WORKING TIME

WORKING TIME

According to statistics Canada, we spend 7.8 hours per day working. (Training Places, September, 2004) So enjoy your job.

WRITING DOWN YOUR GOALS

Writing down your goals makes their achievement more likely. Writing them down on a daily basis is even better

MEETING AGENDAS

Make the agenda items detailed enough to allow participants to prepare for each item in advance.

THE DESIRE TO WIN

In 1995, researchers asked two hundred Olympic hopefuls if they'd take a drug that would guarantee them a five-year winning streak and then kill them. Almost half said yes (Enough by Bill McKibben, Owl Books, 2003)

 

DOES THE PHONE CONTROL YOUR TIME

Lesley Bolton, author of Fastread Time Management (Adams Media, 2002) suggests you track your phone usage for a few days, recording who called, length of calls and importance. If your total phone calls are longer than your total working time, take action to reduce them.

JUNK THE JUNK MAIL

The typical executive receives more than 225 pieces of unsolicited mail each month, according to the book, The 60-Second Organizer. The author Jeff Davidson, calculated that the average person spends eight months of his or her life reading junk mail.

RETURNING PHONE CALLS

Unless they're urgent and important, most voice mail messages can be delayed until later in the day when you are least productive.