by Hawkins | Dec 28, 2010 | General, planning, Productivity, Workplace productivity
How many times have you heard “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”? Believe it or not, it’s true. Planning is essential to your day-to-day and overall success and it has to be a part of your regular time management routine. If it’s not,...
by Hawkins | Dec 26, 2010 | Clutter, General, Office Organizing, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Of all the things that will kill your productivity, having and trying to operate in a disorganized space is at the top of the list. When your environment doesn’t support you, it contributes to wasting your time. With a disorganized space you spend more time...
by Hawkins | Dec 16, 2010 | General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
To add to the list of possible interruptions, we can look to those in our work environment. Coworkers present another common interruption. It might be that they come to your workspace or office because they need something from you. To cut down on those...
by Hawkins | Dec 14, 2010 | General, Habits, Problem Areas, 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 | Dec 12, 2010 | General, goals, Habits, planning, Problem Areas, Procrastination, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
There is always more to do, no matter what hat you wear in life. Everyone from domestic engineers/stay at home Moms to top CEOs can relate to that. At times it’s difficult to get things done because of the overwhelm conversation. That conversation that we...
by Hawkins | Dec 2, 2010 | General, Office Organizing, Productivity, Routines, Systems, Uncategorized, Workplace productivity
Every business should run like a well-oiled machine and one thing that helps keep them that way are systems and processes for all areas of business. Typical systems are filing, accounting, contact management, sales, inventory, payroll, customer service. Having...
