at the somewhat strange idea of ‘Time Killers’. There are numerous time killers in this world and what you have to do is identify these time killers, look out for them and stay wary of them. …

The Best Five Time Management Tips & Ideas
There are indeed only 24 hours in a day…and unless you are a lawyer (sorry to all the lawyers out there, not), you can’t create more time than there is hours in your workday. So, we need to work smarter, not longer if you want to …

The Importance of Teaching Your Children About Time Management
Since you have the responsibly of working, getting your children clothed for the day, and sending them off to school or daycare, there is a good chance that you know the importance of time management alto well. …

Delegate responsibilities
Delegation is a very powerful way to get more things done in the same time. There is a misconception that only managers have the power to delegate. It does not matter if you are in a project, doing simple desk work or are part of a …

ADHD Time Management Strategies
It’s no secret that “time management” is a major issue for many of us today. This is particularly true for anyone whose life is affected by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether you are living with ADD / ADHD, …

Take control of your day with these 10 time management skills
For instance, all time management advice includes some form of writing down what you want to accomplish. For many people, this is easy and natural. Other people have difficulty creating lists and following through on them. …

Effective Time Management and Goal Setting For the Overwhelmed …
In essence, time management for entrepreneurs is all about focusing on developing effective goal setting skills in order to make the most of the time that is available to us (just 24 hours)! To become more effective at time management …

Adventures in Time Management and Other Horror Stories – Part I
When I first started blogging, I’d write each post the night before it was due to publish. Although someone mentioned scheduling posts, yours truly had no clue how to accomplish this task. Net result: stress-out time. …

Allow chaos corners in your home
Even the most organized person sometimes just throws away things in a corner. Don’t feel guilty but accept that a certain amount of chaos is normal. One of the best ways to keep keep chaos under control is to allow certain chaos corner …

 

Time Management Blogwatch – November 9, 2008

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The Best of the Time Management Blogs

Although we already identified the number one time management of all time tool earlier this week (to see this post, follow this link), we felt compelled to scan the blogosphere and deliver to you the best of the Time Management Blogs from the past few weeks.




Time Management Optimization
Simply put, timeboxing is time management, yet without the need for complicated studies to see how you can best allocate your time. It works by completing any work that you have to the best of your abilities in the agreed timescale …

Rudeness or Poor Time Management Skills
please-don-t-interrupt-me-while-im-ignoring- It’s happened to all of us… we are in what we think is a useful conversation, when the person we are talking with, suddenly switches over to their Blackberry, or cell phone. …

Time as Effective Key to Managing Stress
Many studies show that one of the best ways to manage stress is through effective time management. Why It is because lack of time usually pressures people. When people are being pressured, stress surfaces, which hinders them from …

There is enough time for all important matters
When talking about time management I hear many people claim that they do not have enough time. At first you have to realize that you have enough time for all important matters – if you want. Think on how much time you might loose per …

Cut Through the Myths Surrounding Time Management
As I see it, the current difficulty is that we all face too much information, and that today many myths still abound as to what constitutes effective time management. Time management is subjective, varying from one situation to another. …

Master Time Management Skills in 4 Easy Ways
Time management is all about mapping out a plan or schedule to follow throughout the day so that you do not cram in the end. You have to allot time for each of your tasks, making allowances for unforeseeable circumstances. …

Technologies that Improve Time Management
Apple’s very popular music player, though not specifically designed as a productivity tool, allows you to improve time management by downloading text-based to-do lists in it. A text file is a simple electronic notepad, where you can …

Effective Time Management: Strategies, Tips Techniques
One of the things that sets the more successful people from the rest is management of their time. In today’s world there are always too many things to attend to – job, family, civic work, professional organizations, social obligations …

Time Management and Prioritization
Time Management and Prioritization go hand in hand. It is very difficult to think of one without the other. Let’s think about them separately for a moment and then see where they really fit together.

