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If you’ve listened to even a little of my training you know I harp about the evils perils of attempting to multitask. You can’t actually do two things at once you can only switch quickly between them, "switchtasking" it’s been called. I won’t repeat myself here, but I will refer you to an excellent discussion [...]
Read more... Multitasking is a Myth – Here’s a good resource
New membership site development service – WishList Master. Since we began to offer our online Outlook program I’ve received a number of inquires about how we made it happen. It seems many of our readers have produced content like training, articles, coaching or consulting services that lend themselves to online deliver Here’s a quick explanation [...]
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When you begin to think of your time as an asset (like money) you begin to think differently about how you are using it. Try to apply common money terminology to determine if we are making the best use of yours. First a major distinction. You can always get more money (or any other resource [...]
Read more... Are you spending, investing or wasting your time?
Just before the holidays I used Survey Monkey to conduct a time management survey among people who work form home. Since then many of the participants asked to see the results, so please accept my apologies for the delay. However it took this long to get enough responses. My objective going into this was to [...]
Read more... Home Office Time Management Survey Results
Things have been a little quite here in WorkloadMaster land over the holidays. I took a trip to Texas to visit family which caused me to take a break from posting. But I’ve been busy behind the scenes. Between the holidays I had an opportunity to interview Chuck Frey, publisher of InnovationTools.com. Visit The On [...]
Read more... Interview with Chuck Frey of InnovationTools.com
Merry Christmas! I promised to take this week off, but I just found this article from Scientific American about multitasking and had to share it. Plus I needed an excuse to try out this new app that gives me the ability to post from my Blackberry. Here’s the link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=multitasking-mind. See you after the holiday. [...]
Read more... Myth of Multitasking
I’m not talking about computer networking here. I mean the kind where you meet people face to face. Those local networking functions where you’re herded into a room to drift around listening to everyone rehearse their “elevator speech.” I don’t know about you, but I find this painful. If you need to meet new local [...]
Read more... LinksNet – The Answer to Business Networking Hell
I can’t think anything that wastes time and energy more than misinformation and maliciousness. Just ask anyone in Washington. Here is a little story I received by e-mail several years ago that gives us a practical way to filter the information we receive. The Test of the Three Strainers In ancient Greece, Socrates was highly [...]
Read more... The Truth Will Save You Time
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a post about gratitude. I saw a speaker the other day who said that scientific studies about happiness revealed that the the key is gratitude. I think she’s right. If we focus our energy on the good things in our lives then we use less on the not so good. [...]
Read more... Gratitude with an Edge
Hey there masochists early adopters it’s official, the beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is now available for download. All 684MB of it! Just start it up and go have lunch. I’m not quite ready to give it a spin, but I have to sooner or later to start preparing for the latest version of [...]
Read more... Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Now Available