Tag Archives: 'Organisation'

7 Procrastination Busters

Procrastination happens to all of us and we find it frustrating and a difficult barrier to overcome, especially when it ‘hits’ right before a big event or when a project just has to get done or [...]

Balance your business and your life with Office: 10 ways to get an hour back

Maintaining a healthy work/life balance is the biggest single factor in business owners’ definition of success. This is the perhaps surprising result of a recent survey from the Enterprise Council on Small Business. Admittedly this is [...]

Get organised: Seven tips to reduce information overload

Information overload is nothing new (the term was first coined in the 1960s), but it’s getting worse. Emails, voicemails, texts, tweets, blogs, posts, newsfeeds, instant messages and myriad documents in all shapes and formats conspire to [...]

The Clean-Slate Guide to Simplicity

When we think about simplifying, we usually think about subtraction. Getting rid of excess stuff. Clearing away obligations. Deleting old emails. We simplify by paring away the layers of something until we find the core. Too [...]

Frictionless Work: How to Clear Your Life of Non-Essential Tasks

How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work? How much time do you spend responding to emails and IMs and social networks, making payments, doing paperwork, [...]

Why do we procrastinate?

It is time we take a look at procrastination, a subject very dear to my heart and a bad habit I am finding myself struggling with today (it is strange how appealing the ironing can look). [...]

How to make the most of your time

We are now at the final part of this time management education. Actually that is not completely true because mastering time management isn’t what you are aiming for. What you are aiming for is to understand [...]

Christmas is a coming…

When you work from home, deciding how much time to have off over the Christmas and holiday period can be quite tricky. [...]

Practical Tips for a Work-Life Balance

If working from home sounds like your idea of paradise, ensure that you control your environment rather than letting it control you. Having no need to commute to work is just one of the advantages but [...]