Time Management

Time management is an essential soft skill for anyone who wants to be successful. It has become more important than ever in the modern world of business, especially as more and more people are working remotely. This can be especially…

Put simply, the Urgency Effect is our habit of mistaking the urgent for the important. We all know that we should focus on important tasks with larger payoffs. However, when presented with a choice between: Low-value tasks which will expire…

The complexity bias is our tendency to prefer the complicated over the simple, whether we understand something or not. If you have ever seen someone skip from project to project without finishing any of them because something new has come…

Eat That Frog is a time management strategy that tackles procrastination head-on. The Canadian-American motivational speaker Brian Tracy came up with this technique which is originally based on a quote from Mark Twain. If you’re struggling with managing your time…

Prioritisation is an effective time management method that will make you realise exactly where you need to focus your attention! List making, as opposed to genuine prioritisation, is a common trap that people fall into when working on their time…

Procrastination is one of the biggest issues people have when working. But there are a number of well-understood drivers for procrastination. In this post, I want to look at the issue of self-sabotage. A number of experts believe that for…

Many of us will recognise this story if we struggle with time management. We have a great idea. Excitedly, we make a start on it with a few manic hours of activity. Things are moving along and looking good. The…

Time management is the art of using your time to best effect. Given that you only have 24 hours per day, the same as everyone else, learning to use your time efficiently and effectively is a key career skill. For…

A Time Audit is one of the most underrated techniques for Time Management in modern business. If you don’t know how you spend your time, you can’t know if you’re spending it well or poorly. Time is our most precious…

SMART Goals are a quick and easy way for you to concentrate your ideas and effort into a real goal. They allow you to break a task down and approach it productively at a perfect pace. In general – smart…

In our recent set of posts looking at time management, we’ve looked at ‘big ideas’ like the pomodoro technique, as well as procrastination. These are techniques that you can build a strong time management practice around. You need to work…

Anyone who works for an organisation will know that meetings consume an absurd amount of time. If you are working on making sure that you are using your time effectively, you will need to figure out how you manage meetings…