Over the next few weeks you will read blogs, newspaper articles and endure hours of TV coverage talking about the year that’s just about to end/gone and what the writer or presenter has learned over …

This is a guest post by Timo Kiander from TimoKiander.com. Timo is a productivity guru and here he shares 7 Time Saving Tips For Entrepreneurs.
As an entrepreneur, your life is pretty hectic at times. Emails …

If someone looked at your shopping they could get a fair idea about who you are from what you’d bought. They’d make judgements about the places you shopped in, the products you bought and they’d …

Today has been an experiment. Since I left my laptop charger at home at the beginning of the week, I’ve been working using my new iPad2.
Ever since I spent 45 minutes queuing to get …

Almost 20 years ago I read a book by Eli Goldratt called The Goal. This business novel told the story of a young production manager tasked with turning around an ailing factory, introducing the production …

Each year many people set themselves New Year’s resolutions or goals. Many of these will be broken before the end of the holiday weekend. By the end of the first week they will be quietly …

Vilfredo Pareto was an economist who discovered that his law of income distribution, which identified that 80% of the income and wealth was produced and possessed by 20% of the population, could also be applied …

Superheros. Don’t you just love them? I grew up with the likes of Batman and Robin and Superman, so they were very much a big part of my life. In fact,  I think we all …

Sometimes opportunities present themselves and you have to take advantage of them.
A couple of weeks ago I asked the readers of my newsletter what they thought I should write about in the month of April. …

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Many of us spend much of the working week in meetings, but are often dissatisfied with the use of time and will often say the vast majority of meetings …

How long is your task list? Do you add more items than you take away?
Chances are your task list is out of control. In this post I examine how you can achieve more by doing …

Today is Monday. Did everyone turn up today?
One of the biggest problems facing any organisation, large or small is the management of staff absence. According the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, in 2006, sickness absence …

Never forget anything. Discover a tool to help you remember, take notes and find them easily.

Is it me or are you finding that you need the memory of an elephant to remember all those passwords for all your different applications?
One solution, which I’m sure many follow, is to use the …

Everyday more than 210 billion email messages are sent. I’m sure you, like me, receive more than your fair share of them. This blog post is about how to deal with email more effectively.
Just …

By now, many of you will have broken the New Year Resolutions you made on January 1st.
Did you promise yourself that this is the year you’ll get organised?
If you have broken your resolution maybe it …

Next to each agenda item add the action you want taking. Why? Because the recipient will know what you want from the item and consequently should make the meeting go more smoothly as it avoids …