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MyTimeDesign Offer Ends Tomorrow

I originally planned to offer the US$1 – 30 day trial of MyTimeDesign until April 30th, but I have changed my mind and will yield to my better instincts. I am going to close MyTimeDesign to new registrations as of … Continue reading

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Software Managed Interruptions

As I mentioned in prior posts, it’s quite important for a user of the 2Time approach to appreciate the goal of getting into the Flow state as often as possible. This requires a minimum of interruptions, and luckily for us, … Continue reading

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Converting Email into Scheduled Items

Ever since I learned that I could take an email and immediately transform it to an item in my schedule with its own start and end time, I have engaged in the habit almost daily. In Outlook 2007 it’s a … Continue reading

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Blackberry Slavery Article

I wrote a post as a guest-writer the Stepcase LifeHack website entitled “Blackberry Slavery” that was published today.In the article, I describe how PDA’s armed with real-time email are allowing companies to take advantage of employees’ fears of losing their … 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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What’s the Job of Time Management?

For the past few days, I have been mulling over an interesting article from the December 2008 Harvard Business Review called Reinventing Your Business Model, by Johnson, Christensen and Kagermann. I found it fascinating because it led me down a … Continue reading

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Time Management 1.0 vs 2.0 Spells Relief

It used to be that time management was a problem that needed to be solved. “I have a problem with time management” is a common complaint that many professionals have.  It leads them to go looking for solutions of an … Continue reading

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A Time Management System for Moms

Do type-A-moms need their own time management system? Apparently they do, according to Lisa Douglas of the type-a-mom blog. She’s written an interesting post diagnosing the needs of this particular group of women, and has come up wtih an approach … Continue reading

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Prioritizing Has No Place in Many Time Management Systems

I remember when I finally figured out that “setting priorities” has a funny way of becoming nothing more than window dressing. I had  a job in an engineering organization that used an elaborate system of priorities to figure out who … Continue reading

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Obama Gets it

I just read an interesting article that looks at the time management and productivity tactics being used by the presidential candidates. I am happy (as an Obama supporter from the moment I read his first book) to say that “he … Continue reading

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