Posts Tagged ‘planning’
Unlock your productivity potential: key steps to good time habits
Building a solid foundation for good time management and cultivating positive time habits requires a systematic approach. Here are the key steps to building good time habits: Self-Assessment: Taking a close look at your current time habits. How and where you currently allocate your time. Identify areas where you struggle, and recognise patterns of inefficiency…
Read MoreTop 10 Apps for building good habits and keeping you on track
Building good habits and breaking bad ones isn’t easy. It takes time, patience and persistence. Start by understanding where your habit comes from, what triggers it and what you need to do to change it. Along with motivation and willpower you can use technology to help you. Firstly, set your habit goal and then set up…
Read MoreDoes trying to plan a group meeting or event feel like herding cats?
One of the challenges with planning a group meeting is trying to organise the time of people in different timezones and locations. social events with friends or family work related meetings or events with different teams or organisations Having just gone through this exercise recently, planning a group meeting can be hard work and a lot…
Read MorePlan your four-day week around three bank holiday weekends
Are you ready for a four-day week? Here in the UK we’re about to have three bank holiday weekends in the next month. Three four-day weeks and only two full weeks in the month of May. Are you more likely to try and squeeze five days of work in to four or will you be able…
Read MoreHow do you manage unrealistic expectations?
How do you manage yours or someone else’s unrealistic expectations. Are you the one making unrealistic expectations of yourself? Do you feel stressed when things don’t go according to plan? Does your perfectionism, need to do it right, hold you back? Fear of failure and a culture of blame will result in a work environment where…
Read MoreOne size fits all … or does it?
You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again. There’s no one size fits all solution to time management. Sorry if you thought there was. If you’ve worked with me or attended one of my webinars, you’ll have heard me say this … often. But there are proven strategies you can apply to…
Read MoreIt’s about time … same, same but different
I see the challenge about time and Time Management coming up in podcasts, webinars and articles. On topics and about anything and everything. From small to medium to large businesses. From marketing to design, education and creativity, product or service delivery and now farming! Last week I was interviewed for The Pasture Pod. A podcast…
Read MoreHow to go from overwhelm to clarity
When you’re struggling with overwhelm, one of the biggest stumbling blocks you have is your mindset and mental health. When you’re in a great mood, you’re focused, super productive. You feel like nothing can get in your way. Content gets created, meetings get handled, sales get made and business get done. But when you have an…
Read MorePlanner or Scheduler – paper or digital, which is best?
Earlier this month I posted my planner for the year up on Instagram. Now, I love a planner, along with worksheets and checklists. They keep me organised and I regularly share my favourites and the ones that work best. If you want to stop being late (see previous post), it helps to use a diary,…
Read MoreStop being late and start arriving on time
Being late is a common symptom of poor time management. It comes from a combination of poor planning, trying to squeeze too much in to the available time, leaving things to the last minute and not respecting your time or other people’s time. Are you known for always being late? When you set aside time…
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