Goal Setting: The 12 Plus 1 Solution

With the new year coming up soon, it’s time to start thinking about planning out next year’s goals. Sometimes our modern calendar really bugs me. I’ve been trying to lay out the coming year in pieces that make sense for goal planning. I like things that are uniform and fit well together and many of [...]

Meaningful Accomplishments

I’ve been reading Sally McGhee’s book, “Take Back Your Life!” and I have found some of her organizational ideas to be fascinating. She has developed a productivity solution similar to David Allen’s “Getting Things Done.” Her track has taken a little different twist as she has added the concept of meaningful objectives to the mix. [...]

Read This Book and Take Back Your Life

I just picked up a new book by author Sally McGhee, entitled “Take Back Your Life Using Microsoft Outlook.” This book has been a real surprise as it includes a unique time management system similar to David Allen’s, “Getting Things Done.” Over the next few days we’ll delve deep into the system, but today I’ll [...]

50 Minutes @ Work

50 minutes has changed my life. The concept of working in a focused manner for 50 minutes and then taking a 10 minute break has revolutionized the way I work. I find that I am much more productive when I work in this manner. Instead of multi-tasking mania, this focused approach has led to single-tasking [...]

5 Minutes To A Better Nights Sleep

The dreams are flying through your head and all of a sudden you wake up in a jolt. You look over to the side of the bed and the clock says 1:30 in the morning. A sense of dread quickly comes over you as you think about the upgrade proposal that is due to the [...]

The Binderpoint Presentation

It’s 9 am and you are enjoying your first cup of coffee for the morning while reading your e-mail. Your boss runs into your office, breathing hard, with sweat running down his brow. He says the senior management team wants to see your proposal in conference room B at 10 am. Not a problem you [...]