by Hawkins | Jul 31, 2011 | General, planning, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
In your endeavors to manage your time you may have already chosen a tool to help you manage your time and it didn’t work for you. You’re not by yourself; this happens all of the time. Years ago, a friend purchased the latest and greatest Palm Pilot and started to...
by Hawkins | Jul 27, 2011 | General, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Break; pause; disruption; intermission; interlude; disturbance; intrusion; stoppage; interval. No matter what you call it, it’s an interruption. We all are interrupted throughout the course of our workday, by people and by things that may not necessarily always be...
by Hawkins | Jul 25, 2011 | General, Time Management, Workplace productivity
We live in such an excessive society. Everything is bigger these days-our homes, our cars (although that seems to be shifting), even the meals that we eat. As a society we waste so much. We also waste our time. The difference is that time is something we don’t have...
by Hawkins | Jul 20, 2011 | General, planning, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Are you discounting your time? You may not have heard of time discounting. It’s a psychological phenomenon where a future desired result is perceived as less valuable than one in the present. This phenomenon effects the way we perceive our efforts in the area...
by Hawkins | Jul 18, 2011 | Business Management, General, Systems, Time Management
You have the first two keys from the last two posts and it’s time for the final key system. This is a place where many find themselves challenged and sad to say, for some it just goes right out of the window. Which isn’t good for business. As a business...
by Hawkins | Jul 15, 2011 | General, Systems
My last post gave you the first key system that’s necessary for business success. If your paper doesn’t have a home, get things in gear and set up that filing system so that you can get to the next key system! You can’t successfully run a business if you...