Harold Taylor

Technology, Time Management and ADHD

What concerns me is what technology may be doing to our brain. Read Gary Small's book, iBrain, and you will have to agree that our brain is indeed evolving. Two brains that start off the same at birth can be drastically different at two years of age if on... Read >

Getting the Important Things Done

By now everyone has heard the standard answer to "How do I get all the important things done?" The pat answer is "Take them off your to do list and schedule time for them in your planner." And most people do accept the fact that "To Do" lists are for the ... Read >

The Greatest Time Management Strategy

Strategies that increase your efficiency, make you more effective, and free up time for the things that really count include goal-setting, planning and scheduling, and the self-discipline to control technology, say no and maintain focus. These are the bas... Read >

How to Use Your 2011 Time Planner

Don't rely on a To-Do list. If you start work with a list of ten items to do and stop at night with a list of fifteen, including the original ten, you may be a victim of the "To Do" list fallacy. A list of things to do provides no commitment to get th... Read >

Budget Your Time & You Will Procrastinate Less

Procrastination, in most cases, is not so much the result of having overwhelming or distasteful tasks to do - although those things do play a part - but it's more a combination of over commitment and a failure to manage time effectively. People in general... Read >

Be Selective When Dining from Life's Buffet

Someone once remarked that time was like a self-serve buffet table from which we make choices. To extend this thought, I would also suggest that we choose carefully from this smorgasbord of activities on life's table. After all, we only have room for so m... Read >

Ten Time Management Myths

1. We can manage time. We cannot manage time. Nor can we save it. Time ticks away relentlessly in spite of our efforts to control it. We are provided with 24 hours of time each day to use as we like. The key is in how we use that time. We can use it... Read >

The 90-minute Rule

Most people will agree that writing something on a "To Do" list is better than trying to remember that it has to be done. And going one step further and actually scheduling time in your planner to do it, is better. But even that is no guarantee that it wi... Read >