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How To Stay Calm In A Crisis
Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Better Life, under selfimprovement, time management.
Have you ever had a crisis throw your time management efforts out the window? If so, it might have gone a little something like this: You were organized and efficient, moving along at a good pace and getting a lot accomplished. Then suddenly one thing went wrong and threw your whole plan off-track, and you found yourself scrambling to fix the problem before everything else went haywire too. It happens to the best of us!
Crises will happen no matter what we do, and there is usually no way to plan or prepare for them. However, you don’t have to let them ruin your whole day.
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What Is Multitasking: Multitasking - Friend or Foe?
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Better Life, under life hacks, selfimprovement, time management.
Multi-Tasking: Friend or Foe?
Multi-tasking is one popular technique taught by time management experts, but does it make your life easier, or more stressful? That will depend on several factors, such as the type of person you are, the tasks and activities unique to your situation, how strong your level of focus is, as well as your ability to handle pressure.
Some people are great at multi-tasking because they thrive on challenges. The more complex and intensive a task is, the better they are able to master it. They have no problem focusing on more than one thing at a time and completing them easily.
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How To Improve Concentration: Mental Exercises to Improve Your Focus
Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, life hacks, selfimprovement, time management.
How to improve concentration is a theme of our article for today. One major snag in any time management plan is the ability to stay focused throughout the day. Have you ever had days where you just couldn’t seem to keep it together and found yourself running in circles and getting nothing done?
Poor concentration is one common reason for a scattered mind-set. If your mind isn’t as strong and alert as it could be, you won’t be able to focus clearly for extended periods of time. Mental exercises can help because they strengthen your ability to concentrate, and will improve your focus over time.
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Plugging the Holes: Avoiding Drains on Your Time, Energy and Resources – Part II
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, selfimprovement, time management.
In Part I of this article, we covered three common drains on your time, energy and resources, and shared helpful tips about how to “plug the holes,” so to speak.
Below you’ll find two more destructive drains and what to do about them:
Stagnant situations. Similar to unresolved emotional issues discussed previously, you may need to achieve closure on situations that no longer serve you. This might include relationships that have become empty and unproductive, a job that no longer fulfills you, or even financial habits that are causing greater expense than they need to.
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Plugging the Holes: Avoiding Drains on Your Time, Energy and Resources – Part I
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, positive thinking, selfimprovement, time management.
Despite your best efforts at time management, you may find yourself facing serious drains on your time, energy and resources. Unless you deal with the causes of these drains and “plug the holes,” so to speak, you’ll forever keep running in circles as you try desperately to stay in control.
Below are three major things that can drain your time, energy and resources; and what to do about them:
Distraction. Have you ever had those days where you just can’t seem to focus? Even the simplest tasks make you feel overwhelmed because you already have a million things on your mind. Distraction is usually caused by chaotic surroundings, scattered thoughts, or lack of a clear plan. When you’re distracted, you are not working at an optimal level.
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Making Self-Care a Priority: Time Management Articles
Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, selfimprovement, time management.
Getting the outer facets of your life into order is an important part of time management, but so also is learning how to balance yourself from within. This is one area that many people skip without realizing how it can keep them stuck in patterns of chaos and distraction. Continue to read one of our time management articles.
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Effective Time Management Tools To Boost Your Life
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, selfimprovement, time management.
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Time management is very much a product of effective planning and balancing of your life activities, but there are also plenty of time management tools and resources that can help you in your quest for a more peaceful life.
Below are a few simple ideas that can help you save time and get more focused:
Planner or date book. Sometimes getting focused is a simple matter of having a clear system to organize the activities and tasks you need to get done each day. A good planner can help, but even a simple blank notebook can do wonders too. Start by keeping a list of your daily chores and obligations, and check them off as you get them done. This is one of our mentioned time management tools.
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Time Management articles: Beware the Habits That Eat Away at Your Time
Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, selfimprovement, time management.
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You may have heard it said that time management is really about managing yourself. That truth becomes all the more apparent when your ingrained habits seem to eat away at the time you have available each day.
Most of us deal with a few “bad habits,” but sometimes our habits move beyond “bad” into “destructive and limiting.” Does this describe some of your habits? And do those habits make managing your life almost impossible?
When it comes to bad habits, there are several that can completely stall your efforts at effective time management, but here are two common ones to start with:
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Time Management Articles: Are your Goals realistic?
Posted on April 11th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, goals, selfimprovement, time management.
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Time management articles with discipline are vital points of your time management skill. When you start making positive changes to better balance your life, you may become overzealous in an attempt to “fix” everything at once. However, doing so can end up causing more stress and magnifying the problem.
Below are three common ways you might sabotage your own efforts at better time management, and how to avoid them:
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Consequences of Time Management Techniques
Posted on March 29th, 2008 by Better Life, under featured, goals, time management.
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Have you been struggling to get your life under control for a long period of time? Does it seem like no matter what you do you can’t get a handle on the chaos and disorganization? Do You feel, that you might need some useful time management techniques?
Believe it or not, you may be sabotaging your own efforts to take control of your time and life. Why would you do this? Only you can say for sure, but one possibility is that you fear the “consequences” of a balanced life. In other words, your destructive habits might actually be serving a purpose in your life, and you fear letting them go because you might find yourself in situations that you don’t know how to handle!
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