Consistency: The Key To Better Time Management
30 October 2013When I ask people about what they struggle with the most when it comes to time management, consistency is a reoccurring answer. This makes sense, because creating a new timetable or “to-do” list isn’t the difficult part of managing your time. Applying the new schedule in your life is. This step is always overlooked. A […]
To get better results from your writing – print it off
1 May 2012When you’re writing something, the fastest way is not always the best. If it’s important, be prepared to print your drafts instead of just correcting on-screen. And if it’s really important you might want to repeat the process three or four times until you’re sure you’re conveying just the right message. You might be thinking, […]
The Procrastination Tightrope And How To Keep Your Balance
1 September 2011Want to beat procrastination? Here’s some easy tips you can apply right now! Have deadlines for your goals. Beware, however, of being unrealistic. Working towards impossible deadlines is very de- motivating and won’t help you break the procrastination habit. Break a task down to smaller, bite-sized pieces with realistic achievable time-lines. This can often help […]
Rules To Reduce Junk In Your Inbox
8 August 2011Does spam drive you crazy? Even though I use Spam Arrest – http://www.spamarrest.com/ – as a first-stop filter, and my email programme is pretty good at filtering a lot of rubbish into Junk Email, I’m all too familiar with being deluged with bounce-backs from mail that falsely appears to be from our domain and been sent to false addresses. […]
In Order To Go Faster, First You Must Go Slower
1 August 2011How many times do we hear people say ‘I haven’t got time to .. ‘? Many times that is true, but if you notice yourself repeatedly using this phrase, step back a bit and analyse what it is you’re referring to. What are you really saying? You haven’t got time to teach someone else? You haven’t […]
Stop Unwanted Material At Source
27 June 2011A key question for the problem of space and information storage and management is ‘do I really need it?’ And following that, ‘what can I prevent coming into my space?’ Faxes: Get off fax lists of unwanted information. First port of call is to contact the offending company and politely request removal. If they choose […]
Does Your Organisation Overuse Email?
21 June 2011Just because we can send an email doesn’t mean we should! Here’s an example – The planning team of a large institution often work on large collaborative projects. This often requires input from all members. They had been in the habit of sending emails to all members of the team for input and contributions. […]
Don't Do What Someone Else Can Do
15 June 2011Who opens the mail? Who does the filing? Do you find yourself constantly getting bogged down with tasks somebody else could do? Over lunch some time David Eddy, Project Director of a great First Time Principals programme via Auckland University, shared the following tip. It was given to him by a colleague early in […]
A Meeting Room Is No Place For Phones
7 June 2011A very large international IT company asked for a course on ‘How to run effective meetings’. It was the weirdest session I’ve ever run; a brilliant example of how not to run meetings. The trouble was, the CEO had a different work ethic to the rest of the company. She’d been sent to Australia from the States to […]
You Don't Have To Work This Hard! – Positive Slow-Time
24 May 2011In my farming childhood the principle of fallowing a paddock was common (leaving ground uncultivated for a season, in order to rest the land, restore its fertility, and prepare it for a new crop.). These days, however, it’s not a word you often see or hear, except in cropping country. It was therefore with […]