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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?

Mar 14 2012

If you’re like me, you think of yourself as time conscious. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which coordinates universal time (UTC) is asked 50,000 times a second, What time is it? That’s a lot of people who are concerned about time!

How many times a day do you check your watch? 10? 20? 30 times? Or maybe you’re that guy that discovers that your watch is still on Standard Time two days after Daylight Savings Time began. (I may or may not have done that yesterday.)

Most people mark time by how old or how young they are until they get into their 40’s. Then – it happens! You realize that you’ll never be young again – and you begin considering how much time you have left and what your life will mean.

BONUS: I’ve created a NEW Guide that will walk you step-by-step through writing your own Personal Life Plan. You can find out how to get a copy of this life-changing tool at the end of this post.

Feb 08 2012

One Practical Way to Change Your Life Forever

We spend time planning all kinds of things – to make the paycheck stretch as far as possible, for summer vacation, for the holiday office party, for the kid’s birthday parties – the list goes on.

But, let’s face it – most of us “waste” very little time planning for LIFE. In fact, when we read a sentence like the previous one, our temptation is to quit reading – to close the blog post. (I’m glad you didn’t!)

The truth is that developing a life or business plan doesn’t mean that everything will turn out exactly the way you map it out. It simply means that you have invested time and effort into discovering what matters most in life or in your work. What do you value most?

BONUS: I’ve created a NEW Guide that will walk you step-by-step through writing your own SIMPLE Personal Life Plan. You get a copy of this life-changing tool at the end of this article.

Several years ago, I read a book that profoundly impacted the way that I think about my life – E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. In his book about why most organizations fail, Michael Gerber wrote:

Feb 06 2012

What’s Wrong With Everybody?

I’m really good at noticing when something’s wrong – especially when it’s something wrong with someone else. It’s easy to point out the missteps of someone else or call attention to gaps in their life and work. Mark Batterson, in his book Primal, says that before confronting what’s wrong with others, we need to be humble enough, honest enough, and courageous enough to deal with what’s wrong with us.

Maybe we don’t take a good, hard look at ourselves because we don’t care enough about people. Maybe we’re too busy. Maybe we’re afraid of what we’ll find. Whatever the reason, it’s time…

Feb 03 2012

5 Simple Ways to Get More Done

Let’s face it. Most of us occasionally struggle to get stuff done – particularly avoiding those tasks that really need to be completed. By the time we realize we’re behind, the problem or project has often become unmanageable!

Since I am primarily a task-oriented individual, accomplishing tasks and achieving goals is more natural for me than for those who are more people-oriented. Over the years, I have learned a number of principles that help me to more effectively accomplish tasks and reach goals.

Here are five simple ways to get more done…