Just Say No
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore I used to put everyone else’s requests and needs first and if there was any time left over at the end of the day for what I needed and wanted to do, that was acceptable. That is until I began to realize that if you and I are going to be...
Interrupt Interruptions
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore A lot of our daily responsibilities require us to deal with interruptions, unanticipated events. These are not the problem. It is the unwanted, unnecessary interruptions that keep us from focusing on what really needs to get done. One...
Importance of Time Management
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore What would you do to get a few more hours in your day? How much more could you accomplish and enjoy at work and at home? What about being able to spend more time with your family, friends and hobbies? I don’t really believe in time...
How To Plug The Big Hole In Your Day
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In a companion piece, I discussed how most people experience a big hole in their workday, losing some 3 hours a day being consumed with interruptions that have “Little” or “No Value” to their productive workday. An interruption is an...
How To Get a Job Done In Half The Time
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore When I received my degree in accounting in 1970, our graduation speaker told us we ought to plan on three or four jobs in our careers. When my daughter graduated from college just a few years ago, her graduation speaker predicted that they...
Getting Out of 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...
Four Time Management Don’ts for Students
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In my years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, college professor, and father of four grown kids, I have observed a lot of what students can and should not do to increase their daily results. Time management is not necessarily...
Five Ways to Not Get Promoted
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore “Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go;From 7-3 it’s misery;Hi ho, hi ho.” Time Management has a lot more to do with “investing” our time wisely rather than just “spending it.” A lot of people are not getting the returns from their time that...
What Not To Do When Making A Keynote Presentation
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore “Keynote n: an address designed to present the issues of primary interest to an assembly and often to arouse unity and enthusiasm.” A wonderful communication device, that keynote presentation is. Did you ever have to sit through a bad one? It...
Work Rules
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore When I was teaching Business Law full-time at Mercy College, I would have seniors in my classes who were getting serious about their futures and starting the interview process. I would let them know that I had identified three important work...
Five Time Management Errors Execs Should Avoid
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Executives experience the “Time Management Crunch” as often, if not more often, than others in the workplace. In my thirty years of conducting Time Management Seminars and individual executive coaching, I created this list of the “5 Time...
Five Things You Must Do to Succeed as a Professional Speaker
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore The Professional Speaking Business is one the fastest growing industries in the world. It is a great business to begin part-time and grow into a full-time opportunity, sharing your ideas and touching other peoples’ lives. It is hard work but...
Five Things to Make a Keynote Sizzle
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore A keynote presentation is a wonderful opportunity to communicate an impactful message to a large group in a short period of time. It can set the tone for the programs and events that follow and it can end an event with a bang….all, if done...
Five Steps to a Productive Meeting
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore It is said that on an average day in the United States, there will be 17 million meetings. (It makes you wonder how anything ever gets done!) A meeting is two or more people getting together to exchange information. What could be simpler?...
Five Practices to get a Promotion
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore “Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go; From 7-3 it’s helping me; Hi ho, hi ho.” “If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always got.” I have a rule that I follow. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We ought not to...
Five Ideas to Improve a Marriage
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In my thirty years as a Professional Speaker giving over 2,000 presentations on Time Management and Personal Productivity and nearing our 30 year wedding anniversary, I have observed some techniques that help Nancy and I to spend more...
Five Best Time Management Habits Executives Should Practice
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore For the last thirty years, I have traveled all around sharing my Time Management and Personal Productivity principles in seminars, keynotes, and through executive coaching. There are dozens of things we all ought to do to enhance our daily...
Five Best Time Management Do’s for Students
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore From my thirty years in the field of Time Management, and as a college professor, and more, importantly, as a dad to my four kids, I have developed the “Five Best Time Management Do’s for Students” to help you to get more out of every day,...