Julie Morgenstern
Julie Morgenstern
deadline early leaving work
Leaving work a half-hour early makes you work as if you're on a deadline all the time.
bedroom choose clients location percent remote spare work wrong
I would say that 75 percent to 80 percent of the clients I work with choose the wrong place for their files. They tuck it away in some remote location like a spare bedroom or in a basement.
calm check economy-and-economics global order people proactive programmed quiet wait
The influx of e-mail never stops, particularly in a global economy, ... You could always check e-mail. And people are still programmed to wait for things to calm down in order to do proactive stuff: 'When it quiets down, when I get through this flood, this batch, these to-dos, I will get proactive.' But there never is a quiet time.
figure people personal soon stuff work
People figure they'll get to the personal stuff as soon as the work is finished,
hold memory stuff
Once you have a baby, you can't hold all this stuff in your memory.
career dog effective feels fun pull though watch
Pull away, even though it feels like career suicide. Go home. Rest, sleep, recharge, have fun with your kids, play with the dog and watch how much more effective you will be.
moving numbers space
Organizing time is exactly like organizing space. Just as a closet is a limited amount of space into which you must fit a certain number of objects, a schedule is a limited space into which you must fit a certain number of tasks. Each day and each week is simply a container, a storage unit with a definite capacity. The trick is to treat time not as an abstraction but as something solid that you can hold on to and move around.
years guests towels
We all get attached to frayed towels, mismatched sheets and shapeless pillows, associating them with years of comfort, but they have ceased to be functional! As for the plethora of hotel freebies, gather them in a basket to be offered as a hospitality service to your overnight guests. They'll be pleased by your thoughtfulness-and amazed that you're so organized.