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Time Management & Productivity: Can You Really Manage Time? - Click To Read Article
Time Management is an oxymoron. We can't manage time. Time moves at a relentless, constant pace. Productivity and time are closely related. If time can't be managed, how do we increase productivity? This article offers a radically different view of "time management".

Staying Clutter-Free - Organize For Productivity, Profit and Peace-of-Mind (Part 5) - Click To Read Article
In this installment we review the steps required to remain (paper) clutter-free with minimal daily maintenance. We begin to learn about connecting our filing system with a process, which enables us to deal with paper (as well as all sorts of information, such as email, voicemail, etc.).

Put Your Papers & Mind to Rest - Organize For Productivity, Profit and Peace-of-Mind (Part3) - Click To Read Article
In this article we review the preparations and considerations required to set up an effective filing system.

Organized in 10 Minutes? You Must Be Kidding! - Click To Read Article
To be truthful, I’m not talking about getting organized. I’m talking about STAYING organized! In this brief article I give some tips on how to keep up (rather than catch up) with your paper and email. It's all about decision-making, effective systems and good, daily habits.

Organization & Productivity: Can Disorganized Managers be “Trained”? - Click To Read Article
Information and interruption overload is bad enough. Email, instant messaging, SMS, twitter, RSS feeds rob us of precious time. Top it off with a disorganized, demanding manager and you will find no time to actually do your job. Can you "train" the Boss?

Learn to Organize - Learn to Live - Click To Read Article
Why is it that "9:00 to 5:00", regular vacations, playing with the kids, reading for enjoyment and the likes are no longer in our vocabulary? Why is it that more often than not it seems like it's all work and no life? Is it just the sign of the times or could our problems, possibly, be self-inflicted?

Just Do It!...Or… Maybe Not? - Click To Read Article
Just Do It! It sounds so right. It sounds so action-oriented. Do it, and do it fast. Do it now! Technology, especially communications technology drives us at a faster and faster pace. Are we more productive as a result? On the contrary. We provide some tips and best practices on how to regain control over our time and activities.

How to Write Effective Emails? Tips and Best Practices - Click To Read Article
Email is a fantastic tool. Why is it then, that we curse it? Why is it that we have become slave to it? It fills our email inboxes. It drives our days. It saps our productivity. Could the problems be self-inflicted? Regrettably, often, they are. Let's look at a few emailing best practices, which should help in harnessing the email as a valuable tool, rather than a necessary Evil.

From To-Do to Done: Organize For Productivity, Profit and Peace-of-Mind (Part 6) - Click To Read Article
This installment of my series deals with the most important part of our daily activities. Our To-Dos. Why To-Do lists keep on getting longer? Why so many activities get forgotten, remain uncompleted or missing the deadlines? We give step-by-step instructions on how to go from To-Do to Done.

Dealing with Email Overload – Tips and Best Practices - Click To Read Article
Is your email in-box forever full? Distracted every time your email dings? Do emails drive your days, not your priorities? In Greek mythology, Sisyphus, an evil king, was condemned to forever rolling a big rock to the top of a mountain, and then, the rock always rolled back down again. Are you are suffering the same "Hell" every day while trying to keep on top of your email tsunami? Here are, but a few tips for your consideration.

Computerized Paper Management - Organize For Productivity, Profit and Peace-of-Mind? (Part4) - Click To Read Article
In this article we review the advantages of using computer programs to “remember” the location of all our documents. We learn about the use of keywords and mention a few of the available, off-the shelf, paper management and filing software applications.

Clean Desk = Sick Mind? Organize For Productivity, Profit and Peace-of-Mind (Part2) - Click To Read Article
Is a clean desk a sign of a sick mind? Part 2 of this series describes the steps required to eliminate the accumulated paper clutter in your office. The goal is not to get organized! (Yes, you are reading it right) The goal is to create a system (and associated process), which let’s you STAY organized.

Best Practices in Dealing Effectively With Any Information - The 4D Process - Click To Read Article
This process is considered best practice in the organizing, time and task management fields. These 4 steps enable you to deal effectively with any document or information, be it paper or electronic. Utilizing this process will go a long way in making your work more productive and less stressful.

All Work-No Life? Organize for Productivity, Profit and Peace-of-Mind (Part 1) - Click To Read Article
Pain, stress, burn-out, information fatigue and severely eroded work-life balance. These are just some of the syndromes caused by our technologically accelerated society. In this introductory part of a series of articles we ask whether there is any hope of ever restoring sanity to our “crazy” world.

10 Tips and Best Practices for Effective Delegating - Click To Read Article
You have too much to do. You believe you are well organized. You follow best practices in managing your time and activities. Yet, many of your tasks don't get done or missing the deadlines. What more can you do? One possibility is that you are not considering delegating some of your tasks. Or, if you do, you may not delegate effectively. This article gives you practical tips and best practices for delegating effectively.

10 Time Management Mistakes - Click To Read Article
Where did the day go? Read here about 10 of the most common time management mistakes (and time wasters). Learn to recognize and eliminate them in order to gain more time for value-generating activities.


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