I am sitting here in Kingston where Tropical Storm Gustav has wreaked havoc on our island, disrupting life as we know it with a day and a half of torrential rainfall.
What’s remarkable is that  when we went to bed on Wednesday night, the storm seemed to be heading away from the island, crossing the eastern […]

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Michael, the author of Black Belt Productivity, make a compelling case to read the new book by Dave Crenshaw entitled “The Myth of Multi-Tasking.”
He interviews the author, who shares the gist of the ideas contained in the book.  Essentially, he argues that multi-tasking is something that humans are incapable of doing well, and in our […]

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I came across the following quote which is taken from an article in the New York Times from June 26th entitled
“E-Mail Etiquette for Public Figures.”
I once read a popular book called “Getting Things Done” (you can read about its philosophy on Wikipedia), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_things_done) in which author David Allen maintains that you should […]

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Here in Jamaica, as you can imagine, we are glued to our television sets watching our countrymen win an unprecedented number of medals.
We are a famously proud people, and right about now we are ready to burst with pride!
Traffic halts, television sets appear in offices and phones buzz across the world as productivity in Jamaica […]

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Andre over at The Tools for Thought blog has made some fine points about moving from using a calendar to do more than schedule “hard-edged appointments.”  These are called “hard-edged” because they simply must be conducted at the prescribed time — such as a dental appointment.  (
Here is the link to Andre’s article entitled Reclaim […]

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Awhile back I wrote a manifesto for publication on the ChangeThis.com website that was entitled “The New Time Management: Simply Focus on the Fundamentals and Toss Away the Tips.”
I have not changed my mind about the value of the fundamentals, and the vapid nature of the tips, but as I have said elsewhere… some of […]

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Recently, I downloaded
AgileEra’s Personal Motivation Calendar and tested it during their 30-day free trial.
Bottom-Line:  I rated this product a Don’t Buy / Don’t Download.
The home page seemed intriguing –  the company promotes itself as “Your Expert in Time and Productivity Management.”  The program looked to be simple enough, and I thought it might fill […]

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I recently got a little too happy when I found a game on CNet.com that claimed to be a “time management game.”
The reason for my premature celebration is that I have been trying to find a way to help participants in my 2-day and online programs to practice the 11 fundamentals in some way.  I […]

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For most professionals, To-Do Lists are woefully inadequate.
The reason is simple — they have gotten to the point where they have too many time demands to be handled by a single ToDo list.
In the 2Time system a user has the option of selecting the level at which they mange their lists.  From White belt to […]

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