Why We Divorce
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreTime Management only has to do with making up a good "to do" list and following through. Right? Not really. Time Management has a lot more to do with what we are NOT doing rather than what we ARE doing. Good Time Management requires that we...
Twice As Much
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreI take Time Management very seriously. I have conducted over 2,000 presentations as a professional speaker on Time Management over the last twenty years to over 100,000 people. But a good laugh now and then is as important as our serious side....
Time Management Facts and Figures
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore During the last twenty years, after making over 2,000 presentations around the world, I have gathered some interesting facts and figures about Time Management and Personal Productivity for your use and enjoyment. -There will be 2.2 million...
Some Time Savers
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...
The Boss Question
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreIf you were the vice-president of marketing for a bank, (or any organization for that matter), you would probably want to poll your customers from time to time to determine why they chose to do business with your bank. We can always assume why...
How to Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreAt the beginning of each year so many of us commit to changes and worthy goals to be accomplished in the next twelve months only to be disappointed come next December 31 when we discover we are no closer to achieving those resolutions than we...
Procrastination Paula
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreIt's Monday, and oh, how Paula hates Mondays. "Blue Monday"."It's a jungle out there and a rat race", she reminds herself. Infact, she has a bumper sticker on her car that reads, "I just had a whole week's worth of Mondays". As Paula arrives...
Price of (Not) Training
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreAs a full-time Professional Speaker for the last twenty years, I have been asked so many times, "How much does your training cost?" I have learned to reply, "Would free be too much?" Training is not a cost. It's an investment. It really...
Poor John
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreJohn did not get his raise but it’s not his fault because he did not get his promotion because he did not get all his work done on time because they gave him too much to do and because he was late yesterday because he had to stop forgas...
Multiplying with Networking
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreIn over twenty years as a Public Speaker, time and time again, I realize that better than half of the average person's personal productivity and success in life is through the good cooperation of other people. I do not mean to suggest that if...
Meeting Madness
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore"I can't help you now!", shouted Sarah as she raced past her boss."I'm going to a meeting!" "Look at all this email from our customers!", exclaimed Alan."They'll have to wait because I'm going to a meeting!" Willy was feeling stressed. He...
Time Management Horse Sense
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreEvery horse race has a first place winner and a runner-up, second placecontender. It is not uncommon for the first place horse to earn twice the prizeas the second place finisher. Curiously, the number one horse did not have torun twice as...
Holiday Stress Busters
By: Dr. Donald E. WetmoreThe holidays are a time for great joy for some, and a time of stress and frustration for others. None of us should be denied the joys of the holiday season and so I have put together the following seven suggestions to help you"bust" the...
The Big Hole in Your Day
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. And if you multiply that out and my math is correct (I assume it is because I've done this a few times), that gives us a total of 168 hours per week. And the thing about time is that it can...
Easing E-Mail
It's interesting. Technology is often heralded as a servant for us yet frequently we become a servant to it. E-mail was trumpeted as the new communications tool that would surely put first class "snailmail" out of business. Last year, the U. S. Post Office delivered...
The Blocks to Employees’ Productivity
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Many factors, separately and in combination with others,will build walls to block employees’ productivity. Most people intuitively and instinctively want to be productive. It makes sense. They will get more from life and so will their...
Neat Networking
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore So you want to significantly increase your personal productivity and success in all areas of your life? You can go it alone or enjoy the help of others. Networking is a major Time Management tool helping us to learn from others, getting...
Five Payback Strategies
By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore In my 20 years as a Professional Speaker, I have observed that one of the secrets to increasing personal productivity is to increase the ratio between “time spent” and “time invested.” Those who enjoy ever- increasing results in their lives...