How many hours do you spend at work? Now, how many of those hours are spent on staying focused and productive? If youre like most busy professionals, an honest assessment will show you spend very little time on bottom-line results.
Numerous reports and studies focus on the rule of 80/20, stemming from the work of Italian […]

Being a nurse and famous seems like a contradiction. Florence Nightingale was both: nurse and famous. She was the daughter of the wealthy landowner (1).
Yet, when searching for \”famous nurses,\” Mary Seacole appears after Florence Nightingale. And there are also male nurses: St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614) and James dirham (2). Being famous is a […]

I can\’t tell you how many times I\’ve heard the statement \”I\’m so overwhelmed!\” So many of my clients have too much to do, and so little time to do it in. I used to say \”I\’m overwhelmed\” myself, way too often. I don\’t anymore.
I imagine you are asking yourself \”Why, Steve? Aren\’t you busy […]

My client Janine comes on the line, stress palpable in her voice. She\’s calling from Washington, DC where she\’s a deputy in a research organization under contract to a government agency.
\”We\’re in the middle of performance reviews and I\’m totally overwhelmed,\” she says. \”I hate this time of year. Not only is there the extra […]

As an educator, regardless of whether you use a paper or an electronic planner, there are several aspects that you need to attend to if you want to be productive (in a peaceful manner, that is). This article has some specific ways to use your planner to help this happen.

Block time for re-entry.
If you […]

Do you know how much money your practice loses from patients who dont show up for their appointments? Consider this. According to published medical researches average no-show rate in the United States is about 18%. An average practice that schedules 60 patients a day may have up to 10 patients that do not show up […]

…OK, maybe not \”wrong\”, but not \”right\” either…
The saying, \”If it\’s worth doing, it\’s worth doing right\” is really terrible advice for a lot of things. It suggests that whatever you\’re creating should be PERFECT… and in business, that approach can cause unnecessary and costly delays - and can even cause a project to never […]

Successful people look tired. Well not so much tired as downright frazzled. It takes them a moment or two to remember the dogs name, let alone their childrens ages. You ask them how they are and they rattle off in a dazed stupor Busy wow you know really, really busy. Whatever […]

What is manufacturing without motion? Not much, really. In a 24-7 world where time is a boundless concept, and the ability to profitably produce is determined by the maximization of capacity, remaining in motion is often the key to success for any manufacturer. To be sure, this concept of motion is not […]

Email is one of the greatest innovations of the online world, but if youre not careful it will suck up your time, and be a far detriment to your business than a benefit.
Here are some tips for taming the email beast.
Turn It Off
During the day when youre working, turn off your email client. You […]