I recently read an interesting article written by Marc McGuinness over at the
Lateral Action Blog.
In the post he describes how much he learned from spending several days in solitude and absolute quiet at a retreat, and what it did for his awareness, and also his productivity.
I agreed with everything he says wholeheartedly, and he […]

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As I have mentioned in other places in this blog, there is a common belief that people who have good time management systems are naturally more organized than others.
However, recent research consistently shows that talent has little to do with it, and it has more to do with consistent, disciplined practice than anything else.
In his […]

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In my wildest imaginings I can picture a new employee who, in their orientation, is taught that they must develop their own time management system if they hope to get ahead in the company.
They could learn in just a few minutes that:
1.  the time management system they have been using up until now  has successfully […]

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I am considering a change to the way in which I conduct my live programs.
The current NewHabits-NewGoals programs that I offer in the Caribbean are 2-day affairs that give a user everything they need to design their own time management system.  The essential activity is a series of 12 design steps which they construct a […]

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Every single human being is using some kind of time management system, whether they are aware of it nor not.
The above statement is one of the core principles of Time Management 2.0, and I think I am on firm ground in saying that everyone who comes to this blog is using some kind of system […]

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I read a tremendous article recently that captures the importance of experimenting more eloquently than I ever could.
I found it in the April 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review and it is entitled “Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life,” and written by Stewart Friedman.
The authors divides a professional’s life into four separate […]

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Are companies forcing their employees to become slaves to their email devices?
At some point in the future it’s not too hard to imagine that employees will be expected to not only have a cell phone in their possession at all time, but also the ability to send and receive email.  After all, the iPhone and […]

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