Have you ever suddenly found yourself in one of those conversations that you have no idea how it started, where it came from and what it’s about? All that you know is that you are listening to lots of information about something or other, and that part of your brain is frantically working at top [...]
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Easy As ABC
One simple way of prioritising is to use the ABC method. It is a straightforward and practical strategy that you can use at the start of any new day, project or list of things that you need to achieve. Priority setting is something that takes a short amount of time, yet allows you to focus [...]
My KnowHow Livedrive Cloud Fiasco
Time is such a precious commodity. I do everything I can to ensure that my time is spent wisely and that I can be as effective and efficient as possible. That’s why I choose my technology tools really carefully. Paperless Office Evernote and a ScanSnap scanner have allowed me to virtually eliminate all the paper [...]
Some Day
To really make progress and get things done you have to focus and spend more time and energy on less. And although doing less will result in achieving more, I recognise that it’s hard to let go of some of the things you want to do. Some ideas are just too good to say goodbye [...]
Avoid The Library
Stuff To Do We all have a huge amount of ‘stuff’ to do. And sometimes the sheer scale of work that’s on the go can overwhelm us. When I go through clients’ work schedules to help them make efficiency changes I sometimes see small, silly things included like returning library books to avoid a late [...]
Forgiveness vs Permission
Ask For Forgiveness, Not For Permission In order to help clients achieve their goals more quickly than they could have imagined was possible I often encourage them to make a start earlier than they might have on their own. Ready, Fire, Aim is a strategy that can have huge benefits. Red Tape However, for all [...]
The Democracy Of Time
The Arab Spring Unless you’ve been on planet Zod for the last 6 months or so you’ll have noticed that across north Africa and the Middle East populations are saying that it is time for democracy. My rallying cry is a little less headline hugging, on a smaller scale and happily won’t endanger your life. [...]
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My KnowHow Livedrive Cloud Fiasco
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