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…
What’s the next big idea? We are constantly looking for big ideas to solve problems (especially things like climate change, lifestyle etc) and increase productivity, but little things mean a lot. The power of compounding is too often ignored in favour of quick high-profile fixes. In his book Essentialism Greg…
The problem with the constant drive for productivity and efficiency is that it leaves little or no time for future improvements. Effective people do today what makes them better tomorrow. Effective organisations do the same. The strive for short term results particularly if you are reporting to a short-sighted organisation…
We all know the problem with time management is that the amount of time we have available in any one day, week or year is fixed. We also know that very few, if any people on their death bed say “I wish I had made more productive or efficient use…
It’s a great way to start the day. “Today I’m going to be effective.” It’s first thing in the morning, no new emails, no phone calls and you are ready to go. Next thing you know it’s six or seven or eight p.m. and what have you done? Answer, exactly…