Is it REALLY time management we’re after? Pt. 2
In my last post I talked about reconsidering the term time management and focusing instead on energy management and reminded readers that the first way to address this is through taking care of personal health through exercise, …

Execution… I Mean The Book
Setting clear goals and priorities is at the pinnacle of practicing effective time management. Without written, specific, measurable and realistic goals it is difficult to move forward. And it leaves you vulnerable to distractions by …

Start with the most important things
Start with the most important things. Assuming that the Pareto Principle can be applied, 20% of your actions probably account for 80% of your results. This is why it is so important to first prioritize by the importance of your tasks …

Effective Time Management Skills – Can We Really Manage Our Time?
Contrary to many beliefs, time management is NOT about managing your time but rather effective use of time. No one can manage time; we all have 86400 seconds per day; we can’t manage to get more or less. Effective time management skills …

Which of These Time Management Skills are You Missing?
For many people, time management is difficult as a concept; however, if you take the time to learn some time management skills you can manage your time well so that you get everything done you need to. Here are three time management …

Extremely unlikely productivity techniques
We talked Monday about how time management is kind of a waste of time and that it’s really all about examining your relationship to time and then finding ways to make that relationship work better. Hmmm. Working on a relationship sounds …

Can You Stretch Time To Get More Done?
The number one thing, after your ability to perform at your profession, is to become an expert in time management. Time management is perhaps most essential for the person who owns his or her own business. As you become more focused on …

Stress Anxiety Procrastination Tips: A Time Management Problem
Procrastination is a time management problem. If you find yourself putting things off, or forgetting about projects or chores, start scheduling your day. You don’t have to schedule everything for a specific time. …

Time Management – Can You Achieve Work/Life Balance?
I sat in a convention a couple of years ago and watched a gray haired man with thin rimmed glasses, a bright yellow Hawaiian shirt with red flowers and a bright green blazer nearing his eighties jump in front of the room and claim that …

Top 10 Time Management Tips for Busy Entrepreneurs
Here are my top time management tips: Find out what you’re doing with your time. One of the first things to do is to actually find out what you are doing with your time. Try monitoring your time for a week and see what’s going on. …

The Best Time Management Tool Ever
Time Management’s Greatest Tool Ever The Internet (especially the blogosphere) is filled with advice extolling every flavor of tip and trick designed to help you manage your time better. New managers are especially vulnerable to the …

 

The Best Time Management Tool Ever

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Time Management’s Greatest Tool Ever

The Internet (especially the blogosphere) is filled with advice extolling every flavor of tip and trick designed to help you manage your time better. New managers are especially vulnerable to the lure of something easy that can help them squeeze more hours out of every day.

The truth is that you cannot effectively, and for the long term, manage your time – you can only manage yourself. Without complete and lasting paradigm shifts, an ineffective individual will always be ineffective.

Given this, you might be surprised to hear that we have discovered the greatest time management tip and trick of all time, and this one really works. Used correctly, this time management tool just might make the transformation into an effective leader unnecessary. Google, it seems, is the greatest time management tool ever.

Google Can Give You Your Life Back

While we mean this with tongues firmly planted in cheeks, the AskTheManager editors do find themselves using Google to complete and manage tasks that, in the past, took much, much longer. And although we’re still not convinced that any tip or trick ever works over the long term for those seeking to become more effective, we are convinced that properly understanding and using all the important tools and jewels available on Google.com can make you (at the very least) feel more productive.

It’s inarguable that search engines in general can save countless hours per query just by the nature of bringing together massive amounts of data and serving relevant results to the user. Prior to Google, however, search was not quite the timesaver we see today. Prior to Google we found ourselves looking to the third, fourth, tenth pages of search results before either giving up or changing the order of our search terms. Search was a mess before Google.

Life in the Year 10 A.G.

Over the past ten years, Google has literally reinvented everything from how we use the Internet to marketing in the new millennium. In addition to these obvious improvements, Google has also created a platform that flat out makes us more efficient. This, we argue, is what made Google “Google.”

