Do you think you can easily do two or three things at a time?  You probably feel that you are good at multitasking and that you have had a lot of practice.  You might even consider it part of good time management training.  However, how do you feel about the person driving the car next [...]

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Twice a year we’re told to change our clocks–”Spring Forward, Fall Back”–for Daylight Savings Time.
This may seem to be as predictable a ritual as the seasons themselves. But it’s actually a rather fluid concept that was first standardized 120 years ago by railroad executives so they could have an official noon to make their schedules [...]

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Executive Function: assessing, prioritizing, assigning mental functions, tracking multiple activities, reflecting
These are all characteristics that a good executive performs daily. They are also the tasks that emanate from your brain’s prefrontal cortex. This region of your brain is the one that sustains the most damage from prolonged periods of stress.
In our fast-paced daily lives, as [...]

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In a post that I wrote last week about crisis management, I presented some techniques for limiting the pressure of deadlines. Responding to this, one reader commented that it wasn’t useful advice for those “on the front lines who don’t have jobs that come with laptops, travel, and corporate jargon.”
I recognize that not everyone can [...]

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Do you know any time-challenged parents who want to help their children use time productively? There is no question that kids can spend multiple hours per day on the internet, often to the detriment of homework. YouTube is one of the favorite spots.
Now there is another site growing, called TeacherTube, based on the YouTube concept, [...]

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“Your lack of planning should not be my emergency.”

Have you ever wanted to say that to someone?
Could you be guilty of frequently interrupting others with a “Now!” issue?

There is no question that crises do arise from time to time, issues that require everyone to change focus. However they tend to occur much more [...]

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There is an old adage that says if you eat a frog first thing in the morning, the rest of your day looks pretty easy. If you have two frogs to eat, pick the biggest, ugliest one first. Your personal “frog” is the project or activity that:

Yields the most benefit for you in [...]

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51% of small-business professionals end up dreaming about their work.
Of those 51%, 70% turn their work dreams into action items upon waking.

The above study was commissioned by Staples, the office supply store. If you are one of those people who dream about your work, you might suddenly find yourself jolted awake at 2 [...]

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“Help!”

I often lose documents on my computer.
I don’t know how to set up an electronic filing system.
I can’t find information on our network that someone else created.

These are common cries when I visit companies and assess their current productivity levels. For the most part, electronic filing systems have never been set [...]

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It is a common refrain: “I’d get something done if I weren’t always interrupted and distracted.” There are tools and techniques that help you manage your daily schedule better and get more productive work done. However even when someone is familiar with the processes, they may still not be utilizing the concepts. [...]

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