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Mar 9, 2010, Task management software

Task management software very often is all you need to get rid of your daily duties and cut stress. Simple, but brainy solutions can work wonders.

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Mar 6, 2010, Time management articles and books

Surprising time management articles and books guiding to new dimensions of organizing your time

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Feb 28, 2010, The Mind Map reveals as clever time management tool

Discover the mind map as a clever time management tool and enjoy a lot of organizing benefits.

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Feb 28, 2010, Job stress demands responsible time management

Job stress in different professions sufficiently can be reduced by proper time management systems.

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Feb 21, 2010, Time management software guide

Time management software should be a real helper instead of a time wasting plaything. Find some criteria to discern one from the other.

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Feb 14, 2010, Scheduling software

Reviewing scheduling software criteria paves the way for even more individual solutions.

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Dec 27, 2009, What is the speed of time?

A physical nonsense, of course. Maybe you heard, that in meditation, time seems to disappear? I am sure you know the feeling to have not time enough. Enough for what? Compare the examples: how many things to do appear in both situations?

Right!- missing time happens, if there are many things to do, and you need another piece of time to do something very specific. And if you have no idea, how much time you will need to accomplish all. And if there are many of the tasks that are damned important or urgent. This is pure stress!

And what is important – for what? And what is urgent – why? If you miss answering these questions, then you face extreme speed of time!

You know the sayings: time flies or time passes slowly. However, if you take a closer look, it is always a matter of the count of things you want or are forced to do within a time span often you define.

Normally, 80% of those things contribute most to your shortage of time according to the Pareto Principle. The secret to slow your time down and reduce stress is, not to analyze much the 80% and look, what you may omit, but recognizing the 20% and concentrating your efforts on it. I know, nice words. It is a process, that needs time, you have to change beloved habits. It is an adventure for many people.

But it is the truth. The 20% are worth analyzing or better: defining consciously. However, what are the guidelines, what are the rules for defining these 20%? It is the existence of a certain goal. So it may be a sign, that you miss a goal, if you face excessive speed of time.

Did you enter a contest for doing a maximum of tasks or do you want to go straight ahead towards a goal? In the latter case, the number of tasks did not count.. The right tasks, the tasks that contribute relevant steps towards your goal count.