Category Archives: Time Management Skills

Are You A Morning Person?

Nugget: “A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.”~ Patricia Neal Reflection drill: Observe the times of day when you tend to be the most creative, social or adapt at problem solving. Do your best to match your scheduled … Continue reading

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How Automatic Are Your High-Payoff Processes?

Nugget: “Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.”~ James Ling Reflection drill: Create highly productive systems to DO the work FOR you. Here’s a big idea. Identify the critical steps required to complete your most important … Continue reading

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What’s Your Prediction For Success?

Nugget: “Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Reflection drill: Commit to Actually DOING Whatever It Takes — Then DO It. Predict your success by doing everything … Continue reading

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You Deserve A Break Today

Nugget: “Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.”~ Samuel Smiles Reflection drill: Running full speed ahead can leave you stranded with no fuel. Pace yourself! Why it … Continue reading

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How Many Unfinished Projects Do You Have Lying Around?

Nugget: “Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.”~ Robert Half Reflection drill: Completing some stage of each project before moving on helps you give all your attention to the next one. Why it matters: Seek some form of completion before moving … Continue reading

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Are You Dreading Your Next Task?

Nugget:  “The biggest difference between time and space is that you can’t reuse time.”~ Merrick Furst Reflection drill: A thing begun is a thing half done. When faced with an unpleasant task, either begin with the easy part to build … Continue reading

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How Can You Win Without Scoring A Goal?

Nugget: “Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.”~ Ralph Marston Reflection drill: When you picture what it will take to accomplish your ideal world, you can automatically see specific, concrete milestones along the way to realizing this dream. Make these milestones … Continue reading

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Could You Be Playing Doubles?

Nugget: “Success is not forever and failure isn’t fatal.”~ Don Shula Reflection drill: Seek to double your results and ask, “What else now?” Whenever possible, look for a task that can be doubled up with other tasks. Do your errands and dictate … Continue reading

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Have you made it crystal clear?

Nugget: “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”~ Arthur Ashe Reflection drill: If you’re not getting what you ask for, correct your communication skills first. Why it matters: Make it easy for others to help. … Continue reading

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Urgent Vs Important. What’s The Difference?

Nugget:  “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”~ Vince Lombardi Reflection drill:  Make Time for What … Continue reading

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