How many times have you heard the phrase “time is money”? The problem is that anyone saying that does not understand the concept of time. Time is not money – it’s far more important. Time is the only thing that cannot ever, under any circumstances be replaced. Once it’s gone,…
In Part 1 How To Be Effective Part 1 we looked at the importance of setting the objective. Now, in How To Be Effective Part 2 we need to consider one of the biggest problems of all, how to create and use time in order to be effective. This also leads…
Most of us are hopefully good at something. Nobody is good at everything. That’s why effective people know how to delegate. Spoiler alert – it’s a skill with which I really struggle. When you first set up in business you are the one who has to do everything. The problem…
You know the feeling. You get to the end of the day and suddenly realise you have been really busy but achieved little or nothing. There is no way you can define your day as effective. So, where does all the time go? A recent article in the Harvard Business…
David Allen the author of Getting Things Done famously said “your mind is for having ideas, not holding them” and this is how to effectively use Evernote to solve that problem. During the day (and often at night as well) we are bombarded by ideas, some useful, some just interesting…
Nearly everyone you meet will describe themselves as busy or too busy, but business is not the objective. What we want is the most effective way to get the work done in order to achieve our objective. That’s why deep work is effective work. In his book entitled Deep Work:…
I’m a huge fan of zero inbox email. Also, when used effectively I’m a great fan of email, but email efficiency is not the same as email effectiveness. Let me explain. In the past, I have been guilty of worshiping the great god of email efficiency. Email efficiency involves quickly…
A recent study of 1,000 American workers (and you can bet your life it’s not much different in the UK) by Zippia.com a career resource website found that in a typical 8 hour working day the average worker only spends 4 hours and 12 minutes actually doing work. That’s why…
We have discussed in a previous blog how You Can’t Manage Time But You Can Use It Better but let’s not trouble ourselves with semantics here. This is the simplest time management system ever. Every time you start to do something you ask yourself one simple question: “Is this the most…
There’s an old saying “time is money” but it’s not true. You see time is so much more valuable than money. If you lose money or waste it then there are loads of things you can do to earn it back. However, time is different, once it’s gone, it’s gone…