Be Agile and Flexible — How Your Words Affect Your Energy

What do being agile and flexible have to do with managing your time? And why do the words you use matter? Being efficient is often thought of as a matter of developing systems and being steady and disciplined about sticking to them.  And while those skills are very important, they may not work when something…

Agility, Aging, Retirement, and the Hidden Gifts of Change

The changes that come with aging demand lots of things from us. And interestingly, one of the keys to navigating this life transition is agility. Finding time and knowing when to stick to priorities and when to be agile and hold them loosely, in the midst of changes can be a challenge. And those changes…

Aging, You, and Your Time

Aging is a fact of life. It is continually happening for all of us, so long as we are lucky enough to be alive. With aging come many changes.  That they come is predictable.  How they manifest for each of us – and how we deal with them – is as unique as we are.

Find Time for December's Time Finder Favorites as We Step into 2011!

Finding time to look back over the past month and review posts that caught our readers’ eyes last month is one of my favorite ways to prepare for the coming month. Following are our top five posts … beginning with an old favorite:  Finding Time by Being Flexible-3 Timely Tips! Clearly this is always a…

Finding Time: Is This Discipline or Rigidity? Some Tips on How to Tell

Finding time to get everything done requires that you do some planning.  If you don’t, you’ll be at sea in the midst of a floating array of seemingly random (and demanding) tasks, priorities, and dreams. And planning requires both focus and flexibility.  I emphasize flexibility because so often, when we develop plans, our attitude is…

Find Time for Agility and Nimbleness!

Finding time and being efficient is often thought of as a matter of developing systems and being steady and disciplined about sticking to them.  And don’t get me wrong – those skills are very important! But the recent blizzard(s) that have inundated and paralyzed the Mid-Atlantic region of the US provide a reminder of the…

Finding Time for Your To-Do List — Planning

We all know that finding time to complete the items on your to-do list is an ongoing challenge.  I’d like to take a step back and look at a slightly different challenge:  Finding time to de-clutter and organize your to-do list. There’s no denying the fact that large lists of items clamoring for attention can…