Fragmentation
Effective time-management means taking big goals, breaking them down into doable chunks, and then getting those tasks on the schedule. But what defines a "doable chunk"? I …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Groundhog Day
In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Phil, an unpleasant meteorologist, is condemned to relive the same day over and over again. The film asks the …Read More
Friday Round-Up: The Little Mistake That Kills Your Productivity
Over at CBS MoneyWatch this week, I've been returning to some classic productivity advice (with one wild card thrown in). The most read post? "The little …Read More
Friday Round-Up: MoneyWatch edition
My 168 Hours blog from BNET migrated over to CBS MoneyWatch a few months ago. Unfortunately, much of the traffic did not automatically migrate with …Read More
Every day…or not?
Every year in early January, there are a host of articles about how to make new habits stick (like in...oh...my Just a Minute newsletter for …Read More
The Thursday morning time log
As I've been thinking about how people spend their mornings, I've been studying mine. Thursdays and Fridays are a bit different from my other mornings …Read More
The Crock Pot, and thoughts on transitions and evenings
I got a Crock Pot for Christmas, and tried it out for the first time yesterday. I was quite happy with it. I chopped up …Read More
Work-life balance, and leaning in
I was taking a survey a few months ago, when I came across a question: how has having children affected your career? The choices were …Read More
Slow progress toward big goals
As I wrote in my "fat pants" post a few weeks ago, I am deep into the project of trying to lose the last 10 …Read More
What the most successful people do…after dinner?
I started writing this blog post before my children woke up (they were up late last night) so in some sense I’m “using my mornings.” …Read More