time management

Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith and the Work Ahead Mentality

August 6, 2013 By Erin Beasley

Give me a minute, I’m good. Give me an hour, I’m great.
– Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith

Any time I think about people who work ahead, the thoughts are now accompanied by Liam Neeson’s voice. It’s a little odd, hearing his voice in my head. It’s made even odder by the fact that I have this mental image of him that is half Hannibal and half Ra’s al Ghul. It makes for some digging when I have to figure out who said the line about minutes and hours. In this case, Hannibal is the culprit.

Learning to be Productive with Mike Vardy

May 15, 2013 By Erin Beasley

It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind: you get up, go through your morning routine, go to work, maybe take a lunch break, return to work, go home, have dinner, maybe relax with the family. Rinse and repeat for five days a week. It becomes normal, comfortable. It lulls you into a sense of safety and security. You forget to ask if your routine is the best one, although you sometimes wonder. You wonder if it’s the best way. You wonder if it’s the most productive way.

You Don’t Find Time; You Make It

April 2, 2013 By Erin Beasley

I don’t believe in finding time. I make it. I make a conscious choice about how I’m going to spend my time, then I spend it. I determine which projects require immediate attention and which ones can be deferred. I choose whether I will take on a new project. I figure out how to allot my time so that I can tend to my new project or opportunity. I decide how long I will work before I’m allowed to play.

Find and Protect the Productive Zone

February 28, 2013 By Erin Beasley

Everyone has a productive zone, i.e., a time in which they prefer to work. They may not recognize it as such, but they have one. It’s that time of the day where ideas start to come together. It’s when the ideas are flowing faster than the person can write them.

How Do You Publish as Frequently as You Do?

August 9, 2012 By Erin Beasley

I’m often asked how I publish as often as I do. It’s hard for me to understand the question. How can I not publish as often as I do? My rhythm would be out of sorts if I were to publish less often. I then wonder what the motive behind the question is. Is the person merely curious or does he or she want some sort of magic pill?

The White Rabbit

May 22, 2012 By Erin Beasley

Lewis Carroll describes the White Rabbit as being “elderly, timid, feeble, and nervously shilly-shallying.” The rabbit also is rude to anyone he deems inferior and grovels before those who are superior. He has no weight to him; he is all white fluff.

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