How to Prioritize in Order to Increase Productivity

Before you start the process of prioritizing you should ask yourself a few questions to establish a baseline at which to begin. This will improve time management and make you a more productive worker.

Why were you hired for this job? Are you accomplishing things that your boss set out for you [...]

improve time management: keep an open mind

time management strategies
I speak to Silicon Valley engineers. Many of you never have the time to enjoy life and could benefit from time management strategies geared toward you occupation. You are locked in a 24/7 job because you need the money (don’t we all) and are caught up in daily routines that don’t lead to [...]

time management strategies: trash your TV and block the video games

I’ve said all along that improved time management for Silicon Valley engineers begins at home. My personal belief is that TV’s have little value other than showing movies (and broadcasting LA Dodgers baseball games). I know Americans love to tune in every week and find out whose “Friends” are whose and what happened at “Melrose [...]

time management training: shifting gears

my e-book
The first draft of my e-book, An Engineer’s Guide to Managing Time for Professional and Personal Growth is complete. The text contains about 18,000 words or sixty-five pages divided into thirty powerful chapters guaranteed to get the engineer on the right track to personal and professional growth.
I tried to put myself in the engineer’s [...]

time management training: reduce your workload and be with your family

One of the best time management strategies begins at home with your family. Let’s face it, your family is your foundation and it may consist of a wife and kids, or for a single person, friends and family. In this article I am peeking into the life of 27 year-old Joe the engineer, who has [...]

simple ways to improve time management

Today is July 4th, Independence Day, a good day to reflect on how my website embodies the simple ways to improve time management. I goggled “time management” and looked at several sites dedicated to the subject, and, as it turned out, other things. They included topics such as corporate relocation, real estate sales, pilot licensing—great [...]

improve time management – prioritize your task list

Most Silicon Valley engineers and technical professionals have a “to do” or a task list where they keep track of their daily tasks but they often miss an important step—they don’t prioritize the task list. When you prioritize your task list you can improve time management by being more organized and save valuable time. The [...]

do it tomorrow and other secrets of time management

It’s easy to say, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Procrastination is another dragon the engineer must slay on the way to realizing professional and personal growth. For engineers procrastination often results when tasks seem daunting to the point that it overwhelms them and then self doubt creeps in. Self doubt is a common malady considering the [...]

time management strategies: make a good impression

For a Silicon Valley engineer a good impression may be somewhat different than an insurance rep selling a policy to a homeowner or a high school teacher at the first day of class. For Joe the engineer a good impression is based on mutual respect in a professional environment.
Sure, some of the basic tenants of [...]

What is time management? Is it for me?

“What is time management? Is it for me?” These questions are often asked during time management seminars given at corporations. In a typical time management training scenario Silicon Valley engineers might be asked to write down their immediate, short-term, and long-term time management goals. Let’s take a group of engineers who probably don’t have a [...]