Category: Time management

October 17, 2018

A lot of confusion with resume writing – and especially formatting – centers on dates. How far should you go back? Do you include months and years or just years? Should dates go on the left or right side? What […]

October 9, 2018

When it comes to calendar management, there’s no shortage of hacks and strategies to improve how you spend your time. For example, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh uses an email management system called “Yesterbox.” Amazon’s Jeff Bezos prevents wasteful meetings by […]

September 4, 2018

A big part of being successful at time management is being organized. But what if you happen to be a disorganized person? It’s nothing to be ashamed of. After all, you may have never been taught proper organizational skills or […]

August 24, 2018

There’s a lot to be said for being labeled as a workaholic. After all, we generally get a lot more done than everyone else. However, speaking from my own experience, I might be a workaholic out of necessity rather than […]

August 20, 2018

Time management can be defined in many ways, but what comes to mind for most is a definition similar to this one: Time management is the ability to plan and control how you spend the hours in your day to […]

August 13, 2018

Lots of people spend time coming up with budgets so they can improve their finances. Then they spend additional time tracking their finances and comparing everything to their budget. After that, they may tweak one or the other, and sometimes […]

August 10, 2018

Most people quite literally live by a clock. We eat, sleep, work, and play according to the passage of time. Clocks tell us when to get up in the morning and what time to get to work or school. Our […]

July 18, 2018

How does your workday end? Do you feel guilty about not getting enough done? Do you stretch yourself for another hour in an attempt to get more done? Or do you just pass out from exhaustion at midnight and close […]

June 22, 2018

Working from home is one of the most attractive parts of the freelance lifestyle. Away from the distractions of a traditional office, your productivity should naturally skyrocket. Right? Actually, that’s not always the case. While it is possible to be […]

June 12, 2018

Did you know that on average, every single one of us wastes 31 hours per month in unproductive meetings? I’m going to show you how to prevent that. Very early on at Stride Consulting, I searched for a process to […]