27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Avoiding telephone time thieves involves being proactive. Implement the ideas in this article to avoid letting the telephone “steal” your time (and of course, it’s not the “telephone” that is stealing your time, now is it?). Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
We’ve all done it – allowed ourselves to be distracted by email rather than getting busy with the task at hand. Email, while often productive and important, can steal time in the most creative ways. Try these techniques, and encourage your colleagues to do the same. Note: This article can be used as the topic of an office meeting – list it on the agenda as “Time Saving/Office Productivity.” Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
The following 9 tips are to help you get people out of your office/work space (and maybe even your home). If it turns out that you are the perpetrator, stop bothering people! Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Most of you who get headaches know exactly why you get them because you have tracked it and know. Sometimes headaches can be debilitating, and at other times they are just an annoyance. Either way, having a headache steals your time. If you don’t want to consume aspirin as a food group, start dealing with your headaches. Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Roger Mellott speaks about stress management for professionals. He discusses the idea of having an “energy pie” and posits that some people wake up with an energy pie the size of a dinner mint and others wake up with an energy pie that is the size of a child’s swimming pool. We can take several lessons to help keep energy thieves away. Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Sometimes you are your own worst enemy. You have so many projects to complete, and yet things that are seriously low on your priority list get done first. There are ways to avoid distracting yourself. Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
If all workplaces became gossip-free zones, productivity would go up by at least 25% overall. In some environments, it might go up by 50% or even more. And, the time thievery that is caused by this lack of productivity would be essentially eliminated. So, how can you help avoid gossip and help your organization be a gossip-free zone? Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
How is it that a grown woman/man can procrastinate day after day, month after month, and year after year? Because procrastination works. It keeps you from having to do the task that you just hate to do. Well here’s the news, folks, you can break the habit! Read More
27th March, 2008 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Lurking all around you at home, at work, and everywhere in between, there are tasks, situations, technology, humans (and other mammals) who can potentially steal your time. Be on the lookout for the time thieves that are ready to rob you if you let your guard down. Read More
