A little while ago we looked at Time Is Not Money but thinking of it in a similar way will help effectiveness. If you want to be effective spend time like you spend money. If I am going to buy something then one of the first things I will ask is…
The problem with so many people and businesses is that they dedicate large amounts of time and effort on things over which they have no control. At the end of the day there are some things you can control and most things which you can’t. Effective time management and control…
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…
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…
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…
Whatever you are doing right now is your priority. If you get up in the morning, check your blood pressure, go for a run or workout in the gym, return home and eat a healthy breakfast then your morning priority is health. If you get up and immediately view social…
Before reading this blog, you should make sure that you have read the one from yesterday Releasing Time To Be Effective in order to understand where we are going with this. Today we need to consider how to plan to effectively release time. You can’t create time, but you can release…