Managing yourself

‘While we are postponing, life speeds by.’

Seneca, Roman philosopher

Self-organisation

Is there anything more important for personal effectiveness than how we make use of the time available to us at work? One of the great frustrations of managing time is that we want the ‘perfect’ solution – the simple answer that provides for maximum effectiveness. It’s understandable. But the interesting part of this is that there is a perfect solution. The problem is that few people, particularly those who never seem to have enough time, want to hear the solution because deep-down they know what it is. Self-discipline. You either discipline yourself to ...

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