If you find yourself deleting a large number of e-mails each day, it is a good idea to take a few minutes to do a quick E-mail Audit to assess the sources.  Armed with this information you can take action to reduce your e-mail bloat so that you can focus more time and energy on the things that are important to you. Here’s a quick video about how to do it: Here are the steps: Sort your inbox by the From (sender) column. In most...

Is your e-mail inbox becoming bloated?  How much of that is your fault?   We find that many people contribute to their e-mail overload by indiscriminately subscribing to newsletters and social networking groups that they rarely use. When it gets to be overwhelming it is time to consider an e-mail diet. How We Contribute To Our Own E-mail Bloat Each time you join a group or download a “free” eBook you are giving someone...

I try to keep these posts practical and down-to-earth, but sometimes it’s good to hear from the eggheads more learned among us for a different perspective.  Recently I came across a speech given by psychologist Philip Zombardo  from the TEDTalks series that is worth thinking about.  Here’s the video: Dr. Zombardo makes makes a very interesting point, backed up by research.  He believes that your “time...

My wife and I have discussed joining Weight Watchers for the past several months.  She’s in great shape and doesn’t need it, but I love to eat and it was time for some moderation. We signed up over the weekend and I began to use Weight Watchers’ online tracking program.  You use it to plug in everything you eat as well as activity levels.  It then shows you in graphic detail how well you’re doing.  After two...

Earlier this week I mentioned that most of us need some type of wake-up call to truly come to grips with the finite nature of our time.  I also talked about it in The On Target Podcast yesterday.  That reminded me of a story I received in one of those e-mail chain letters several years ago about a gentleman who used a jar of marbles to keep track of the number of weeks remaining in his life. Through the magic of Google I found the letter...

Yesterday I came across a very interesting 45 minute video about Adult ADD/ADHD at the Canadian Global News Web site. The program, ADD & Loving It, shines a light on this much  misunderstood affliction in a very informative and entertaining way.  I have no idea how long they plan to keep this posted, so if you are interested you may want to view it sooner rather than later. The program includes interviews with  Dr. Edward Hollowell,...

What’s the difference between how successful executives manage their time and the rest of us? Often people think it’s because they have an army of lackeys waiting to take care of their every whim.  That may be true to a point, but each of us is responsible for how we spend our time,  focus and attention.  No matter how many helpers a person has it’s up to them to decide where to focus their attention. After working...

Don’t go, you’re in the right place. You may have noticed that our site began to look very different this week.  After much deliberation I’ve decided to move to a new “theme” with more flexibility.  The previous one was very inflexible and frankly I hated it.  Besides the publishers had terrible support. I like to keep things consistent, but the old theme had me backed into a corner too many times. This look...