Examining months of search engine data, it’s clear to us that less than 1/10 of 1% of the searching public uses any of the great tools or shortcuts Google makes available. Perhaps if you knew that you didn’t have to be a computer geek to utilize these great time management tricks, you’d be more likely to employ them.

As members of the Ultra Busy Professional Leaders Association (pronounced uhb-pluh) we regularly employ the following Google tools and shortcuts to add precious seconds back into our daily schedules:

Search within a Site

Have you ever tried to use the internal search feature when surfing most websites? If so, then you know that the results are often not even close to what you were really seeking. To eliminate the need for unproductive searches within a website, you can use Google to return pages that match your search criteria from any website. In the Google search box, type the term you wish to search and site:sitename.com (or .org; .gov; whatever), and Google will search the specific website for you.

For example, if you wanted to find all of the articles on AskTheManager.com where we mentioned Jennifer Aniston (surprisingly, we’ve included her three times including this post), you would type: Jennifer Aniston site:askthemanager.com and click “search.” Follow this link to see how these results appear in Google.




Search Smarter

When searching for information we know is contained within a government site (like tax information or the hours of our local DMV office) Google occasionally returns results from commercial websites that don’t quite meet our needs and cause us to sort through more choices than required.

By simply including the “site colon” modifier (as we did above) we can limit our searches to just .gov (government) websites.

For example, if we wanted to find the locations of all DMV offices in Arizona we could use the following search in Google: DMV locations Arizona site:.gov. This search will return the official State of Arizona website first and not include any commercial websites. This is important, because leaving off the site:.gov modifier will return a commercial site (dmv.org) that happens to have a better Google Page Rank. Follow this link to see how using the site:.gov modifier improves the search. Follow this link to see the search results without the modifier.

Note: The site colon modifier can be used to limit searches to specific country websites, as well. For example, search term site:.ca would return only Canadian results.

Google Alerts

Google Alerts are the answer to keeping up with what is written on the Internet for topics/people/companies with whom you’re interested. Instead of going to Google periodically to conduct searches for things that interest you (for example, your name), you can set a Google Alert and have the information delivered directly to your inbox as it occurs on the Web. Google Alerts are simple to create and maintain – to set up a Google Alert, follow this link.

Search Your Own Computer

Using the power of Google to search for files on your desktop or laptop is a true timesaver over the alternatives. For whatever reason, Microsoft and Apple just don’t want to make it a quick, painless task to find that Excel spreadsheet from August 2006 where you included the phrase “Housing Meltdown” to predict the current economic turmoil.

Setting up the Google Desktop Search is a snap, and the search functions and results operate precisely as they do with online searches. To set up the Google Desktop Search, follow this link.

Use Gadgets and the Google Sidebar

Like most things Google, the Google Gadgets (and the optional sidebar) were not an original idea from the Google Gods. Google just made them better and easier to manage. Google Gadgets are simply tools/widgets that can be placed on your desktop so you can view important information in real time and at a glance (like weather, stock prices and news).

Some of the news gadgets, as well as the Google Calendar and the Weather gadgets are our favorite timesavers; while the Answer Ball and the HOT or NOT gadgets are our favorite time-wasters. To view the current gadgets lineup, follow this link and use the left navigation to narrow the list of gadgets to those that interest you.

Install the Google Pack

Stop wasting money and (especially) time managing your virus and spyware protection software packages – the Google Pack solves this by providing these tools (along with a few others) for free. The time savings occurs when you aren’t continually bombarded with requests for updates – all updates can happen virtually automatically and are free of charge. To install the Google Pack, follow this link. (Sorry, not for Mac, just Windows XP and Vista users.)

Use These Random Google Timesavers (Shortcuts) We Also Love:

Search Ranges of Data – Simply type search term #…# in the search box to limit your results to specific ranges. For example, if you’re in the market for a CDMA phone between $50 and $100, you would enter CDMA phone $50…$100 and click “search.” To see these results, follow this link.

