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Forget about managing your time; Manage your energy instead

Posted by Robyn McLeod on November 19, 2010

In any given week, I get plenty of emails about Time Management – seminars to attend, books to read, articles to click through to, and the hottest new productivity tools to buy. And when I find myself struggling to get through my to-do list or forgetting to do something, I feel guilty about my “poor time management.” No wonder everyone is focused on time management. Seems like there is always more to do, more information to process, more new technology to comprehend, more people to stay in touch with, and more places to be at the same time! Yet, we still have the same 24 hours in a day that we’ve always had. So, what do we do? Sleep less? Not I.
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Filed under: Awareness,Care for self,Managing,Time management - Tags: balance, energy level, Managing, self awareness, time management —

Finding more time – two ideas!

Posted by Cathy Alfandre on October 6, 2010

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically—to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.” — Stephen Covey

It seems to be a crazy time for everyone lately, with more things to do than time to do them. In the event that this sounds uncomfortably familiar to you too, I thought it might be helpful to share two time management strategies. They are practical and “doable,” and they always seem to resonate.
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Filed under: Change and grow,Managing,Time management - Tags: goals, priorities, Stephen Covey, time, time management —

Doing more with the time you have

Posted by Chatsworth Consulting Group on July 15, 2010

Time seems to be an ongoing challenge for so many people. We hear it all the time – “I don’t have time for this.” “There’s just not enough time in the day.”

As the number of hours in the day simply does not increase (in fact, sometimes it feels like there are fewer and fewer), we thought we’d share with you a brief article that offers tips and suggestions for getting more out of the time you actually do have, “Ten Steps to Doing More with the Time You Have.”
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