Recently one of my cross country clients and I incorporated one tool that doubled her monthly income immediately, raised her team’s morale, and saved dozens of back and forth email time. It reminded me of the power of planning time management tools that successful people use regularly. Today here’s the first Power Planning Tool: Power [...]

Last night I spoke to the American Subcontractors Association in San Diego and shared our next Time Planning Tool: a “Time Slotted To Do” list. When you master this tool, you can create successful day almost any day. Power Planning Tool #2: Time Slot Your To Do List Did you know studies show we can [...]

I had a wonderful time of speaking last week but came home to a desktop of scattered papers – mail from being away, speaking notes, people to followup with, emails to send out, book orders to mail, and a letter to be notarized. Ugh! Nothing in itself was too hard. It was all just too [...]

Do you know your P.Q.? Your P.Q. or “Project Quotient” determines how successful you will be even more than your I.Q. or “Intelligence Quotient.” Why? Because people who know how to make positive changes spot roadblocks or opportunities and immediately make adjustments. What’s Your P.Q.? (Project Quotient) I invite you to take this quiz and [...]

Do you get everything done in a day that you’d like to? There’s one way to do that – schedule it differently. Why? Because if what you’re doing isn’t leaving you satisfied, it’s time for a new approach. Here are four steps to make sure you realistically fit everything into a day. 1. List all [...]

As I speak on organizing the comment often arises, “I get organized but then it all falls apart. How can I stay organized?” Good question. Here are 3 habits that can take you from frustrated to fantastic. Anyone can practice them. It takes one new action at a time and persistence. 1. Practice the “Two [...]

Before you walk away from your desk, spend two minutes tying up loose ends such as: 1. Clear off the center of your desk and jot down your next three action items for your return. 2. Straighten the papers you were working on and put away any files. 3. Enter new information into your database [...]

Put Your “To Do List” To Work For You! Put simply, a To-Do list is a list of actions you want to remember or need to accomplish in a given day or short time period. It solves the problem of “I forgot …” and relieves the worry that you won’t remember a need that comes [...]