I had a great conversation with a friend this morning who is striving to move away from the structured world of targets, deadlines and process and move towards a life that is more loosely constructed around following her heart and doing what she loves in a balanced way. She’s doing really well in terms of [...]

  This great diagram illustrates the speed with which social networks are growing.  It includes almost 30% more sites than the last image I saw just a few months ago. What’s great about this is the opportunity for individuals to connect and collaborate on projects dear to their heart with people in their community, in [...]

In these time starved days when everything is required yesterday and life seems to be constantly being put off until tomorrow, I am often asked, “What’s the best use of 1 hour?” and, until recently, my answer was always the one favoured by politicians, namely, “It depends on the circumstances.” For example, if you have [...]

“Mastering Time 24/7″ (Simesco 2011) has now been published on Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Y0XUOK “Amazon’s Kindle is the natural home for the new book,” said Simon Phillips, “the lightweight, slimline, digital format makes reading both a pleasure and something you can do anywhere.  Also, because you can now download Kindle software you can read the book on [...]

Email was far and away the number one time challenge reported in our survey.  It accounted for at least one in every two responses!  The reasons why it was a challenge varied but most were overwhelmed by the sheer volume for emails they received or needed to send each day.  It is fair to say [...]

I’m going to keep this short and to the point, people are struggling with social media! Here’s a short list of the issues that emerged from my survey of over 1000 people on LinkedIn, Ecademy and Facebook (and a few people offline -see if you can spot the sample quote): “My social media addiction is taking [...]

When I started researching my new book, I was not expecting to see the phrase “Work Life Balance” amongst the list of top challenges that people were experiencing. Work Life Balance was a term that first started gaining traction at the end of the 1990′s and by the turn of the century, governments began to [...]

Before I share your No.4 Time Challenge, I just wanted to say a quick thank you for all of your personal messages and wishes. The launch of the new book went really well yesterday and it’s great to see orders flying in from all parts of the world. Mastering Time is a real digest of [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone who took part in the survey I conducted asking you to share your top time challenges as we enter the second decade of the 21st Century. In total, I have surveyed, interviewed and discussed the Top challenges with over 1000 people on Ecademy, LinkedIn and Facebook. As promised, over [...]

Tomorrow sees the launch of my new book “Mastering Time 24/7 – How to work less, deliver more and live a Great life.” (Simesco 2011)  It’s been a long time coming but I am delighted with the final result. In researching the book, I’ve surveyed over 1000 people from around the world utilising social networking [...]