Wall Sign of the Week
No. 941 Time Magazine’s cover story was about Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, who recently published a book called “Leaning In”, which analyzes the reasons why, in her opinion, the progress of women in the workplace has stalled. Sandberg has the reputation of a super achiever, so her ideas are worth something. A sign on [...]
An Ordinary Morning.
No. 937 9:00 Checked email 9:10 Took telephone call 9:11 Proofread letter while finishing call 9:15 Started meeting 9:40 Took Telephone call 10:12 Ended meeting 10:15 Started 10′clock meeting 10:45 Took telephone call 11:00 Checked email 11:45 Finished meeting What’s wrong here? Click here to find out. Thanks to the Time Management Ninja.
Confronting Our Fears
No. 922 The Wall Street Journal ran a piece this weekend about what the stoic philosophers of antiquity called the negative path to happiness. As many people have found, reality is not nearly as bad as the worst case we imagine. The WSJ piece will take only a few minutes to read. Better than a few [...]
Thinking Time.
No. 902 Opportunities to think: 1. Driving. [Turn off the radio. Stay off the phone.] 2. Taking a walk. 3. Standing in line. 4. Lying in bed while falling asleep. 5. Doing routine housework and cleaning. CLT
Time Millionaire’s Tips for Creating Extra Time.
No. 897 I received a follow today from the Time Millionaire, a consultant who teaches people how to use time more effectively. Here are some time tips that she discusses on a free mp3 you can download from time millionaire.com. The comments are mine. TIME MILLIONAIRE’s TIPS TO CREATE EXTRA TIME. 1. Stop whining. A [...]
Time Management Ninja on Procrastination.
No. 893 Get out of the midsummer doldrums. Here’s a list by Craig Jarrow, the Time Management Ninja, of 21 strategies to get going. Some of them may surprise you. CLT
Stephen M. Covey, Leader.
No. 886 Stephen M. Covey died today at 89. He taught us many things. Not the least of which was to live as much of our life as possible in Quadrant II — Important but not Urgent. Too often we rarely get out of Quadrant I, the Urgent. We thought we were simply busy. He [...]
Foundations No. 5 and 6: Email and Telephone
No. 844 Email seems to be made for lawyers. It is especially useful to solo practitioners who have long ago become their own secretaries. The time and money cost of sending and filing a letter has been reduced to a tiny fraction. You may well send twenty or thirty of them a day, maybe more. [...]
Foundation 4: Manage Your Physical Environment
No. 843 We’ve been reviewing the Seven Foundations of Time Mastery by Julie A. Fleming, lawyer and consultant. She wrote this book in 2008 and recently brought out a revised version. It is a handy little book, full of ideas. It gives you an opportunity to collect your own ideas on the topics through workbook [...]
Foundation of Time Mastery Three: Delegating Effectively
No. 842 This week we are exploring the Seven Foundations of Time Mastery for Attorneys, a book by Julie A. Fleming, attorney and consultant. Foundation 1 involved managing your energy and Foundation 2 was about setting priorities. Although lawyers think they are good at delegating, Fleming writes that most lawyer’s delegation skills are only passable. [...]
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