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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pacing yourself through change
- OK...let's assume that you're truly motivated to change. Great. But how do you stay that way? That's a very important question, because most people fail to change not because they don't want to, but because they can't sustain their motivating drive throughout the process. Here are a few things to think about, to do, and to watch out for.First, make a conscious decision about how much of you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How do you start your day
- "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." --John RuskinAs I mentioned in the introduction (which you should read if you haven't already) lasting change is only realized when we work on both how we think and how we act. Many programs fail because they tackle only thought or o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Giving up the cape
- "I find it interesting that the very cape I tried to use to fly, became so heavy it kept me grounded." --Brook NoelOne day I was racing around town, errand to errand, mission to mission. When I stopped at my house to grab a few papers, the phone rang. It was a dear friend, so I carved out ten minutes to tell him about the hectic pace I had been leading for the past twenty-four hou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management
- Isn't it amazing that some people can produce huge results in the same 24 hours that we all have? Whether or not we realize it, we victimize ourselves by not appropriately deciding what to do with our time. Instead, we let our time decide what to do with us!Time is a commodity, and no matter who we are, we experience many demands on this precious commodity. The most critical step ? once a c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sharpen the saw
- Sometime ago, my lovely wife woke me up in the middle of the night and said, 'Dayo, you know what? I feel neglected.' I was speechless. She then went on to say that for sometime now I have been spending more time on my work to the detriment of the family. She further explained that I put all my energies into a high drive for achievement and career success. To be honest she was right.One of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Achieve more with less through proper planning
- One question a lot of people ask me recently is: "how do I manage my own personal time and get so much done in the same 24 hours everyone else have? They wonder how I have time for my family, being a Motivational Speaker, Business/Life Coach, Writer, Publisher, and Toastmaster."One day, I was in the gym with my very good friend, Joe De Souza, a highly skilled Speaker who has impacted me imm...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time is money - dont waste it
- "If you control your time, you control your life" - Alan Lakein (1973)Time is Money. Time is a precious commodity and everyone gets an equal share, but we use it differently. Even different societies have different attitudes towards times.One thing about time is that it is elusive; it cannot be changed, and once it is gone, it is gone forever. According to a saying, 'Time and tide wa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When is the best time to plan your day?
- When is the best time to plan your day? Well, everyone is different. Let's take a quick look at some of the different possible times:1) Early morning before you go to work.2) Lunch time3) Mid-afternoon4) End of the work day5) At night just before you go to bedI have prepared my daily plans during each of these times. Here has been my experience with each:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sprint through your workday, even if youre a marathoner
- Whenever you have projects that can't be done in one sitting, they have to be broken up into steps. Some people are marathoners and work best when they can spend long, uninterrupted hours on their projects. They hate to stop working because of piddly considerations like eating or sleeping, and they look forward to their next sessions. They're motivated by their goals, and they enjoy the process. T...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get more done at your office: focus on these eight areas for increased productivity
- Your productivity depends on good tools and effective environments, and on using them both well. It can be overwhelming to get your office into shape and still get your work done. Try attacking one of these areas each week. Pick one where you can make a positive change right now, to keep you motivated.Task Lists.These should be the centerpiece of your organizing system. Make lists fo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management: which advice to follow?
- There are so many books on Time Management published every month that it is difficult to find the time to read and digest them all. What happens to most people is that they buy a book on time management, read it, decide that some parts of it may suit them, but then fail to adequately integrate the system into their lives. This is partly due to inadequacies in the system itself, and partly due to t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Put yourself first
- Are you too busy to put yourself first? If a plane loses oxygen pressure for any reason, oxygen masks will drop down from a small overhead compartment. If the oxygen masks come down in a plane and you have children, you are always advised to put yours on first before helping your children.Why? Because you are in a better position to help your children put their masks on if you are not strug...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Save your time - delegate!