Do Quick Math Problems – A couple of the editors at AskTheManager.com no longer have calculators on their desks at work or at home. They claim that between Google and Excel they can work more efficiently than with an old fashioned ten-key. For Google, they simply enter the math problem they wish to solve in plain language. For example, if you wanted to multiply 750 by 324 you would enter 750*324 into Google and click “search.” To see these results, follow this link.

Get a Quick Stock Quote – Entering stocks:symbol will return the current stock data for any publicly traded company. For example, you would enter stocks:goog to find the current price for shares of Google. To see the current market price for a share of Google, follow this link.

Get a Quick Weather Forecast – Enter weather:zip code (or city, state) and you’ll instantly get a four-day forecast for that area. Viewing the current forecast for Beverly Hills, CA, for example, is as easy as entering weather:90210 and clicking search (or following this link).

Find Movie Times in your Area – Movie:zip code (or city, state) gets you all of the movie showtimes (plus reviews) for anywhere you wish. To see the current showtimes in Beverly Hills, follow this link.

Find the Definition of a Word – One of our favorite Google shortcuts should get even the most ardent paper dictionary supporter to come to the dark side. Typing define:word (where “word” represents the word you wish to define) will get you the definition for any word you wish. For example, to see the definition of the word “leader,” follow this link. 

Of course, there are scores of Google shortcuts, though these are the ones we find the most helpful in making us more productive. Got a favorite shortcut or a way you use Google to save time that we failed to mention? Just leave us a comment below…

 

Time Management Blogwatch – October 12, 2008

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Time Management – Words of Wisdom from the Time Management Bloggers

As we’ve written before, the Time Management blogs are often the most active and ineffective bloggers around. They generally post lots of Time Management tips and tricks that are worthless to real leaders who want to be more effective.

Time Management, as our readers know, is not about tips and tricks. Time Management is about managing self, not time. Changing your habits to become a more effective leader is not about learning a few tips. You cannot trick your way into being effective.

For what they’re worth, here at the best of the Time Management posts and articles from the last week. Many are still filled with tips and tricks (some of these even use these words in their blog post titles), but there are some pearls in these. Enjoy!




Time Management
I am naturally adept at time management. If you are not, I highly suggest watching this very helpful video of Randy Pausch discussing the importance of time management and HOW to time manage. …

The Problem of Capturing (without Tossing)
I think that his analysis is flawed, and it’s because he’s working on the wrong time management fundamental. Here is how I would advise him if I were his coach (I know, that’s pretty presumptuous of me…!) Here, I am using 4 of the 11 …

Manage Your Time As You Manage Your Money
But when you translate this habit into time management, well, you will discover some interesting stuff. Spending only the time you have means to do what you have to, when you have to. Working late hours, for instance, …

Managing time means managing yourself
He uses all the high-tech time-management tools but they simply don’t make much of a difference. Why not? Because his behavior is that of someone who doesn’t manage his most important resource – himself. “Time management” is probably a …

Simple Relaxation Techniques For Busy People
If you are busy person with tight schedules then you most likely are stressed and tired all the time. You are constantly tired which is affecting your sleeping patterns. What is the way out for you? Learn a few easy relaxation …

Time Management Tips
These tips will simplify time management with five important measures that can get special changes. They will allow you to easily customize a plan that will fit your specific objectives. Each action in your plan should sustain one of …

How to clear your head on the Go
One of the most important aspects of good time management is knowing exactly what you need to do and don’t need to do… And of course, in maximizing the available time to get the most important tasks done. One of the most important …

Importance of Time Management
When you become more productive using improved time management skills and tools, you can accomplish more with less effort. Reducing wasted time and effort gives you even more productive time throughout the day. …

