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Productivity

‘Tis the Season to Set Your Goals

Productivity

‘Tis the time of year to look at goals, life plan and resetting of priorities. I frame my goals for the year & place them on my night stand. When I started this exercise 10 years ago & at the end of the year I’d feel dejected from my lack of progress. Not realizing I [...]

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Going Green with Time Management

Productivity

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to stop using my Franklin Planner and go digital by the end of the year.  Amazingly enough, I was able to go digitial by the end of 1st quarter.  The first week of April, I traveled without my planner.  While I thought I would feel like Linus without [...]

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Time Management Tools

Productivity

Time Management Part 3 Many people start with the tool, but I believe the tool should be an extension of your habit of managing your time. It should not be a starting point.  Even if you have a tool you love, it’s always good to periodically look at new tools since technology is always evolving. [...]

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The Discipline of Time Management

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Time Management Part 2 You can read part 1 here. My time management habit began with my inability to keep my class schedule straight freshman year.  The whole, “Mon – Wed – Fri” Class or “Tues – Thurs” class really messed with me. First couple of weeks of college I showed up for a Wed [...]

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Understand the Value of Your Time

Productivity

Time Management Part 1 Pride nurtured by apathy is the root of poor time management skills.  Being habitually late or constantly double booking yourself shows lack of concern for other people and for yourself.  Not only are you burning bridges with people, you aren’t accomplishing your dreams. Some of the best advice I received was [...]

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How to Plan Using Backwards Goal Setting

Productivity

In project management, we plan from the desired end state.  I have found this technique helpful when it comes to planning for the goals I’ve set for my life.  Project management provides processes and structure to achieve that end state. For example, last year I set a goal to climb Mt. Rainer this year.  I [...]

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