The Productivity Institute

Personal Productivity Solutions to Leverage Your Impact

Fifty-Fifty

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%?...

50 Specific Tips to Immediately Increase Your Productivity

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...

Delegation Dilemma

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...

Delegate It!

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...

Defeating Delays

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...

Daily Planning

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...