Data vs. the narrative
While looking through some of my favorite business books of 2015, I re-read the chapter from Matthew Syed’s book Black Box Thinking on “Scared Straight” …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Your favorite business/productivity books of 2015?
I'm working on a round-up of some of my favorite, or at least most thought-provoking, business and productivity books of 2015. This is somewhat challenging, …Read More
Quarterly goals: how did I do?
Last December I wrote a post with my quarterly goals for 2015. While New Year’s resolutions are grand, I thought that quarterly goals might provide …Read More
Stuff I do not want for Christmas
The holiday catalogs are starting to pile up in my house. I will recycle them eventually, but in the meantime, I enjoy paging through to …Read More
When the meetings pile up
When I tell people I write about time management and productivity, they often assume that I schedule something every minute of the day. This is …Read More
My Edison Talk video is live!
Last month, I participated in Chicago Ideas Week, and gave an "Edison Talk" on time management. If you've got 13 minutes and 40 seconds to …Read More
Notes on NaNoWriMo and pacing
I’m having fun with my NaNoWriMo novel. I started a fresh file and am writing from the beginning. While the characters are the same as …Read More
Is work still a priority now or not? (There is no right answer)
I tend to write about caregiving from the perspective of parenting young children, but as many readers have pointed out to me, elder care presents …Read More
The context of an hour
I spend lots of hours with my family. Over the past weekend, I spent the majority of Friday, and pretty much all of Saturday and …Read More
Those little administrative tasks that eat your time (or do they?)
Were I not tracking my time, my story of yesterday would go like this: I did almost no real work. Instead, household administrative tasks ate …Read More