Robyn's Tele-seminar Productivity tools |
| Weekly Planning Page |
download document |
| Tool Bar |
download document |
| Work Progress Tracking Chart |
download form |
| 'Every task has a next step. To create a simple, consistent, instantly recognizable 'system' this form is wonderful. I have given this to many people . I also use it for my day to day tasks - it helps me manage the many interruptions and small 'stuff' that crop up.' Shared by Suzanne Couper, Snakes and Ladders Group. www.snakesandladders.co.nz |
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Books Recommended by Robyn and LaVonn |
Time On/Time Out
by Kerry Fallon-Horgan
and Susan Biggs
Flexible work solutions to keep your work in
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| The Rhthym of Life by Matthew Kelly |
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The Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle |
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Take a Nap! Change your Life
by Sara Mednick |
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 Getting a Grip on Time by Robyn Pearce |
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| Give yourself the permission to say “No" - an interview with Mike Burnage, MD of The Academy of Chief Executives in the UK |
| In just over 6 minutes you'll get some of the most succinct and powerful advice I've heard on how to save hours of time per week.
Listen to the Mike Burnage audio
Here are Mike's key messages in this powerful interview:
- Learn to let go of things completely that don't matter or are not important and you'll be surprised at how much time you've got.
Getting rid of the clutter in your life gives you space and you won't feel any guilt about not dealing with it. By removing the clutter in your office, car and home that you haven't looked at over the last year, like piles of magazines, things in your glove box and in your loft, time management becomes a secondary issue because you've got so much time.
- Give yourself permission to say “No” to things you don't want to do and feel no guilt and anxiety about it.
Listen to your inner voice saying “no, that isn't for me”, “this isn't right in this moment of time” or “no, I'm not going to do this” and you will get rid of all the anxiety and guilt you feel. Taking on something you don't want to do, when it's not the right time to do it, can make you feel inadequate.
- The only person who can stress you is you.
Therefore the only way you can be stressed is saying “yes” to something that you shouldn't do. Once again, listen to your inner self, give yourself permission to say “no” and have no guilt about it.
- If something is not worth doing then don't give it to someone else to do.
There's no point moving a problem that you don't want to do on to someone else who doesn't want to do it. Giving the problem to someone who hasn't got the permission to say “no” means there is less chance that it will be done right. “When the fish is going off, get rid of it!”
- There are two key things you should do if you are working in an organization.
- Ban all internal emails on Fridays to ensure that people don't emotionally dump all their stuff on someone else just before the weekend, when they'll have little chance to do much about it.
- Establish a process to justify every email with a cc on it.
“There's nothing worse than being confronted with a whole lot of emails from people just covering their backsides!” |