Time Management & Goal Setting
Time Management is quite simply the proper allocation of time for certain important tasks. First, the important tasks have to be arranged in a certain way where it is clustered into sectors and listed according to urgency and importance …

Teaching Time Management Skills
Teaching time management skills is like any other form of teaching. When you teach a concept, it takes time before a student or the person is able to learn and fully develop that skill. Teaching the concepts is not enough, …

Say no to time management !
Clearly, I have problems with time management. I probably lack faith in it. All my life, it was obsession instead of discipline that brought me more success. For example, I changed my Chemistry exam result from F9 to A1 by studying the …

Time Management
If I had a time manager life would be easier and run smoother. But I don’t If I had a time manager laundry would be washed, dried, folded, and put up. but I don’t If I had a time manager that stuff I needed for dinner yesterday would …

Constraints of time management.
These steps you can change or not applied at all, because each person unique way to organize important time to follow the general principles of time management. But these steps remain the general picture is a way to organize time. …

Time Management Techniques in Business
Ineffective time management is often the cause of inefficiency in your workplace. More importantly, you also need to have a working environment that is conducive for work. Hence, you have to keep your workplace clean and organized to …

Time Management
The problem is your time management skills, I am by no means a pro at it but bills have made me into a human alarm clock and I know when I have to do something or get something done for a client. It takes some practice but here are a …

How Can You Tell Good Time Management From Bad Time Management?
If you’re employed (whether for yourself or others) you’ve probably been bombarded with the importance of good time management. This helps you be more productive, make more money and put hair on your chest (alright, maybe the last was …

Delegating Tasks -The Art of Letting Go to Get More Done

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Time Management Strategies
Hence, time management strategies allow you to accomplish more within a few hours, instead of having to extend your work on a single task for days. Here are a few strategies that you can apply to achieve that: …

How to Handle Interruptions -The Dreaded Monster of Time Management
Interruptions are the monster of time management. How many times have you been sitting at your desk trying to get your work done and in pops someone to talk? They’re not talking about anything major or important. …

10 Time Management Tips For Busy Professionals
Don’t forget the most important time management tip- make time for yourself. You’re no good to anyone if you’re sleep deprived and miserable. We all deserve a little downtime, even if that means you have to schedule some time for …

The Art Of Time Management: How To Be Efficient
Good time management involves being both effective and efficient. You have to be able to pick out the right tasks and then do them in the most economical way. In the first part of this series I looked at effectiveness. …

Time Management? Guess Again…
Time and time again we hear about this thing called time management. It’s usually a well thought out ideology that if you manage your time than you would be able to work things out accordingly. However, it is quite that simple when …

 

Time Management – Blogwatch September 15, 2008

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Time Management Blogwatch – September 15, 2008

We not only had a pretty good week on the time management blogs (as you’ll note by our selections below), but we also read one of the better time management books ever written.

While not the best time management book ever (that crown still rests with Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) Timothy Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek contains some great advice that helps you get the most out of every hour.

While the reviews made this book sound like the latest self-help drivel, we were intrigued that it had some staying power on the New York Times Best Sellers list, so we read it and we were amazed at how much we got from the concepts discussed in this book.

We think this leaves our readers with a choice, you can continue to read our semi-regular blogwatch covering Time Management topics, or you can read these two great books and apply the teachings to your life. Your choice, but we think reading two books once beats reading all of these blogs every week. (It’s just good time management in our opinion.)

Although most of the good Time Management blogs entries this week still focus too much on tips and tricks, some of the tips suggested are actually quite good and have a chance of having a positive impact on someone truly committed to becoming a more effective leader. Enjoy!




