Eric Bouchet is no casual reader of Perfect Time-Based Productivity. He’s a French native who has a real passion for productivity. Over several weeks, he went through the book in detail and converted the concepts into a mindmap which can can be found here. I …
Read MoreCan Time Be Managed? A Project Nears Completion
In Perfect Time-Based Productivity, I glossed over an assertion that’s been made by a number of notable people, including David Allen, Dr. Brigitte Claessens and Earl Nightingale. It boils down the following: Time cannot be managed, therefore time management is impossible. In both my books …
Read MorePut on Your Thinking Cap! [Guest post]
Most people arrive at their desks and the only thing scheduled in their calendars are meetings; that is, places to put their bodies. If you are slightly more evolved in the management of your time and productivity, then along with meetings, you also have scheduled …
Read MoreAnswers on Quora
I just put a post up on the 2Time Labs website with links to some interesting time-based productivity questions I have been answering on Quora – the question and answer, social website. I invite you to come on over as it’s the most active place …
Read MoreDr. Melanie Wilson interview on SkedPal [podcast]
I sat down a few days ago to have an in-depth chat with Dr. Melanie Wilson about the different ways we are using SkedPal. It was a fascinating conversation that really just scratched the surface of what we have discovered in the past year. It’s …
Read MoreTechnology that Stops Meeting Time Grabbers in Their Tracks
Time Grabbers are colleagues who have found novel ways to waste your time. In this column, I explore their ability to do so via meetings that either should never have been called, or are badly run. I suggest a few technologies that already exist plus …
Read MorePlaces online to have a time management conversation [Infographic]
I regularly visit the best forums on the Internet to find conversations related to time-based productivity. Unfortunately, they are scattered far and wide so I put the best ones together in one place on this page, right here on this website. If you are looking …
Read MoreExplaining My Absence and Why You Are Invited… to Join a Beta
I’d like to share with you a discovery I recently made and why I’d like you to join me in a private Beta Test. Some may have noticed that I have disappeared, dropping from my regular routine of updating my blog and podcasts. The reasons …
Read MoreImplementing Strategy? Try Holding Meetingless Meetings
What should executives do about their strategy execution problems? Here’s a simple idea: schedule time to execute strategy with Meetingless Meetings. The idea is a simple one. After leaving a strategic planning retreat and assigning each project to an individual, block out time in each …
Read MoreOptimizing Your Time… What’s the Best Way?
Recently, over at the 2Time Labs blog, I wrote an article about optimizing your time. It’s an interesting read and it’s gotten a bit of traffic – if you have already completed the book it may explain a few of the trickier concepts from a new …
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