Efficiency. Did you know that there is a connection between sleep and efficiency?
While we’re on the subject of efficiency (as we have been over the last few posts), I want to call your attention to the matter of sleep in relation to…
Efficiency. How to balance economy with time.
Following on from my last post and staying with the topic of ‘efficiency’, I want to put an idea to you: That, sometimes, being too efficient from the economy point…
Efficiency. How to avoid the stress of grocery shopping.
Do you hate trips to the supermarket? I do. I resent time spent wandering up and down aisles when I could rather spend that time on my balcony with a…
Do you find yourself in a tricky situation? How did you get into it? And how are you going to get out of it?
I’d like to invite you to do a quick thought exercise: Close your eyes for a moment (make sure you’re sitting before you do so). Now, thinking back over the…
Work-life balance. Have the pressures at work got out of hand?
In a previous post, we looked at the issue of work-life balance, and we observed that, when our working and private lives are out of kilter with each other, it…
The past, the present, and the future. The past: Free yourself from the tyranny of yesterday.
Put yesterday aside. Where are you at right now and where you want to go to from here? You’ll have noticed in one of my earlier posts that this tenet…
The past, the present and the future. The future: A goal without a plan is only a dream.
This year I’m going to get back into learning the saxophone. This year I’m going to write my memoirs. This year I’m going to start an eBay business. Do you…
Work-life balance. Why is it essential?
When your working and personal lives are out of kilter with each other, it is almost always your personal life that gets short-changed. Your hobbies and interests get put on…
Listening skills. How to free your inner dog.
One of the most delightful sights we might see as we walk through a park is that of a dog joyfully shaking itself off after a swim in the pond. …
Life laundry. How to use photo-books as a de-cluttering tool.
In a previous post, I invited you to do a thought exercise over your morning coffee. "Consider", I said, "that you were moving to a home half the size of…