Are you a time-management disaster?
Do you think time-management skills can be taught. I do. I often wonder why they don’t it in middle school, especially when I see my kids struggling to balance tons of homework, time-stealing technology, a social life and youth sports. …

Time Management Plans Anyone Can Master
Have you ever wondered if you need a time management plan? In reality, we all need certain strategies to manage our time. Of course, some people seem to know how to stay organized and manage their time easier than others. …

Have Time On Your Side: Top Time Management Advice
Maybe you are like me and you are fed up of hearing everyone give you advice about time. They just go on and on. Like, hope you can find some time. On the other hand, do not forget to make yourself some time. How about, do not lose any …

How Procrastination Can Be Symptomatic Of Deeper Fundamental troubles
Effective time management demands the ability to weigh the total of time available against the tasks that demand to be accomplished and to decide on a schedule for discharging the tasks. Unfortunately, procrastination interferes with …

Getting Things Done With Proper Time Management
Time management is also an aid in remembering obligations such as meetings, appointments, and special events. Time management is not a fad, since its users are usually highly appreciative of the systems used and they generally say that …

Speed Reading: Can it Change Your Life?
Just like learning any new activity, you need to continuously practice your speed reading techniques in order to master the art. Learn more about the time management skill of speed reading at The Speed Reading Site.

Stop thinking negative! It makes you unproductive…
It takes a little time, but it’s a very effective time management tool (did I mention that my version of time management is managing, reducing and eliminating everything that affects your use of time in a negative, unproductive way? …

Time Management Is Imperative For Personal Development
Time management is basically about being focused. The Pareto Principle also known as the ‘80:20 Rule’ states that 80% of efforts that are not time managed or unfocused generates only 20% of the desired output. …

Get More Business – Time Management Techniques
Ann Rusnak was very successful in both the corporate world and in running her own business. However, like many of us, she reached a point where there just wasn’t enough of her to go around. As a result, she suffered a physical …

8 Simple Steps to Improve Your Time Management
Knowing that you have a time management problem is the first step in changing your behavior. Although it is typical to be late for work or a social event on occasion, it is something that should not be happening on a daily or a weekly …

Time Management Tip – Be Succinct
One of the most obvious time saving tips is to “Be succinct”. People understand easier and things are more clear if they are said in less words. Less is more when it comes to writing or speaking. As technology has evolved – email and …

Time Management – I
Time Management (Part-I) Can you see time, can you hear it, can you touch it, can you smell it and can you taste it? No way! Time is something beyond the realization of our senses. It has no form, no color no size and no physical shape. …

Use These Clever Time Management Secrets for Greater Productivity
Time management, or life management, is not about saving seconds and minutes cleaning the bathrooms and the kitchen faster. I believe that mind-set only makes you more anxious because you are trying to beat the clock. …

The Big Picture on Time Management (Part 2 of 2)
As an administrative assistant, effective time management requires following certain strategies. In addition to those strategies, however, there are varieties of tools that can help. Electronic calendar …

Time Management: How to Give Yourself the Sacred Gift of Time
Article by Christine Kloser. The most valuable commodity for most entrepreneurs is their time. The great creativity your experience and influx of ideas that come to you as a conscious entrepreneur can keep you up late at night or …

The Big Picture on Time Management (Part 1 of 2)
Time management involves more than just time. As an executive assistant, you have to manage your time but your employer’s time as well. Apart from that, you must manage priorities, tasks, and even other people’s schedules. …

5 tips for Improving your Time Management
5 tips for Improving your Time Management On projects, time is the most sacred resource. It’s limited, that’s why it’sa “project” as opposed to “operational” work which is on-going. So it’s imperative that you have good time management …

10 Tips For Effective Time Management
Time management is foundational to succeeding in any area of life. In the words of “the father of management theory” Peter Drucker, “until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” An entire INDUSTRY has been born out of the need …

Importance of Time Management & Staying Busy all the time.
As I am experiencing the life of senior in 1st semester, I am starting to feel some changes about my lifestyle. There are more things to do than usual and tasks that I have to finish on time never seem to end. …

Employee Time Management
We all could use a little help with employee time management skills from time to time? The most successful of us are definitely very good time managers but do we teach, train and coach our employees to do the same? …

