Category Archives: Practice

The Taxonomy of Teaching Kids

I just read a fascinating article from the New York Times entitled Building a Better Teacher. It’s a long article, but what got my attention was the fact that it’s built on a search for the fundamentals of teaching. It … Continue reading

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An Interesting Experiment?

I came across a post entitled: An Experiment with Time Management that describes an entrepreneur’s decision  to track his time each day, to see how he could improve his time management. I have seen different software programs that help users … Continue reading

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Inspiration from Total Immersion

It’s funny, but over the past week or so I have been picking up the original threads of thought that inspired me to think that there was a better way to think about time management. The first indication occurred when … Continue reading

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Impressing Your Boss Article

I recently wrote an article for the Stepcase Lifehack website entitled “Impressing Your Boss with Time Management 2.0″ I got the idea when I remembered some performance reviews I had received in the past in which I could not figure … Continue reading

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Becoming More Disciplined

On a teleconference today, the attendees and I talked about the need to be more disciplined in order to change one’s time management practices. I thought about it for a moment and then I had a different thought. A year … Continue reading

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Improving Time Management Over the Years

I just read an interesting article from the New York Times exploring the reasons why free-throw shooting in basketball has not improved over the years. Apparently, the success-rate of free-throws in the NBA and college basketball has remained unchanged at … Continue reading

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Practice Produces the Best Time Management System

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 … Continue reading

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Time Management and Jamaica’s Olympic Success

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! … Continue reading

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Practicing New Habits

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 … Continue reading

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An Article on E-mail Etiquette

A humorous article from the New York Times of June 26th caught my eye for some interesting points that it made about handling emails. While the main point of the article was to deliver some email advice to someone who … Continue reading

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