Learning how to reduce stress is downright crucial for today’s modern businessman. Up until recently, it was always assumed that if you were a strong driven man, you could shrug off stress and let it run off your shoulders as if it were nothing. Your drive to succeed would make all the anxiety fade away. [...]
The New Year is upon us. No doubt, most of your friends and colleagues have wished you a happy and prosperous new year. Some would be wise to add “stress-free” to their well wishes. After all, life can be rough. The day to day bouts with work, family and routines can really start to wear [...]
When I was first advised to start using daily affirmations, I was as skeptical as most people would be. Positive affirmation seemed like a tool for the weak, easily manipulated, and gullible. Who needs to chant affirmations to himself in order to build positive self esteem? I certainly didn’t – or so I thought. That [...]
Every day, we all encounter people who are grouchy, arrogant or otherwise difficult. No one wants to deal with unpleasant personalities, but they’re available in abundance. There are days when we are guilty too. Although it’s easy to respond with an equally negative retort, it then leaves a bad taste in our mouth and puts [...]
Every person has a phobia of certain things, be it of heights or speaking in front of people. While most people overcome their fears, some are crippled by it. This therefore prevents them from doing things that they would otherwise find enjoyable.
Meditation is one way for people trapped by their phobias to finally get out [...]
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Today we live in a fast-paced world. Things happen so quickly that more often that not, we do not have the chance to react to the things thrown at us. We somehow lose the ability to think things over in favor of lightning-quick decisions.
But it shouldn’t be so. Every one of us needs to slow [...]
When time is viewed as a non-renewable resource it often becomes easier to understand the importance of managing it wisely. As with any resource, there is a direct relationship between the supply of, and the demand for, that resource.
When there is an overabundance of time, it is more easily wasted. Likewise, when there is a [...]
Time boxing is a system of time management which breaks down a long and complex task into smaller pieces. Each piece of the task must be accomplished by a specific deadline. In time boxing deadlines are not flexible, but everything else in the project is.
In time boxing a large task is broken down into several [...]
One popular method of time management that has proven to be effective for many people is the posec method. Posec stands for “Prioritize by organizing, stream-line, economizing, and contributing.”
To prioritize means to put first things first. The Posec method is loosely based around Maslow’s theories regarding the “Heirarchy of Needs”. It gives the individual a [...]
Pareto was an economist who theorized that 80 percent of all problems result from 20 percent of all causes. This may seem like a complex theory which is too difficult to apply to such a thing as time management, but the Pareto 80-20 rule, as it has come to be termed, can be very beneficial [...]