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By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Pop quiz. As a percentage of total available time, how much time does the average person spend making a living? 20%? 30%? 40%? 50%? Using $40,000 income as an average, what percentage of one’s average income is paid in taxes each year? 20%?...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Plan your day - every day.Prioritize “things to do.”Get up early - organize thoughts.Practice good humor.Exercise daily.Join your professional association.Work with a clean desk.Set your training budget.Make goals specific in terms of...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all have 24 hours in each day, 7 days each week. (You probably knew that anyway.) If you multiply that out and if my math is correct, and I suspect it is because I’ve done the calculation a few times before, that totals 168 hours in a...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore “I wish I had a 48 hour day!” many have said to me during the last thirty years as a professional speaker. “I’d be able to get so much more done!” Of course we can’t get more than 24 hours out of each day (assuming we don’t take time to...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all encounter delays that keep us from doing what we planned to do. Life is often what happens to you along the way when you are planning otherwise. We can be delayed in traffic, waiting for the dentist, in an airport, or in a line at the...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore A poet once said, “The most powerful time is when you are alone, thinking about what you are to do rather than the doing itself.” You’ve been reminded many times, “A stitch in time saves nine.” Daily Planning is the time you ought to set...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all have “too much to do.” True? Sure ‘nuf. And that says a lot of good things about you. That you have “too much to do” suggests that a lot of people have entrusted much confidence in you. I mean, people who are drifting about early each...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Crisis Management, for the most part is when a deadline has snuck up behind you and robbed you of all choice. And crisis management, for the most part, is poor time management. Why? You’re under pressure, maybe cutting corners. Things can...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Do you sometimes feel a little bit out of control during your workday, wish you had more time to do the really important things or feel like you are doing a lot of wheel spinning on non-productive items? You are not alone. Eighty-five percent...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore I love technology. I am not a technical person but I admire the techno-things that have helped my business, productivity and profitability. Things like laptops, the Internet, and email have cut costs and boosted productivity and profits...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore When something’s tough And really gritty, Hand it over To committee. Watch them meeting, No agenda there; Tabling actions To later this year. And if it’s tough Then occasionally, It gets referred To a sub-committee. For further talk And full...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In-house training programs are a valuable tool for an organization’s effort to increase the productivity and the success of its people and, therefore, the organization. They ought to be a regular ingredient in corporate management for success...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore You may be well intended about getting things done during your day at work or during your personal time, but there are big time wasters that will conspire against you to take your productive time away. It has been said that the road to Hell...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Concision. (Sounds like I made up another word.) It’s the idea of being concise in our ongoing communication with others, both written and oral. Many take forever to say so little. These are the same people who spend a lot of time in...

Address Book: An addition to your daily calendar containing important names, addresses, phone numbers, and other valuable information. Agenda: A list of items to be covered at your meeting. Anticipation: The ability to go to one source each nigh in daily planning and...

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore My friend Willy was complaining to me the other day that he does not think he will have enough money for retirement. He has a decent income, a good standard of living, and a lot of creature comforts that are supported by his current income....

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all run into people from time to time who work with a messy desk and messy work environment. They have stuff piled up here and there, on the floor, on the shelves, and even on a table behind their desk. (They have to buy furniture to put...

By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreMany wonder what it takes to be a workaholic. Now I'm not suggesting that being a workaholic is either a good thing or a bad thing but maybe it's useful to determine if we are. There is really no one thing that would make one automatically...