Life of E's

Without a planner…you are letting others spend your life instead of recognizing the wisdom of Carl Sandburg when he said, "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have and only you can determine how it's spent."   Of course, just "having" a planner isn't enough. You have to use [...]

Tags: calendar, managing time, monthly, notes, organizer, planner, productive, Resources, stress management, tips, to do list, tools, weekly, yearly

Depending on your particular institution, advising of students may be a small portion or a significant part of your responsibilities. Adapt the following five tips to fit your situation so that advising is a productive experience for you and your students. Request that students come to their appointments with a list of questions to which [...]

Tags: academic, advising, appointments, college, expectations, FaceBook, notes, planning, Productivity, professor, questions, schedule, students, timeliness, tips, university

Have you ever had an idea that came to you, but you later forgot it? Have you ever thought of something that you needed to do and told yourself that you’d remember, but, uh, you didn’t? At any given moment, ideas will come to you. Some of these ideas are major, some are minor, but [...]

Tags: ideas, inbox, inspiration, memory, notes, planner, post-it, writing

Next Monday (February 16th – Presidents’ Day), I’m offering a webinar entitled “Prepare, Produce, and Present *First-Rate Handouts*: Enhance Your Impact on Others’ Learning (and Their Perception of Your Professionalism, Too).” To learn more, just go to the webpage where you’ll find all the particulars (and can register): http://www.meggin.com/FirstRateHandouts.php You’ll see that this 90+ minute [...]

Tags: handout, handouts, notes, webinar