by Hawkins | Nov 2, 2010 | General, Goal Setting, goals, planning, Productivity, Time Management
Once you have your bearings for the remaining months of this year, you can begin to look forward and plan for next year. It’s important to start thinking and planning your upcoming year before the holiday season begins. If you don’t start planning before hand, then...
by Hawkins | Oct 31, 2010 | General, Goal Setting, planning, Productivity, Time Management
Did you know that for every 1 minute of planning that you do you save yourself 4 precious minutes of your time? It’s true! Think about that for a minute then ask yourself how much time are you losing each day because of a lack of planning. Daily planning helps you...
by Hawkins | Oct 21, 2010 | General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Being a time management coach I’ve seen many people challenged with many things over the years when it comes to managing their time. For some it’s the distracting, disorganized environment that makes things challenging; some don’t know their personal energy cycles,...
by Hawkins | Oct 19, 2010 | General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management
Life is all about how we relate to the things and people around us. Our friends and family, how we do business, everything is based upon relationships and those relationships impact everything. The same is so when it comes to time. Our relationship with time impacts...
by Hawkins | Oct 17, 2010 | General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management
Recently I’ve found myself observing a few situations where people were wasting other people’s time and even found myself in a situation where someone was wasting my time and needless to say, I wasn’t happy about it. I started to think of the...
by Hawkins | Aug 18, 2010 | General, Habits, Productivity, Routines, Time Management
You’ve probably heard of Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Those principles if established as habits help the reader become more effective. Let’s take a look at them. Habit 1: Be Proactive-take responsibility for every aspect of...