Time Management – A 4 part plan for lazy people.
I’ve never read a time management book, but I’m going to give this a shot the next few days. We’re about to get extremely busy and hey- any attempt at organization is better than none, right? My fingers are crossed. I’ll check back in, …

Time Management Tip – How to Stop Procrastinating
We all put things off. Generally, we put off tasks that are boring, difficult, unpleasant, etc. When faced with something we don’t want to do, we can find a dozen tasks of no consequence to fill our time. …

Time Management 101 – The Basics
Time management can be interpreted in several ways. But it is commonly understood as proper allocation of time in terms of maximizing it by accomplishing more tasks. It could be applied to a lot of situations, whether in school, …

Time Management In The Workplace
Having and practicing effective time management skills would give you focus on the current important tasks. With this, an important time management tip would be to minimize distractions as much as possible, such as using the phone and …

Time Management hits real life
To make myself better in my time management skills, I picked up a Franklin Covey Planner last year. Difficult task for me, one to commit myself to a planner. I decided that Outlook kept me tied to a screen and I wanted to be able to get …

Managing the Manager of Your Time Management (Hint: That Would Be You)
As I sit at my desk planning out the beginning of the rest f my life, I start to realize how important time management is in order to attain the level of success I am striving for. I constantly find myself saying “I wish there were more …

Time Management – Blogwatch September 1, 2008

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The Time Management blogs continue to be a mixed bag. Some decent advice, coupled with silly time management tips and tricks. We sorted through the chaff of this week’s posts and we’re hopeful we gave you the wheat. (We are human, so we make a few misses now and then).

 

The editors of AskTheManager.com have begun to look at the online Time Management advice the same way we looked at chow time in the military: “It’s not very good, but there’s plenty of it.”

 

Enjoy!

Time Management – Managing Spam Effectively
By Terry Lane
Like everyone else who works with the Internet, I have seen a massive increase in the amount of spam I receive over the past years. Furthermore, I regularly have frustrated clients asking if I can do more to filter the spam on our …

Effective Time Management for High School Students
By Gregg Zban
In today’s fast paced world, time management for high school students is essential. There never seems to be enough hours in a day. How do you find time to hang out with friends when you have

The subtle art of time management
By silverine(silverine)
There is a small group of people found in every office that I admire. These are not your super achievers or diligent workers but people who have nothing to do but know how to look busy without anyone suspecting a thing. …

School Time Management, Building a Daily Routine
By Gregg Zban
Personal time management can be a challenge when going to school. Going to class, getting all your homework done, and doing all those extracurricular activities will eat up a lot of your time. If you manage your time poorly, …

Delegation and Time Management
By Brad
Delegation is a very important part of time management for managers. They cannot do all the work that they would usually do as their job, plus all the work required in their role as manager of other people. …

Time Management: the First Practical Tips for Everyone
By kelebek
Now, instead of going on talking about planning, scheduling, analyzing our daily routine and other boring concepts of time management, we will come strictly to the point and try to launch a small attack on our tardiness and slowness. …

Goal Setting – A Key to Effective Time Management
By Time Management Help
In the end, isn’t that the whole point of time management, to get you to where you want to be? Goal setting takes time and it takes commitment to the process. With SMART goals, though, a little effort goes a long way. …

Time Management Tips – Avoiding Overwhelm
By Robert Paterson(Robert Paterson)
By Sharon Teitelbaum I left a meeting with one of my mentors recently with a page of fabulous next steps for my coaching, workshop, and book business. There were probably 10 actionable items noted on the page, each one of which was the …

The Importance of Time Management for Students
By denan(denan)
As important as it is to hear that time management is important for all students, including high school and college students, you may be wondering why. In all honesty, there are an unlimited number of reasons why proper time management …

Time Management Tips – Get More Organized and Productive
By Ibne Adam(Ibne Adam)
For an effective time management, you must respect the value of time. How you are going to use your time today will decide where you’ll be after a week, a month, a year and a decade. You use of time will shape your future; …

16 Tips for Better Time Management
Every day has just 24 hours – and this applies to all people. Some people are constantly pursuit and pushed by time. This article is about how we can learn to manage our valuable time more effectively.

