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Mastering Time: Three Strategies for Increasing Productivity

Tom Spencer

Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or an entrepreneur, time management is a crucial skill for anyone looking to increase their productivity. Effective time management involves an ongoing and regular process of organising your schedule so that time is allocated to all of the important aspects of your life.

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Track Your Time for 30 Days. What You Learn Might Surprise You.

Harvard Business

Inspired by a colleague, the time management expert Laura Vanderkam , I decided to spend the month of February tracking exactly how I spent my time, down to half-hour increments. In particular, there were four that made me rethink a lot of the conventional wisdom on productivity and time management.

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Why Leaders Need To Take A Hike

Organizational Talent Consulting

As we began to work together, it became clear they didn't have the time management challenge they initially believed. Physical wellness and exercise are associated with increased happiness, self-confidence, and energy. The power of full engagement: Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance and personal renewal.

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Urgent vs. Important – How to Sort Through the Noise

Women in Consulting

In our brave new world of email, instant messaging, social media, twitter plus the occasional phone call it can be hard to sort through the list of possible tasks and decide what to do next. This concept was actually introduced by then-President Eisenhower, but it shows up as part of many time management systems.)

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How Your Phone Can Help You Set Better Habits

Harvard Business

Logging apps make it easy to record information like what you’ve eaten, when and how you’ve exercised, or when you’ve completed work tasks. More and more people use apps to guide or structure their habit routines, particularly when it comes to meditation and exercise. Guide your habit.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

I now have research calls and phone interviews; lunches with literary agents and web developers; conference calls about book titles and publishing schedules; and radio interviews and media prep calls. With a year of Untouchable Days under my belt, do I still go through the exercise of scheduling one Untouchable Day every single week?

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