time management

Blocking Time to Think

When was the last time you blocked two hours just for thinking? Not to take care of the urgent, but the important. Not passive daydreaming, but active, intensive thinking about the big picture for your?organization. Time to answer important questions like what’s next,?or how do we get there,?or?why are we doing what we’re doing??It may […]

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My Morning and Evening Routines

The word routine used to bother me. Now, it?s music to my ears. Routines harness the immense power of habits?and lead us to success. The specifics of my daily practices will most likely not be something you want to replicate into your own life. Rather, my goal is?to convey the principles that support what I […]

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How to Teach Others to Get Things Done

Have you ever worked with a person who never remembers what they need to do? Some things get done, but some never do. They don?t follow through on what they?ve promised to you or to others on the team. So as the leader, you are left managing their responsibilities, as well as your own. This […]

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Two Essential Strategies for Taming an Unruly Calendar

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Enough Is Enough: We Must Create Margins

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How To Organize Your Life

As leaders, we are inundated with?appointments, to-do lists, notes to take, deadlines to meet, emergencies that come up, clients to see, and meetings to conduct. If you do not?have systems in place by which to organize yourself, you will quickly become scattered and disorderly. I want to share with you a simple system which helps […]

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The Best Way to Delegate: 10-80-10

Sometimes as leaders we have trouble letting go. Sometimes for a good reason. But other times, because we do not have a system to apply when we are ready to hand something off. Allow me to share with you in this post a delegation method that has always worked for me. The Best Way to […]

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How I Became Efficient With Emails

Since the invention of email, I have struggled to learn how to manage email efficiently. I have hated how they accumulate. And then I have felt guilty that I haven?t answered them yet. Consequently on the weekend, or at night, or really early in the morning, I have to take care of them. Until now. […]

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The Hardest Question Regarding Time Management

If you are not moving forward in life, chances are you?re spending the majority of your time in Quadrant One?taking care of the urgent and important responsibilities (see below). While it’s essential that the urgent and important are taken care of, when we continually live in this zone it is a sign of a lack […]

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How To Make More Time For What Really Matters

[blockquote text=’This is a guest post written by Andria Bicknell. ?Andria is a contributing writer and editor for Aspire. She writes about recovering from the effects of perfectionism on her own blog, Type A Plans B. Andria draws her leadership experience from ministry, business and home. – Wes Saade, M.D.’ text_color=’#ffffff’ width=’95’ line_height=’undefined’ background_color=’#aaaaaa’ border_color=’#dba400′ […]