Posted on February 21st, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Recently, a subscriber to the Top Ten Productivity Tips (the original series…so named since there are now 8 different series) recently sent me this: I was just re-reading this great TTPT about using your planner productively and realize that I struggle with implementing this. I’m hoping you can point me to some answers. For many years, [...]
Tags: Circa, Franklin Covey, planners, projects, tasks
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Posted on February 16th, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
How is it that a bright, motivated professional can procrastinate day after day, month after month, and year after year? Because procrastination works. It keeps you from having to do the task that you just hate to do. Well here’s the news, folks, you can break the habit! 1. Can you pay (a reasonable sum) [...]
Tags: delegate, Delegation, procrastination, procrastinator, Productivity, projects, put off
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Posted on September 11th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Could you use some tips for creating a sane and sensible schedule? Here are 5 great ones, shared with me by folks who wanted others to know what worked for them. Mickey Schafer: Set, respect, and enforce boundaries. I divide work and home as much as possible. My students know this up front. With others, [...]
Tags: prep time, projects, schedule, time, work
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
As Lynne Ford says, ‘failure is a comma, not a period.’ This is the theme of this series of posts. As you observe the failures that you have experienced (and that you will again) consider the truth of this statement: 2. Some failures are major reliefs. Let’s say you submitted a proposal for a large [...]
Tags: academia, failure, federal grant, projects, stress, success
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Posted on September 30th, 2008, by Meggin McIntosh
Suggestion: Yesterday on the Tier 2 call, we were talking about feeling overwhelmed with projects and how to get started. I reminded folks about the ‘Hunks, Chunks, & Bites’ concept–breaking things down into do-able ‘bites’ so that you can get moving. If you haven’t viewed the Hunks, Chunks, & Bites webinar, this might be a [...]
Tags: bites, chunks, hunks, project, projects, webinar
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Posted on August 29th, 2008, by Meggin McIntosh
Suggestion: Go to http://www.mhprofessional.com/category/?cat=3 (all I can figure is that McGraw Hill bought Chase’s) and you can find out about all the jillions of holidays that there are…it’s likely that one or more of them tie into what you do… AND if you don’t find a holiday that ties into your expertise, you can submit an [...]
Tags: business, holidays, missions, projects
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