Category Archives: Belt System

The Time Management System You Need

Posted on August 23, 2012 by fwade_admin

One of the ideas that we promote here at 2Time Labs is that each person needs a time management system that effectively allows them to handle the number of time demands that show up in their life on a daily … Continue reading →

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How to Use Dezhi Wu’s Time Management Research to

Posted on September 19, 2011 by fwade_admin

As I shared in the prior series of four posts on this topic, Dezhi Wu’s book “Temporal Structures in Individual Time Management: Practices to Enhance Calendar Tool Design” is a breakthrough piece of research. It’s the dawn of a new … Continue reading →

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Update on Dezhi Wu’s Research #2

Posted on August 19, 2011 by fwade_admin

I’m still working through the first chapter of Dezhi Wu’s book “Temporal Structures in Individual Time Management,” but it’s already leading to some interesting places. She used four criteria to characterize individual time management quality: planning meeting deadlines sensing a … Continue reading →

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A Black Belt? Why I Have No Idea What It Is

Posted on July 1, 2011 by fwade_admin

In most classes I have lead based on the 2Time principles I have been asked the question:  Why isn’t there a definition for Black Belts, or any belt above Green? The reason is a personal one. I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Best Practices in Time Management

Posted on May 13, 2011 by fwade_admin

Is there such a thing as a best practice in time management? It might seem that this is a no-brainer… of course there are things one should be doing, and things one should not be doing! I would argue the … Continue reading →

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Nothing New in Time Management

Posted on March 11, 2011 by fwade_admin

I sense that there is a certain fatigue around the topic of time management. I remember a time in the early 1990′s when productivity tools were all the rage, and you wouldn’t be caught dead without a DayTimer, FiloFax or … Continue reading →

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A New Frontier for Time Management

Posted on December 31, 2010 by fwade_admin

There are some exciting technologies being developed in the world of gaming that will produce a tremendous breakthrough in time management skills. Here’s why. Time management as a field has suffered over the years from a problem of measurement. There … Continue reading →

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Green Belt vs. White Belt Excuses

Posted on December 23, 2010 by fwade_admin

One of the key differences that I explain in my training classes between White and Green Belts is the excuses they give when something fails. Let’s imagine that both are late for a function such as a wedding, by 30 … Continue reading →

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Assessing Your Time Management Skills

Posted on September 30, 2009 by fwade_admin

A key part of the 2Time system is a notion I created of different skill levels. Many  people think that you either have time management skills or you don’t, and that it’s an all-or-nothing phenomenon. Few, including the time management … Continue reading →

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As Weak as Your Weakest Link

Posted on September 7, 2009 by fwade_admin

One of the joking complaints I receive in my NewHabits workshops has to do with my decision to grant belts only when users have shown themselves to be proficient across the board at that level. In other words, no Yellow … Continue reading →

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