I’m a serious student of time management. I was hooked the first time I attended a Franklin-Covey seminar—I was 23. Using a system that included life planning (not just a calendar), I was able to get more done without feeling so scattered. But since then, “more” has turned into a lot more. And it’s not just my stuff that that I have to keep track of… it’s my kids, my husband, work, school, writing deadlines, travel schedules, etc. Keeping everything organized in one online calendar helps, but the warning light on my mental-stress indicator was flashing OVERLOAD on a regular basis. So it’s no wonder that the title of Patrick Lencioni’s book The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family caught my attention. Frantic is exactly how I felt. Maybe Lencioni and his book could offer some guidance...

5 Simple Tips to Help Manage Your Time Did you click on the headline of this blog post eager to find the simple secrets of time management? Well, I have to admit, that headline was kind of wishful thinking. Time management isn’t easy (at least, not for many of us—including me) and we’re all looking [...]

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by Amy Anderson Managing Editor Okay, so the fact that I scribbled the letter “B” on the back of my hand to remind myself to write this blog entry today should tell you just how much I need productivity strategies. I have a friend who jokes that my mind is like a steel sieve. That’s not a [...] Post from: SUCCESS magazine Blog People who read this also read...Priority 1: Stop the Chaos. Priority 2: Live with Purpose. I’m a serious student of time management. I was hooked the first time I...Behind the Scenes: Entrepreneur, Designer, Philanthropist Kenneth Cole During my interview with Kenneth Cole in his Manhattan offices for our July cover...

One of the things the best of the best in business (and life) do staggeringly well is they leverage time to create spectacular results. We all have the same amount of time in a day/month/life. Those who use it poorly live half lives. Those who use it well become superstars. Post from: SUCCESS magazine Blog People who read this also read...Sharma: Grow Leaders Fast Grow the Leader is based on a simple yet powerful concept: Your enterprise’s ultimate...Sharma: Turbulent Times Build Better Leaders Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common...Sharma: Leadership 2.0 The New Way to Win The old model of leadership is obsolete. Businesses that were once admired have crumbled....

March 15, 2010 marked the 25th anniversary of the first “dot-com” registration on the Internet.  With over 100 million domain registrations and counting, we’ve witnessed an explosion of communication, commerce, idea-sharing, and human connectivity unlike anything else in human history. This truly marks a revolutionary and transformational shift in the way we live, gather information, do commerce, and [...]

Learn How to Say “NO” If you find yourself always taking on more than you can handle, you probably have a problem with saying no. It makes you feel guilty, right? But when you say yes when you wanted to say no, that makes you feel worse. When someone is looking for help, they’re going to call [...]

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The cats helped me wrap holiday presents yesterday. By 'help' I mean, they hid the tape, wrestled the bows, and mitt scratches in both the patch essay and on the presents. A lowercase vexing, but mostly lots of fun. The presents got wrapped, and in some cases re-wrapped, and we every had a beatific time. I'm sure that we've every feature articles or studies that exhibit that having an animal in your chronicle makes you mentally healthier. They bring you pact and happiness at those times that you are feeling your worst. Animals undergo when you're sad, and module come comfort you in their own ways. They also undergo when you're happy, and move to your moods accordingly. I've even heard that people with pets springy longer. And maybe that's ground it's so awful losing a loved pet. Your 'pal' that has been at your side for so daylong is dead condemned stricken themselves. Those of us who hit pets hit some inclined memories of them that are not easily explained to someone else....

The start of a New Year is always special. There is a feeling of renewal as we look to a new year, a new beginning and there is a sense of excitement for making changes or adopting new habits. However, do you ever find [...]