Busy? Wish You Could Get More Done? Try This 101-Minute Cycle
3 April 2018A guest article for you today from my lovely daughter-in-law Lauren Parsons, well-being and productivity specialist, living in Canada until December. From the beginning of 2019 she’ll be back home and working closely with me and the Getting A Grip business: by Lauren Parsons If you’ve been on this planet for a while, chances […]
A Simple Tip For Over-Loaded Young Parents
11 April 2017Now my latest book, ‘Getting a Grip on Parenting Time: 86 commonsense lessons from the trenches’ is out, I’m getting regular requests to run time management seminars for young parents. The most recent one was a Zonta-sponsored one at Mangawhai Heads, an hour or so north of Auckland last Tuesday, in the midst of the worst […]
Count Your ‘Hats’
11 August 2016We constantly hear the work/life balance drum being beaten these days. Do you sometimes wonder if you’ll ever stumble across that mystical Holy Grail of perfect life balance? Or does it seem like something that only happens for others? And if you’re a parent as well as a business person does it seem like a […]
Use Technology To Save Your Time, Money & Sanity
21 June 2016Doing the grocery shopping is one of those tasks that we all have to do – and it’s a time-consumer. You might be one of the smart ones who has already changed to buying your groceries online, in which case you can feel very virtuous. Until about a month ago I’d been putting off the […]
The Magic Bullet That Will Give You More Time
28 April 2016Before I tell you what it is, try these questions: Do you have all the energy you want, every day? Do you get all your work done smoothly and efficiently every day? Is your work/life balance exactly as you desire? Typically, most people will answer ‘no’. Instead, life seems to get busier, work/life balance becomes […]
Clearing Out Clutter Can Change Lives
5 April 2016In a recent article about protecting and improving our energy by clearing out clutter http://blog.gettingagrip.com/how-to-have-more-time-guard-your-energy I shared that I was eliminating one thing per day from my bedroom. (I’ve extended that to anywhere in my home or office.) You might like some of the great contributions that flowed in from readers. From Diane: ‘I […]
How To Have More Time – Guard Your Energy
22 March 2016I had a great contribution to one of my recent blog articles “How to Simplify Your Busy Life” from Diane. “One year I removed 1 item per day from my house and wrote it on the calendar. It was really amazing to do the actual writing down as it made you think ‘why had I kept […]
Robyn Pearce: Keys to Effective Delegation
28 November 2015Last week I told you about Simon and how he was always interrupted. His company perceived him to be poor at delegation, hence my involvement. We identified that he was too available and last week I gave you some solutions for this common business ailment. READ MORE: • Robyn Pearce: Are you too available? • […]
A Guaranteed Way to Get More Time In Your Day
26 November 2015I’m constantly delighted with the comments seminar attendees and coaching clients make after they start applying more focus in their daily time management choices. Just today, David, one of my corporate executives said: “With constant focus on my highest value and giving myself one over-arching priority, sometimes daily but with bigger projects, weekly, I feel […]
My Answer to ‘Please Explain the 80/20 Rule’
3 June 2014From Damien a couple of weeks ago, in response to one of my recent blog posts: “I’m just wondering what’s meant by the 80/20 rule. It sounds quite interesting and good to keep in mind.” I should know better than to assume the term is universally known – we all have a first time for […]