Time Management Tip #14 – Practice the 10 Minute Rule
This one is simple: work on a dreaded task for 10 minutes each day. Often what stops us from working on these projects is their size, whether actual or perceived; or that we just don’t want to do them. We tend to view them as a whole – a large project that I can’t get […]
Time Management Tip #12 – Delegate! (Part III)
Time Management Tip #12 – Delegate (Part III) [Below is from Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving Balance, chapter 7, Managing Your Time and Energy—A Different Way to Practice, p. 173, etc. In this chapter we lay out five tips on effective delegation. Below is the fifth.] Learn to Delegate “The best executive is […]
Time Management Tip #12 – Delegate! (Part II)
Time Management Tip #12 – Delegate (Part II) Below is from Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving Balance, chapter, 7, Managing Your Time and Energy—A Different Way to Practice, p. 173, etc. In this chapter we lay out five tips on effective delegation. Below is the fourth.  Learn to Delegate “The best executive is […]
Time Management Tip #12 – Delegate (Part I)
If you came to my time management workshop the first thing I would do is acknowledge you for showing up. Why? Because many people want to change their relationship to time, but even if they convince themselves to sign up for a time management training, they sometimes don’t actually attend because they think, (whether […]
Procratinating Jobs that are “Too Big” (Part V)
In the first blog on procrastination, I identified three possible reasons why people might choose not to do the most essential task in favor of a less essential task. (http://www.mclarencoaching.com/procrastination-part-i-what-is-it-really/) The third reason was: 3. Sometimes the most essential task is too big or daunting so we put it off, believing that later we will […]
Procrastination, Part IV – “But I Don’t Feel Like it”
In the first blog on procrastination, I identified three possible reasons why people might choose not to do the most essential task in favor of a less essential task. (http://www.mclarencoaching.com/procrastination-part-i-what-is-it-really/) The second reason was: 2. Sometimes we don’t enjoy doing the most essential task. When we avoid tasks and offer excuses like “not enough time” […]
Procrastination, Part III – Determining that Most Essential Task
Questions to Ask to Avoid Procrastination In the first blog on procrastination, I identified three possible reasons why people might choose not to do the most essential task in favor of a less essential task. (http://www.mclarencoaching.com/procrastination-part-i-what-is-it-really/) The first reason was: Sometimes we don’t clearly see which is the most essential task. Everyday, we make choices […]
“Procrastinator” – Is This a Label You Want?
Second in our series on procrastination, today I want to talk simply about the label “procrastinator,” I hear so many people give themselves. When people experience a pattern of behavior, they tend to label it: “I have a sweet-tooth.” “I am not good at that.” “I am a big picture person.” “I am a detail […]
Procrastination Part I – What is it Really?
Procrastinate: “to put off doing something until a later date.” (Webster’s Dictionary.) I find this definition does not help us understand the energy that surrounds this topic for so many people. We make choices every day to put off many things. Indeed, choosing what to put off is a part of effective time management. Obviously not […]
Time Management Tip #9 – Multi-Tasking: Focus On One Thing At a Time (Part II)
The antidote to multitasking is presence. Presence comes in two varieties. Both are very important to time management. The first, is what we discussed in our last blog – doing one thing at a time. The second, possibly more difficult type of presence, is thinking about what you are doing while you are doing it. […]
