Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Organization--Productivity-Can-Disorganized-Managers-be-Trained.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Organization--Productivity-Can-Disorganized-Managers-be-Trained.html Information and interruption overload is bad enough. Email, instant messaging, SMS, twitter, RSS feeds rob us of precious time. Top it off with a disorganized, demanding manager and you will find no time to actually do your job. Can you "train" the Boss? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Learn-to-Organize--Learn-to-Live.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Learn-to-Organize--Learn-to-Live.html Why is it that "9:00 to 5:00", regular vacations, playing with the kids, reading for enjoyment and the likes are no longer in our vocabulary? Why is it that more often than not it seems like it's all work and no life? Is it just the sign of the times or could our problems, possibly, be self-inflicted? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Time-Management--Productivity-Can-You-Really-Manage-Time.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Time-Management--Productivity-Can-You-Really-Manage-Time.html Time Management is an oxymoron. We can't manage time. Time moves at a relentless, constant pace. Productivity and time are closely related. If time can't be managed, how do we increase productivity? This article offers a radically different view of "time management". http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/How-to-Write-Effective-Emails-Tips-and-Best-Practices.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/How-to-Write-Effective-Emails-Tips-and-Best-Practices.html Email is a fantastic tool. Why is it then, that we curse it? Why is it that we have become slave to it? It fills our email inboxes. It drives our days. It saps our productivity. Could the problems be self-inflicted? Regrettably, often, they are. Let's look at a few emailing best practices, which should help in harnessing the email as a valuable tool, rather than a necessary Evil. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Dealing-with-Email-Overload--Tips-and-Best-Practices.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Dealing-with-Email-Overload--Tips-and-Best-Practices.html Is your email in-box forever full? Distracted every time your email dings? Do emails drive your days, not your priorities? In Greek mythology, Sisyphus, an evil king, was condemned to forever rolling a big rock to the top of a mountain, and then, the rock always rolled back down again. Are you are suffering the same "Hell" every day while trying to keep on top of your email tsunami? Here are, but a few tips for your consideration. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/10-Time-Management-Mistakes.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/10-Time-Management-Mistakes.html Where did the day go? Read here about 10 of the most common time management mistakes (and time wasters). Learn to recognize and eliminate them in order to gain more time for value-generating activities. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/10-Tips-and-Best-Practices-for-Effective-Delegating.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/10-Tips-and-Best-Practices-for-Effective-Delegating.html You have too much to do. You believe you are well organized. You follow best practices in managing your time and activities. Yet, many of your tasks don't get done or missing the deadlines. What more can you do? One possibility is that you are not considering delegating some of your tasks. Or, if you do, you may not delegate effectively. This article gives you practical tips and best practices for delegating effectively. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Organized-in-10-Minutes-You-Must-Be-Kidding.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Organized-in-10-Minutes-You-Must-Be-Kidding.html To be truthful, I’m not talking about getting organized. I’m talking about STAYING organized! In this brief article I give some tips on how to keep up (rather than catch up) with your paper and email. It's all about decision-making, effective systems and good, daily habits. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Just-Do-ItOr-Maybe-Not.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Just-Do-ItOr-Maybe-Not.html Just Do It! It sounds so right. It sounds so action-oriented. Do it, and do it fast. Do it now! Technology, especially communications technology drives us at a faster and faster pace. Are we more productive as a result? On the contrary. We provide some tips and best practices on how to regain control over our time and activities. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Best-Practices-in-Dealing-Effectively-With-Any-Information--The-4D-Process.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4343/Best-Practices-in-Dealing-Effectively-With-Any-Information--The-4D-Process.html This process is considered best practice in the organizing, time and task management fields. These 4 steps enable you to deal effectively with any document or information, be it paper or electronic. Utilizing this process will go a long way in making your work more productive and less stressful.