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Apr 11 2012

Plan Your Year with the Annual Plan Template

If you don’t make time for the important stuff first, it will be crowded out by the less important – every time – guaranteed!

This article is part of the series – Get Your Life Back!
Take Control of Your Schedule
4 Tips for Managing Your Calendar More Effectively
Plan Your Year with the Annual Plan Template
Create Your Best Week
You Can Keep Up With Your Email
The Secret for Managing Email More Efficiently

If you want to find more fulfillment in your life and work, do the important stuff first. Stephen Covey illustrated this concept brilliantly in First Things First.

I’ve found this to be true for me over and over. My role demands that I spend much of my time on strategic planning and significant projects. Yet the small, urgent day-to-day challenges and problem-solving seem to crowd my days.

Apr 09 2012

4 Tips for Managing Your Calendar More Effectively

One of the top 4 questions that business leaders ask is, how can I increase efficiency and effectiveness? They ask this because time is limited and, consequently, has great value.

This post is part of the series – Get Your Life Back!
Take Control of Your Schedule
4 Tips for Managing Your Calendar More Effectively
Plan Your Year with Your Annual Plan
Create Your Best Week
You Can Keep Up With Your Email
The Secret for Managing Email More Efficiently

Those who maximize their influence and effectiveness, do so because they have a very intentional plan for life and a bold, compelling vision for their work.

If you haven’t already, take a few minutes to read my previous post in which I provide 4 ways to take control of your schedule once and for all. It will provide context for this post.

In this post I will provide 4 tips for managing your calendar more effectively. These are things which dramatically improved how I spend my time at work, at home, and my leisure time. I’ve picked these up from a number of organizational leaders and compiled them into a list that works for me.

Apr 06 2012

Take Control of Your Schedule

My weeks are far from typical. But I love the diversity, fast pace, and new opportunities in my work.

I have several roles that demand my attention: husband, father, team leader, colleague, board member, ministry leader, friend, and others.

This post is part of the series – Get Your Life Back!
Take Control of Your Schedule
4 Tips for Managing Your Calendar More Effectively
Plan Your Year with Your Annual Plan
Create Your Best Week
You Can Keep Up With Your Email
The Secret for Managing Email More Efficiently

If you’re like me, your days are packed back-to-back with meetings, conference calls, planning, projects, and more!

But what if you could take control of your schedule once and for all?