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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.
Table of Contents
- Newsletter - Holiday Inspiration and Focus
- This Month's Time Tip: Managing Your Email - No.3
- Time Management For Dummies
- Time Management Blog
- Top Three Strategies To Being Organized.
- Teleclass: Saying No
- Free Time Management Resources
- Articles
- Useful Links
- Recommended Reading
- Daily Planners
- Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
- Guestbook
Newsletter - Holiday Inspiration and Focus
Monthly Newsletter - main article
My latest newsletter is just out. This month's main article is about maintaining the inspiration and motivation we often get on holiday, there's also a special offer on the new book - Time Management For Dummies.
I've often found that holidays can be a great opportunity to not only take a break from your business or job but to think about the things that are really important to you and get a new perspective on life and triggers some of those light bulb moments of clarity. As a result of my holiday breaks, I've changed career (twice)...
If you want to read the rest of the newsletter, just sign up on my website and you'll receive the latest issue and free Power Time Tips.
I've often found that holidays can be a great opportunity to not only take a break from your business or job but to think about the things that are really important to you and get a new perspective on life and triggers some of those light bulb moments of clarity. As a result of my holiday breaks, I've changed career (twice)...
If you want to read the rest of the newsletter, just sign up on my website and you'll receive the latest issue and free Power Time Tips.
This Month's Time Tip: Managing Your Email - No.3
... to help you plan and organize your business and your life.
Managing Your EmailThe third in a series of tips to help you manage your email more effectively.
Only check your emails periodically through the day. Let's say first thing, late morning and again in the afternoon. Don't jump straight in and start responding. Take a few minutes to sort them into urgent/action, non-urgent and reading.
Subscribe to my monthly newsletter and receive free Time Tips direct to your inbox.
Just go to my website
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.
Order your copy today on Amazon
Time Management Blog
Time management solutions - for business, life and have fun plus other random ramblings.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byTop 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.
- Planning - Planning your time is the best way to ensure you're effective with the time that you have available to you.
- 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.
- 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.
Teleclass: Saying No
Monthly time management teleclass
Learn The Importance Of Saying No
A specific teleclass on one of the more common challenges facing busy people today. Find out saying no can increase your focus and motivation. Learn key tips and strategies to help you use your time more effectively.
Join me on Tuesday 28th October at 12.45pm GMT (07.45am EST).
Sign-up for the Get Control Of Your Time - Planning Teleclass today for only £9.99 and get a free Bonus - weekly Time Tips (worth £10)
A specific teleclass on one of the more common challenges facing busy people today. Find out saying no can increase your focus and motivation. Learn key tips and strategies to help you use your time more effectively.
Join me on Tuesday 28th October at 12.45pm GMT (07.45am EST).
Sign-up for the Get Control Of Your Time - Planning Teleclass today for only £9.99 and get a free Bonus - weekly Time Tips (worth £10)
Free Time Management Resources
Resources and downloads to improve your Time Management
- Know your top three goals? Get a customized free Goals Report in less than 5 minutes by answering a few simple questions.
- Top Tips Work Life Balance. Spending too much time at work? Improve your work life balance.
- Life Balance Wheel. A quick exercise to see how balanced your life really is right now.
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.
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.
Here is the current recommendation from my bookshelf. You can find additional reading suggestions on my website.
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.
Franklin Covey 99381 Day planner deluxe starter set, sierra simulated lthr binder, 5-1/2x8-1/2, black
Amazon Price: $51.06 (as of 10/07/2008)
List Price: $94.09
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.
Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld
Amazon Price: $178.19 (as of 10/07/2008)
HP iPAQ RX1950 Pocket PC
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Guestbook
Let me know what you think.
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millmm
Nice lens, lots of good information. Posted May 04, 2008 |
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silviamar
Great lens, Clare!! Very useful tips, I'm sure that this lens will be interesting for a lot of people. Keep up the good work! ;-) Posted July 26, 2006 |
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martinbamford
This is a really helpful lens. Thank you, Clare. I would recommend that every busy professional subscribes to your Weekly Time Tips. Posted July 21, 2006 |
