Time Management is really only TWO decisions
As you face your desk or computer in the morning, there are only 2 decisions – what to do first, – and how long to spend on that before you […]
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Time Management process
Time Management needs a process. Yes we know about “urgent not being the same as important”, and “we need to control interruptions”, and reduce procrastination, and have a jobs to
Busy people who never reply to messages – and are proud of how busy they are. What can be done?
What can you do about people who you just can’t get hold of, and who never reply to your messages. Start with the soft approach: If none of that works,
How to overcome being a perfectionist
In some ways it’s good – high quality work is important, and in fact anything important should be done well, perhaps as well as you possibly can do it. But things
Why is Time Management so different to Project Management?
Project Management is about planning something where the tasks are related – some of them have to be done before some of the others, so you start by working out
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The two levels of time management – The Optimisation Octopus
The first job of time management is to reduce the unimportant stuff (you’ll never get rid of it all) to maybe 20-30% of your time. Even though it’s urgent and
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Do you REALLY understand the difference between important and urgent?
People often tell me that urgent means you have to do it, or that important means you need to do it soon – and these are both totally wrong! Urgency
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The secret to successful jobs-to-do lists
Correct use of jobs to do lists…. this is important! Often there are things that are too big to contemplate, so you put them off, but actually the first step
Timeless Time Management Problems
I’m re-writing my 1992 book “Time Management” for the second edition. The world is a pretty different place since 1992. Gone are filo-faxes, palm pilots, secretaries, and memos In are
Chris Croft’s Morning Routine
I was amused (to the point of wanting to vomit) when I read the morning routines of Mark Wahlberg, Jay Shetty and Oprah Winfrey: Marky Mark: “Prayers and vitamins” Jay:
The 40% limit
You’ve probably seen the classic important/urgent matrix Some people have the axes the other way around, but however you view it you have box 1 for the urgent AND important
Self employed and too busy – tips for work/life balance and avoiding burnout
If you’re feeling that it’s all running away with you, you’re stressed and out of control, then here are six things I would recommend – ideally BEFORE you get to
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Time Management when you enjoy your work
Is it OK to work longer hours, if you’re enjoying it? Does that mean you are a work-a-holic, or that the boss has conned you in some way? I think
Diary of an Airport
“Just hop on a plane, it’s only a 90 minute flight” they say and of course I fall for it every time. First, this is why it alway takes a
Ways to get more time
There are five main ways, but if you look at overlaps between these five you get another ten: We already know about the five options for getting more done –
My current projects
People keep asking me to work with them on exciting new ideas, and I wish I could, but all of us have finite time. I read somewhere that you should