- Frustration is when an obstacle blocks your ability to achieve a goal. You know it is still possible to achieve it, but you just have no idea how.Often the obstacle blocking a clear path to the successful completion of a goal is our own knowledge. The trouble is, we just don't know what we don't know.One weekend, I set myself a project of downloading and installing some fairly compli...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Todays overload: tommorrow
- Whatever providence has in store for us tomorrow is not meant for us until tomorrow. It is foolish to burden ourselves today with cares and concerns that belong to another day. Today's challenges are sufficient for today and it behooves us to refrain from creating problems for tomorrow and then adding our creations to those of today.Understand, I am not recommending that we should not use p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Everythings blurry except for you
- Riding the subway home yesterday, my typically silent car was enlivened by two young girls and their mothers who hopped on. The girls, 7 years old or so, immediately danced over to the upright pole in the middle of the aisle and started twirling around it. After several minutes of this, giggling and talking and having a marvelous time chasing each other (paying no attention whatsoever to anyone el...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making more efficient use of your time
- You can lose, damage or waste some things in life, and then, get them repaired or buy them again. With time, you cannot do that. Once time has gone, there is no way to get it back! If you realise that a certain period of your life was less productive, or was lost in one way or another, there is no point in dwelling on it negatively; the best thing you can do is to learn from any mistakes, thus tur...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Four simple ways to take control of your time and your life
- It's been said, "That no one has enough time yet, everyone has all that there is." Simple concept - except when you're living your life in the multi-tasking lane.For most of you - your reality is too much work, information overload, struggling to balance your family and your work, and not enough time to get everything done.Well, I struggle with the same things you do. While I don't h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you really swamped or just disorganized
- "Time is what we need the most and what we use the least." Benjamin FranklinI asked a potential client if he had received my e-mail sent out four days ago. He replied, "I've been swamped." When we visited at his office, I had the opportunity to meet one of the most stressed out and over-loaded people I'd seen for a long time. And most of it was his own doing! Of course h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Focus on one thing at a time to get the job done
- All too often we can feel overwhelmed by the amount of work that we have to do and it is easy to get caught in the trap of trying to accomplish too many things at once and never completing any to your own satisfaction. Often there is a push to accomplish more and more, especially if you are focussed on your career and want to impress.However, if you want to be really productive, and actuall...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you have the time?
- Show me, O Lord, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. Psalms 39:4.The amount of time we have on this planet is brief. The longest life is but a short drama. Man appears on the stage of life, acts out a few scenes, takes his final bow, and is seen no more. All we have is that short interval between birth and death.Each day of our life should, t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Realistic time budgeting tips
- I'm sure we've all had the experience of having a certain block of time available, and our to-do list tasks or goals that we want to accomplish in that time frame, only to turn around at the end of that period of time to have the frustrating experience of not getting nearly enough done that we thought we could. What happened? Where did all the time go? This can be in our personal / family lives, o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A time-saving programming tactic that doesn?t work
- Let's say that you have a software project that's under severe time pressure. Let's say that this deadline is so tight that you already know it will involve many late nights of black coffee and frenetic programming. What can you do to make this process go faster?I honestly don't know, since the correct answer will depend on one's individual circumstances. However, I can tell you how many pr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management for home business owners
- As each day passes, and more and more things need to get done with your business, you may find yourself alittle overwhelmed with how much is left to be done. This is nothing new, and a problem that almost every home business owner encounters.There are too many things to do, and such little time! So how does one get all of these things done without interfering with family and friends time? T...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Decrease your sleep, increase your energy! and have more time in your day!
- Many of the world's most driven and successful people sleep only 4 to 5 hours per day. Do you really need to sleep 8 or more hours? No, you don't. No one does. Reduce sleep and increase your energy? Have you ever thought of reprogramming your inner sleep clock as a time management tool? Imagine what you'd do with an extra 21 hours in your week!A "sleep scientist" has come up with some easy ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increasing your roi
- All requests are not equal; all customers or clients are not equal; all to-do-list tasks are not equal; all work responsibilities are not equal. You can do fifty things today and get little, if any, return on your investment for having done them. Or you can do one or two things which have a large return.You possess personal capital. It is comprised of your time, effort, knowledge and skills...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How would you like to capture some time?
- Women's health issues often are focused on goals to reach: getting thin, moving up in the corporate world, having a child, taking a vacation, meeting Mr. Right, fitting in exercise or making sure you are eating your vegetables!Well, I hope to help you start at the beginning to capture moments of time that will help you build a foundation to support that very busy, goal directed life. How ca...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of 90 seconds
- You can use the Power of 90 Seconds to transform your life. This power will allow you to:=> Prevent countless problems.=> Add additional hours to your day.=> Maximize your efficiently while reducing stress.=> Save hours of time as you make less mistakes and prevent problems.=> Make Smart decisions.Few people truly understand the power of 90 s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your most important appointment
- An appointment is simply a mutual agreement to meet with someone at a specific time.You set appointments with doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, contractors and hair stylists, just to name a few. Usually, appointments that are set actually take place. Even when you do have to cancel an appointment, you usually re-schedule it and place the date and time on your calendar.There's ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Prioritize your life for success
- Today, it is hard to open an e-mail newsletter, a website, or an offline magazine and not see someone talking up the importance of time management.The time management gurus are going out of their way to teach us how to set priorities in our work week, how to organize those priorities, and then finally stick to our priorities to get more done. I applaud their efforts.Yet in all of the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing time to accomplish more
- Time is inelastic. Despite what some of us persist in believing, it will NOT magically expand to accommodate all we have to do. So, in order to maximize the time we have available, we have to spend it wisely.Here's how to do that.STRUCTURE YOUR TIMEThe very first thing to do is understand the structure of your time. If you think of the time you have available as some amorphous...