The Mirage of Tomorrow — How to Stop Procrastinating Today

What makes tomorrow a mirage? After all, it’s the day after today. Well, tomorrow is a mirage because, if you pause to think about it you’ll notice that it never actually arrives. So, making time choices that help you stop delegating tasks to endless “tomorrow’s” is a skill worth cultivating. Mirage vs. Reality I use…

Finding Time to Recharge Your Productivity with Effective Lists

Finding time to be productive can be greatly enhanced by having effective, and easy to use, lists. How? Well, for starters, it’s important to not let your lists become so detailed that they are overwhelming. At the same time you don’t want to make them so broad that your specific goals get lost. Two Column…

Find Time by Maintaining Your Time Boundaries with a Timer

Why are your time boundaries important? Well, your efforts to find time are greatly enhanced when you know how much time you have planned for your activities AND you stick to your plan! If you don’t do that, one activity after another will overrun its allotted time. And then you will fall further and further…

Find Time With 7 Timely Tips

Finding time for what matters most to you is not a matter of magic.  Not at all! Each and every one of us can develop the skills and apply the discipline needed to find time. I’ve compiled 7 timely tips and touchstones for you that will help you along your path to time success.  Give…

Find Time With The 2 Column Method for Planning and Review

Finding time with schedules and to do lists is a time management skill that many of you are familiar with.  I’d like to discuss a variation that can help you fine-tune these tools, increase your effectiveness AND decrease feelings of frustration and overwhelm. I call this my 2 Column Method and you can adapt it…

Find Time When Your Inner Critic is Clamoring!

Yesterday I wrote about finding time when your to do list is overflowing and your stress level is high. I’d like to expand on that this morning and discuss how the inner critic can throw a wrench in the works — especially when you’re at your busiest. As we’ve geared up for making our e-mail…

Find Time to Find Your Financial Baseline and Take Charge

Finding time to be in charge of your finances can be a challenge. And doing it during these tough times is even more difficult. If you find yourself worrying about your situation, or procrastinating about it, or simply wanting to feel more organized and on top of your spending and saving, it may be a good…