by Hawkins | Nov 30, 2010 | General, Habits, planning, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Simply put, you can’t manage your time without a means to do so. We all know that there never seem to be enough hours in any given day, but we aren’t going to get any more, so we have to work with what we’ve got. Besides knowing what’s...
by Hawkins | Nov 28, 2010 | General, goals, planning, Productivity, Uncategorized, Workplace productivity
Now let’s look at how your calendar and to-do lists can become cluttered and how to remedy that. There’s always plenty to do, usually more than there’s enough time for. Clutter can accumulate very quickly in this respect. Everyone has things that...
by Hawkins | Nov 23, 2010 | Clutter, email, General, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
As I mentioned in the initial post, clutter shows up in the form of email, another productivity killer. We all know how it is when you are checking email. Just one email can take you quite a bit of time if you’re not careful. You open an email that makes a...
by Hawkins | Nov 21, 2010 | Clutter, General, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
When there’s no clear plan for maximizing productivity, so many things can snatch away your precious time. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, I’m going to share info with you on those productivity killers. Each of these will kill your...
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 | Sep 20, 2010 | General, Goal Setting, goals, Habits, multitasking, Procrastination, Productivity, Workplace productivity
There’s one more way to use procrastination as a stepping stone. We can do nothing. Yes, I said do nothing. Our tendency is to push ourselves and to push hard. We don’t slow down, so there’s no down time. We need to be clear about what we want to accomplish...
