Is it time to redefine what the norm is when we say, “normal business hours”? You can find lots of advice on ways to manage your time so that you separate your business and your personal lives, leaving the office behind at 5:00 p.m; for example, don’t give out your cell phone number and listen [...]

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You are pulled in so many directions by commitments to work, family, and community. Now the media has also become an increasingly large consumer of your time. According to Nielson, Americans will consume media 9.5 hours per day in 2007.
The key is to determine

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Writing this after just deplaning from a business trip, I’ve been observing how many people on the plane snapped open their cell phones as soon as the wheels touched down. Conversations began in front of me, behind me, and next to me. While pulling their luggage from the overhead racks, they were still [...]

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Next week we observe National Take Back Your Time Day (Oct. 24). This date, nine weeks before the end of the year, recognizes the additional nine weeks that researchers say Americans are working in comparison with Western Europeans.
While we can counter that we may be more productive because of the extra hours worked, it [...]

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Pay attention…focus…concentrate…prioritize…Easy to say but hard to do when so much is vying for your attention. What strategies can help you master these basic concepts? You are bombarded with so much information today that you can lose the ability to find time to think. Everything is being thought out for you. Companies want to hand [...]

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The “Inadequacy Syndrome” as defined by Abby Marks Beale (Rev It Up Reading), is a characteristic of our present-day society. It results when you start feeling there is something wrong with you and your time management skills because you didn’t watch the talked-about show (out of how many channels available?), or didn’t read the latest [...]

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In this month’s featured article on vacations, I published the following research, which is also included in our statistics page:
30% of employees do not take all of their vacation days.
Americans hand $421 million back to employers.
The article discusses some of the reasons why you may be reluctant to take a vacation and gives some suggestions [...]

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As summer wraps up, those of you who work from a home office and also have school-age children are probably eagerly anticipating being able to change your time management strategies and increase your office productivity. Having children around requires a great deal of multitasking. Daily business also requires a great deal of multitasking. The combination [...]

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So many people reminisce about the “good old days.” Those good old days might only be a few decades ago. Could it be that we wax nostalgic because everything was simpler? You didn’t see homes drowning in material possessions, and most people actually stayed away from business activities on the weekends. People 50 years ago [...]

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