The "Time Management Riffs" Chronicles

Would You Trade A Dime For A Dollar?

Sep 20, 2006
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When somebody’s running a successful business, I try to listen to to the advice they give to help my own ventures.

But when somebody is so financially successful that there is only one person on the planet with more money than him … well, then I really listen.

Warren Buffet, the second richest person on the planet, once said, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” This is the ultimate statement on leverage. It proposes that how much something costs is irrelevant. How much you get in return, well … that’s everything. But it’s not how we tend to think…
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How to Stay Focused

May 15, 2006
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Focus is a skill that can be learned by anybody. It’s like learning to tie your shoe or to drive a car. As long as you’re diligent at working on building the skill – even when it’s more challenging than you’d like it to be – you’ll inch ever closer …
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The Power of Heroes (Part 2)

Mar 16, 2006
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In the first part of this article, we talked about leveraging the success of others to put you in a more resourceful state literally “on demand.” By vividly imagining your role model stepping into your shoes, you discovered that you could overcome …
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The Power of Heroes (Part 1)

Mar 15, 2006
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Someone once said, “We don’t do things because they are right or wrong. We do them based on who we want to be like.”

There’s truth in this. We take a lot of our actions based on our role models – the people we want “to be like” – and …
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Get Off Your Butt With Microactions

Feb 16, 2006
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Millions of people fail to ever make progress on goals that are important to them because they’re waiting for circumstances to make it easier on them. They’re waiting until they get a raise before they start investing. …
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Be Vigilant About Correcting Mistakes

Feb 9, 2006
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Mediocrity is the habit of shrugging your shoulders at your mistakes. If you want to spin your wheels, by all means, don’t focus on fixing the problems in your time management skills. Just “keep trying to do your best.”

But hell, if you’re reading this, that ain’t you anyway. But …
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3 Time Management Lies That Hold You Back

Feb 8, 2006
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Everybody wants more time. I just checked Amazon.com and saw that a search for “time management” pulls up almost 8,000 products. There are so many time management theories out there that claim to be “the one.”

The truth is, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution … everyone thinks differently, works differently, and has …
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How To Get More Productivity Out Of Your Morning

Feb 7, 2006
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There’s no point in waking up early if you’re not going to squeeze a hell of a lot of productivity out of it. If you’re not going to focus & get things done, then go back to sleep. (Actually, I’m kidding. Don’t do that. Read the rest of this instead).

A …
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What Wendy’s Can Teach You About Time Management

Feb 2, 2006
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I’ve been seeing the new Wendy’s commercial for their 99 cent value menu – you may have seen it too. If not, the idea is that “you’ll never think of a dollar the same way again.” Everybody starts talking in terms of what they can buy with their money – …
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How To Make Time When There Is No Time

Jan 31, 2006
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Whether it’s with my coaching clients or with the people I interact with from day to day, everybody’s pinched for time. Everybody’s too busy. And (most) everybody doesn’t see how they can make more time in their already “too busy” schedule.

Well, at the risk of sounding simplistic, there’s only one …
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