Time Management Videos

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When life catches up with you, how do you prioritize what you need to get done and what you want to get done?

Today the Cranky Middle Manager talks to the Lazy Project Manager and between them actually get something done! Peter Taylor joins us  to talk project management efficiency, we look at a Roman Caesar who talked a good game and a Greek engineer. Such a classy show . Peter Taylor, the Lazy Project Manager. This was the first picture I found, couldn t be bothered to look any further. Probably an example of bad laziness but what are you gonna do? Show Notes 0:00 Thanks for stopping by the show. Today we are talking laziness. There s good laziness and bad laziness and a man who knew the difference was Archimedes .who did NOT invent the lever but did figure out how to get the job done right the first time. Something to be said for that. 3:15 The quote of the week is from Marcus Aurelius whose work I really like even though he didn t really walk it like he talked it. At some point just reading and claiming to do research is really being lazy (bad lazy) so get on with it already! 4:14 Welcome Peter Taylor, the Lazy Project Manager to the show. Project Management is one of the 4 Disciplines of Highly Effective, Leadership Exhibiting, Project Nailing, Cheese Moving Managers. Can you be lazy and still get the job done? Well according to Peter (And Robert Heinlein) laziness is responsible for most of the progress in the world.  Here s another guy who understood that the lazy and smart make the best leaders: Field Marshal von Moltke 8:51 Delegation is hard and it s a discipline to be learned. Sometimes we get dragged in to do the job but mostly we need to know the boundaries. Give yourself space and time close the door on occasion and give yourself time to THINK. 10:24 This is probably the only management concept ever inspired by Monty Python s Anne Elk character. Does this show have a dinosaur fetish? Check out Wally Bock and his Dinosaur Egg Theory. 12:24 Projects are thick at the beginning and end, thin in the middle. Trust me, this makes sense, but how you start is vital to how you finish. You can t get lazy yet and you don t want to finish lazy. Lots of time to read the paper in the middle. 14:44 A special bonus dinosaur theory: You don t want to carry a dinosaur, you want to ride it. And if you can t do that, then eat it.  When you have to establish your leadership of a project, don t be afraid to look like it. Dress for success. 17:00 Yeah, I know but communication is important and listen to this: 70% of your time on a project is spent communicating and there s a difference between communication and reports. Lots of reports don t communicate much of anything. 20:55 The other thick part of a project is at the end- you have to finish strong. Debriefs and consultation with stake holders is really important to making sure the next project goes well. 24:24  Peter s Resources Hey you can also hear John Warshawsky s Cranky Interview Here

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Are we born organized and productive, or are these learned traits? Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro(R), discusses this question. (C) 2009 Laura Stack. All rights reserved.

It appears that fall is here. The leaves in the trees are starting to change colors in our area of the world. We saw the most beautiful fuchsia a couple of days ago in a tree. No painting could possibly capture it. ___ ___ ___ I love the coolness in the air as it hits your face. There s sort of a crisp, clean smell to it. I love fall! ___ ___ Well, I m a summer girl. This fall has been particularly cool and damp. It s been so cloudy that, when you look out the window, it seems more like winter except the leaves are still on the trees. ___ ___ I think the coolness of the fall helps me sleep better. Maybe I haven t evolved enough. My genes date back generations to the time before we had air conditioning! ___ ___ The season doesn t much matter to me. I think it s my parent s fault. When I was a kid, they made me go to bed early, like around 8:30. My room was in the front of the house where I could hear all the other kids outside still playing. I don t go to bed early to this day! So I m not a morning person! ___ Here s our point: sometimes, for some people, waking up is hard to do. Are you one of those people? When the alarm goes off, would you like to smash it? ___ When I did morning radio and I was on the air at 5 a.m., the alarm would go off at 4. I definitely wanted to smash it! It was painful for me getting up at that time of the day. But I know some morning disc jockeys for who it is no problem at all. ___ ___ I feel very fortunate. With the work we do now, most of the time there s no need for an alarm. I find that some days, I wake up incredibly early and then the next day, I ll sleep a couple of hours more. ___ What we ve been told Of course, there seem to be some societal expectations about when you should get up. We ve all heard the ancient proverb, The early bird gets the worm. ___ Who wants to eat worms? ___ No less an authority than Benjamin Franklin said, Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ___ Well, I m a woman and you ll hear me roar if I try to get up too early. ___ Some people say that if you don t jump out of bed ready to go, it means you re not happy with your work. Maybe it just means you re not a morning person. What works for you works Bigg success is life on your own terms. For some people, that means going to bed early and getting up early. For others, it means staying up late and getting up late. Do what works for you. You have a certain natural body clock. Get in sync with it for your bigg success. It may mean smashing your alarm clock. We can hear your objections. Your job your life doesn t allow you to smash your alarm clock. You may have kids. Your boss may expect you to be there by a certain time. You may even be in business for yourself and your clients or your employees need you at a certain time in the morning. It s a journey to life on your own terms. Just because you can t smash your alarm clock right now doesn t mean you can t ever do it. Know your terms and work toward them. That s bigg success! ___ Get the tips and tools you need to be a BIGG success. Subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly it s FREE! ___ Thanks so much for reading our post today. Please join us next time when we ll talk about finding abundance in a world of scarcity. Until then, here s to your bigg success! Subscribe to The Bigg Success Show in iTunes. Subscribe to the Bigg Success feed. Direct link to The Bigg Success Show audio file: http://media.libsyn.com/media/biggsuccess/00503-101909.mp3 Related posts Why It Pays to be Late for Work (Image in today s post by hisks)

Are your employees bogged down with business processes that make no sense? Laura gives an example of a United Airlines policy that not only inconveniences customers, but also wastes employee time. Eliminate business processes that don't make sense! (C) 2009 Laura Stack. All rights reserved.

In this episode of The Project Shrink Podcast I am talking to Christine Hohlbaum. She is the author of The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World. We are talking about personal productivity, time management, the art of delegation and expectation management.

Host Omaha Sternberg covers the Mac gaming industry. Omaha interviews Michael Agustin of Gendai Games about their new iPhone Early Access Program. Also, reviews of Sprout by Reflexive Entertainment, and Rainbow Web II for the iPhone by Big Fish Games.