The Productivity Institute

Personal Productivity Solutions to Leverage Your Impact

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...