Thumb through your dictionary to the word “busy,” and you’ll find a tragic photo of your weary-looking face.

Work, home, family, bills, committees you were suckered into, that broken doohickey you’ve been meaning to fix for a year – there’s no escaping the constant call of responsibilities on your shoulders.  It’s time to fight back the mayhem and carve out some downtime for yourself with an arsenal of easy-to-learn skills that you can start using today. [Read more…]

In the last 5 months, have you been mastering these 9 essential skills for busy people?  If so, you’re now able to . . .

• Sketch out a plan for every day.
• Automate components of your life.
• Estimate the amount of time you need to accomplish a task.
• Delete, diminish, delegate, and delay non-urgent and non-essential items on your list.
• Motivate yourself by matching activities to goals.
• Optimize your time by double-dipping in your goals.
• Batch like tasks.
• Work with your energy levels.
• Adapt to intrusions.

If you still feel too busy, focus on these five additional skills for seizing control of your time:
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