Have you ever felt confused by conflicting advice from productivity experts? I read one article that talks about how Richard Branson recommends getting up at 5:00 AM to exercise and organize the day, and another that said Apple’s Tim Cook proudly claims that he gets up at 3:45 AM to get on top of his email. (Yikes! I…
If you’re like me, you’ve struggled with Getting the Right Things Done without overworking, sacrificing or killing yourself. I’ve always marveled at those people who are like natural Time Management ninjas. They seem to have been born knowing how to arrive on time, stay focused, stay organized, accomplish what they intend, and manage life like…
So many of us spend a lot of energy and angst lamenting over what we don’t get done. We compare ourselves to others who seem to accomplish things with such ease, and we rarely measure up. We feel guilt and shame and stress over our struggle to keep up and follow-through, and we’re always trying…
It’s a story I hear every single day, and it’s a story I could have written! It’s the story I used to live myself, day in and day out. My clients come to me looking to improve their performance and their productivity. I often hear them say that they are. . . Lazy Undisciplined Unmotivated…
No matter why, specifically, new clients come to me for help, the most common complaints I hear boil down to feeling like they’re unable to perform at the level of their abilities consistently. At the very core of that for most of my clients is… Inconsistent Follow Through. When we don’t show up in the…
In part 4 of the Keys to Time Management series, we’re going to start to look at what is probably the most complex of all the elements of time management to set up and customize. Solid Time Management largely depends on effectively managing your tasks and to-dos, and executing them. No matter how solidly your…
Sometimes, one of the hardest things for an individual with ADHD to do is just to get started! Other times, we have great energy and enthusiasm and get started with a “bang,” only to lose momentum and struggle to follow through and finish. I know many of you have left a wake of unfinished projects…
If you’re like me, you’ve struggled with Getting the Right Things Done without killing yourself. I’ve always marveled at those people who are like natural Time Management ninjas. They seem to have been born knowing how to arrive on time, stay focused, stay organized, accomplish what they intend, and manage life like the confident captain…
I know you work hard. I know you give your all each day. I know you’re exhausted at the end of the day. I know you’re overwhelmed. I don’t doubt any of that! But, that is not the question I’m asking. Are you Busy or Productive? Busy is doing stuff–lots of stuff. Busy is working…
Nobel-prize winning psychologist and economist Herbert Simon once said, “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” How true is that of this world today? And, in case you’re not familiar with his work, Simon actually said that in 1971. 1971! I was 6 in 1971. We had three channels on our TV set,…