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 | 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 4, 2010 | General, Productivity, Time Management
Once you have your list, you can begin to set deadlines for yourself. With your calendar for next year in front of you, set a deadline for each item on your list and place it in your calendar. Next, break each item into smaller pieces or tasks and place those in your...
by Hawkins | Jun 23, 2009 | General, planning, Productivity, Time Management
Yesterday I dropped my son off for a week away at camp. Although this was time I scheduled for him to have some summer fun, I only scheduled a couple of things for the week so that I can have some down time. I’m using the time to recharge and spend some time...