by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
What planner system do you currently use? Are you diligent about using it? What changes, if any, would you like to make to your time management tactics? In another post, we examined the pros and cons of paper planning systems, and I reviewed four paper planners...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
One of my daughter’s favorite year-end activities is to go to the store at the mall that is only open for about two months a year – the calendar store. She browses the hundreds of choices in order to select the calendar with photographs that best reflect her mood and...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Many people mix up the terms “task” and “project.” A task is an action item with a specific deliverable. A project is a bigger initiative with goals, conditions, budgets, and stakeholders. Tasks can have multiple steps but typically have a smaller, more defined...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
I procrastinated in writing this article. Honestly. Yesterday, it was on my Outlook Task list. I looked at the task, grimaced, and worked on email. I decided that I didn’t have enough information to start, so I didn’t. I postponed the task until today. This...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
One of the most frustrating aspects of email management is the area where people tend to feel the most powerless – spam. Spam is defined as unsolicited bulk email sent indiscriminately for the purposes of commercial gain. Spam is legal if it adheres to the...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
A few years ago, the average corporate email user received between 60 – 70 messages per day. This year, most of my clients are reporting receiving between 100 – 150 emails each day. It is reasonable to expect that this trend will continue to grow. Below I offer...