Time Management: What We Have to Know About It
By kelebek
Everyone knows that time management is a special technology of time optimization that helps people use their time more effectively, according to everyone’s special goals and personal values. Undoubtedly, this concept is a great …

The Law of Attraction and Time Management
By Marte(Marte)
OK, back to time management. I keep CD’s in my car and work on my education any time I have to drive somewhere. Early last week I gave a second listen to a Glazier/Kennedy CD and heard again about time blocking. So I tried it, …

10 Best Firefox Plugins to Increase Productivity
By Rigdha
Does anyone else get excited everytime a new firefox add-on comes out? Well, I do and I also know that installing and uninstalling various plugins takes a ton of time… (This is what I do for fun…just kidding) But I do like to look at …

Don’t Freak Out: Time Management – Sep 16, 2008
By student@uoguelph.ca
Feeling overwhelmed? Looking to find a balance between studying, socializing, and other activities? Hear from experienced students about ways to control procrastination, manage your time and reduce stress.

Work On Better Time Management
By tk2008
Sometimes, effective time management comes from having the capacity to focus on one important thing and focusing your eforts towards it. I take charge of the top-priority tasks first. Before I even consider doing anything at all, …

Just say no!
By karindailymaster
… even more importantly, you’ll feel so much more calm, peaceful and even happy. Have a fabulous Labor Day weekend, and see you back here next Friday! Yours in Daily Mastery, Karin Stewart MOLI Small Business Time Management Expert …

The Benefits of Planning -Having More Time
By Time Management Help
If you have ever said any of those things or even something similar, then you could benefit from better time management. Learning to use your time wisely will go a long way. You can have more time for work, for family and for yourself …

Stop Trying to Be on Time!
By LauraStack
She is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a time management training firm specializing in productivity improvement in high-stress organizations. Since 1992, Laura has presented keynotes and seminars on improving output, …

Tips and Techniques for Successful Business Time Management
By Gregg Zban
This is why effective time management is so important. The Keys To Successful Business Time Management:. If you want to take on the big guys you better know how to prepare, organize, delegate, and build a quality routine. …

Set your goals for your life
By nsoergel
Before you can successfully improve your time management skills you need clarity on what you want to use the additional time for. This is the most important but also one of the most difficult task and you should not rush but take enough …

Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix For Online Marketers
By offbeatnews
If you have read everything about online marketing but you still feel stuck, one possible reason is because of improper time management.Frankly, I think the title of this article is lame because most people don’t see the importance of …

The Paradigm Shift of Social Media and Time Management
By Kyle Lacy
A paradigm shift needs to occur in terms of time management and social media. Frequency of posts and over-commitment to social media communities does not necessarily mean you will be noticed. There isn’ta measurable ROI when it comes to …

Why Time Management Is Important -STRESS!!!!
By Time Management Help
Some people have stated that being successful makes you manage your time better but the opposite is actually true….great time management skills will make you successful in your endeavors. When using time management to plan your day, …

Time Management
By The Relevant Classroom Team(The Relevant Classroom Team)
Time management is one of those skills we all would like to be just a little better at. As educators, we’d really like for our students to be better time managers! The first step to improving is to look at where you’re currently at. …

Time-Management Tips for Mobile Professionals
By Melvin
Time-Management Tips for Mobile Professionals Contributing Editor James A. MartinAugust 28th, 2008Efficient time management is especially challenging for mobile professionals. The late Randy Pausch offered valuable lessons for managing …

Time Management Tips: 5 Tips For Making Time Work Better For You
By Wendy Hearn
In today’s hectic world it is easy to lose track of things if you do not have some kind of time management strategy in place. So, here are some quick tips to help you to get the most out of the precious hours in your day.