Time Management

As Benjamin Franklin once said, time is like money. Without being managed properly, how do you know where it’s going? Here’s a collection of our best advice on how to manage your time, set proper schedules, and get more done.

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The planning fallacy: Why we all assume we have more time than we actually do each week (and how to fix it)

How many hours do you work each day? If you’re like most of the working population you probably think you get a solid 8 hours in. That’s 40 hours a week. Around 2000 a year (minus 2 weeks’ vacation). Not too bad. The problem with this kind of thinking is that just because we’re at

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The true cost of email and IM: You only have 1 hour and 12 minutes of uninterrupted productive time a day

Email and IM are always there in the background, compelling us to click over for a “quick” check in. But these add up. Which made us ask: How much of your day is spent multitasking with communication tools? And just how bad is it for your productivity? 

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The liberation of limitations: How entrepreneurs, artists, and leaders use constraints to be more productive

limitations get a bad rap.

Sure, we might think we want more time, bigger budgets, and more responsibility. But more isn’t always better. In fact, when used right, limitations can empower us to think differently, stay focused, and actually be more productive.

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