Spring Fever
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore You develop your jam packed “to do” list the night before. You awake to the new day ready to conquer the world. But the sun is shining after a long winter. It warms your soul. The birds are singing and the fresh scent of new flowers breaking...
Some Time Savers #3
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In over 2,000 Time Management seminars, which I have conducted for more than 100,000 people from around the globe during the last 20 years, I have shown people how to get more done in less time, with less stress; to help them have more time...
Some Time Savers #2
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In my Time Management seminars, which I have conducted for more than 100,000 people from around the globe, I show people how to get more done in less time, with less stress; to help them have more time for the things they want to do in their...
Uni or Duo Dimensional
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore The underlying core of my more than 2,000 Time Management presentations during the last thirty years has been the concept of “balance.” Success in managing our time has less to do with the tools available to us, such as “to do lists” and...
Visions That Repeat
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore You spend a lot of time reliving memories from the past. Some memories are positive and uplifting and give our days a bounce, enhancing our productivity and results. Other memories are not so bright and bum us out, draining our spirits and...
Reduce the Flow of Unwanted Communications
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Getting unwanted communications can be a serious time waster. The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. Below, are two sources to help reduce unwanted direct mail and unwanted telephone calls so you won’t have to deal with them...
Reading Facts
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore -95% of all the books in America are purchased by only 5% of the people. The other 95% of the people purchase the other 5% of the books. (They probably don’t read them; they don’t have the time; they give them away as gifts.) -The average...
Procrastination Pointers
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Procrastination is one of the biggest enemies we have to our Personal Productivity. Thinking about doing something and planning to do it are fine, but what if we fail to move ahead? Procrastinating the unimportant items in our day is a useful...
Prioritizing Power
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore I recommend taking time each evening to do Daily Planning for the next day. Prepare a list of all the things you “Have To” do, but, more importantly, the things you “Want To” do. This begins the process of taking control of the most precious...
Positive Goal Setting
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Did you know that most people who try to attain their personal goals fail? This is especially true of behavior changing goals such as weight loss, smoking cessation, alcohol and drug abuse programs. When I discovered this, I was intrigued and...
Planning Principles
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore The old adage reminds us that “People don’t plan to fail but a lot of people do fail to plan.” During a war, we find a tank operator and a general. Which function is more important? It is probably the general, at least in this sense. One can...
One More Hour Per Day
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all have 24 hours in our day, 7 days per week. And if you multiply that out, and my math is correct (I think it is because I’ve done the calculation a few times before!), that totals 168 hours per week. No more. No less. And the truth...
My Hands Were Busy
My hands were busy through the day. I didn’t have much time to play. The little games you asked to do, I didn’t have much time for you. I’d wash your clothes. I’d sew and cook. You’d ask and I’d read from your book. I’d tuck you in all safe at night, And hear your...
More Time
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Time is the great equalizer for all of us. We all have 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, yielding 168 hours per week. Take out 56 hours for sleep (we do spend about a third of our week dead) and we are down to 112 hours to achieve all the...
Managing Multiple Priorities
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all have “too much to do.” As a professional speaker, I hear that all the time from my audiences. And that says a lot of good things about you, if you have “too much to do” because, obviously, a lot of people have entrusted many things to...
Manage Appointments and Scheduled Events
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore All of your time management requirements fall within one of two categories. You have appointments and scheduled events, time specific commitments you have made to be somewhere at a particular time. All other obligations are discretionary...
Maintaining Daily Balance
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore The underlying core of my more than 2,000 Time Management presentations during the last thirty years has been the concept of “balance.” Success in managing our time has less to do with the tools available to us, such as “to do lists” and...
Lucky Sue
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Sue got her raise but it’s to her credit because she did get her promotion because she did get all of her work done on time because they gave her lots to do to help her to show off her “stuff” because she was not late yesterday because she...