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There are millions of people who have been on a 1/2 day course or read a book who would consider themselves “time managers” but what exactly are they managing?  Are they the managers or are they being managed? Recent scientific evidence and theories would suggest that the more we learn about time, the less we [...]

  It’s amazing how life works sometimes. I came across this quote today from Ralph Waldo Emerson; “Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.” It reminded me of something a client once said to me. I’d only been working with them for a couple of weeks when [...]

Almost without fail, when I mention to people that one of the things we do is help individuals and organisations to achieve a better work life balance through new ways of working, the response I get is “I could do with some of that.” Work life balance can sometimes seem like an elusive ideal. When [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]