Delegation can be a real struggle for people. It seems like it can take longer to explain something to someone than simply doing it yourself. Turning a task over to someone else that you have become successful at seems risky. If you’re responsible for the results, sharing part of the process is scary. If the…

Before we go any further let’s review our organized time flow chart: You have your goals and a clear vision of the desired outcome.  You’ve made a to-do list of everything that needs to be done and they are broken down into 1-2 step tasks that take no longer than 50 minutes. Every task is…

The organization of time requires three skills.  Arrangement- how you arrange your tasks within the time you have Awareness- a realistic view of the time you have Adaptation- your ability to adapt to changes while performing tasks  Each of these skills impacts your ability to organize time and your relation within it. This is the…

Let me guess. You have to-do lists. You use them every day. They are scattered pieces of paper torn from an old notebook. Maybe they’re brightly, colored Post-its stuck to every foreseeable inch of surface space. Or you think you’re more creative and efficient by using a board plastered to your refrigerator that’s color-coded and…

Edwin Locke’s 1960 Goal Setting Theory stirred the business community around the essentials of performance management and what motivates people to get things done. Since this ground-breaking work, goal setting has become a fundamental steppingstone in our culture on how to accomplish the mundane to large tasks.  Locke partnered with Dr. Gary Latham and published…

Hopefully we’ve cleared up the myths around time management and why it’s a stressor for so many people. Now it’s time to talk about what time management really is. Instead of searching for a way to control time, think of how you can control yourself within time. We refer to it as Organized Time. When…

Time is a very common stress trigger for people. For some it’s the wasting of it because they have too much to do. For other’s it’s that time ticks away too slowly and the profound loneliness within that space weighs heavy on them. Still, many can find the chaos in busyness to be too much…

Time is a consumable commodity that equals the playing field amongst the rich and poor, successful and seeking, experienced and neophyte. Time is the one commodity that we all can choose to either give away for free or turn it into a million-dollar moment. We make or break these moments by our perception of time,…

The way you eat, the amount and type of exercise you do, and the quality of your sleep all affect your health, including your ability to ward off and handle stress. Even SMaRT techniques work better if you are able to concentrate, fight off fatigue, and feel self-confident: proven results from healthy eating, exercising and…