Time Tips

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Improve your productivity and make the most effective use of your time.

Do you find there's always too much to do and too little time in which to get everything done?

Spend a few minutes here and let me enable you to organize your time more effectively with a free Time Tips, three secrets to being organized and a monthly teleclass.

Fill out the Latest Poll to let me know how you spend your time or feel free to contact me and let me know what takes up most of your time.

I am a Time Management Coach working with busy professionals, small business owners and IFAs to enable them to improve their planning and organize their time more effectively, so they can spend more time on the things that matter and less time on things that don't.

You can find out more about me and the way I work by visiting my website for additional Time Management Resources.

See my other Squidoo Lenses:

Procrastination - tips on preventing it.

Focus Day - clear your 'To Do' list in one day.

Time Management For Dummies

"This is quite possibly the best and most useful book on time management I have ever read."

Become more efficient, effective and productive with Time Management For Dummies your one stop guide to taking control of your life.

Packed with hundreds of timesaving ideas, techniques and strategies, you'll be able to: get on top of your workload, communicate effectively, make the most of your business meetings, organise your desk and files, prioritise, delegate and kick the procrastination habit.

With tips on getting more out of your time away from your desk, maintaining a productive home office environment and still finding time to see to your finances, health and social life, these time management tools will leave you feeling in control of your life at work and at home.

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Top Three Strategies To Being Organized.

Three things you absolutely MUST do if you want to be organized.

If you haven't got the time to organize yourself, then at the very least spend just a little time on each of the following three things and you'll find your productivity and effectiveness will improve no end.
  1. Planning - Planning your time is the best way to ensure you're effective with the time that you have available to you.
  2. Prioritize - Prioritise your tasks and actions in order of importance or urgency. Ensure you spend most of your time focusing on the important to avoid them becoming urgent later on.
  3. Organize - You know how you work and what's best for you. Using your natural tendencies and preferences create a system that works for you.

Free Time Management Resources

Resources and downloads to improve your Time Management

Articles

Articles on the subject of time management - planning and organization.

Here are a few of Time Management articles on my website.

Reduce Your Email Overwhelm. Spend less time on emails and increase your productivity

How To Prevent Procrastination. What are you putting off or resisting?

Working From Home. How to balance working from home with family, friends and your partner.

My articles have also been featured regularly in Better Business Focus - a monthly online internet magazine, industry specific publications and women's health and lifestyle magazines.

Useful Links

to save you time.

Time and Date
Find the current, future and past time anywhere in the world. Great for scheduling meetings or knowing what time is it before you pick up the phone.
xe.com
Check exchange rates.
Aweber - autoresponder
Unlimited autoresponders for your email, newsletters and opt-in web forms.
Dictionary.com
Online dictionary and thesaurus.

Recommended Reading

... if you have the time to read.

I regularly recommend a selection of books to clients and newsletter subscribers that will enable them to improve their productivity.

Here is the current recommendation from my bookshelf. You can find additional reading suggestions on my website.
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Daily Planners

Organize yourself with a daily planner.

Keep everything in one place. One of the best paper based time management systems around. Not only your diary but your weekly actions, notes, contacts and everything you need to keep on track and up-to-date.
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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

Electronic gadgets to make your life easier.

Carry one of these around with you to sync up with your desktop or laptop computer and always have your calendar, address book, to-do list and even your email with you wherever you go.
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