Monthly Archives: October 2009

Survey on Upgrading Your Time Management System

Click here to enter the survey While I have written a great deal about the benefits of upgrading rather than replacing one’s time management system, I have wondered why there is no-one else echoing the sentiment consistently. I am hoping … Continue reading

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A New Hypothesis

In the past few weeks I have been giving some serious thought to what is missing in most time management programs. I now think it’s pretty simple — most people love the ideas they hear in the seminar/book/website, and there … Continue reading

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Employee Use Policies on Blackberrys, Cell Phones & PDAs

I just received the following invitation to join this US$199 conference call. I was wondering how long it would take for companies to start to limit the “always on” culture that smartphones have created. Perhaps fear of litigation will “help” … Continue reading

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The Wisdom of Taking Time Off

This article on taking time off caught my eye on Twitter, and it seems to run counter to the general practice of working as hard as possible until you drop. It gives the example of a top management consulting firm … Continue reading

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Vid – Why Most People Fail

Here is a brief video I did that explains why most people fail in their efforts to implement new time management systems. I posted an article with some similar ideas over at the Stepcase Lifehack website, and I received a … Continue reading

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GTDer Audio and Videos

If reading isn’t your thing, then my e-book for GTD®ers need not be the point at which you give up and go no further. Once you download the book, you can also gain access to the full audio version plus … Continue reading

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Scoring 100% in Time Management

An article I wrote over at Stepcase Lifehack received a nice thank-you comment. Scoring 100% in Time Management is all about implementing time management systems and mistakenly thinking that we can implement ALL of the habits and practices built into … Continue reading

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A Message for All GTDers

Actually, this is a message to the users of all time management systems: there are some mistakes that people often make when they try to learn Getting Things Done (GTD®), Covey, and all other systems developed by another person. It’s … Continue reading

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Upgrade, Don’t Replace Your Time Management System

In the past week, I had a revelation that’s led me to abandon the idea that people could create and implement their own time management systems. Now, it’s clear to me that the word “create” is a poor one to … Continue reading

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Higher Skills and Better Results in Scheduling

I found an interesting article on the power of rituals at the Harvard Business Review publishing blog. I took the excerpt article from the post entitled “An 18 Minute Plan for Managing Your Day.” It talks about  the power of … Continue reading

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