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A guest article for you today from my lovely daughter-in-law Lauren Parsons, well-being and productivity specialist, living in Canada until December. From the beginning of 2019 she’ll be back home and working closely with me and the Getting A Grip business:   by Lauren Parsons If you’ve been on this planet for a while, chances […]

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Perpetual Guardian’s decision to try a shorter working week http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ne...  has created some interesting discussion.  I congratulate Andrew Barnes for his bold experiment. From my 26 years of global experience on the topic of productivity, I believe they’re onto something really good. Perhaps you’re wondering whether to follow their example? Or, maybe you’d keep a […]

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Have you ever wanted to `embark on a big project, but felt stymied by the size of it? Everyone is busy. We all have our regular work, existing clients, prospects, staff or contractors, deadlines to meet – the game goes on. So, where do we find time to implement new projects? It’s so easy to […]

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You Don’t Have To Win To Celebrate In New Zealand this last week we’ve seen a wonderful demonstration of national pride, with waves of red flags supporting the Tongan rugby league team.  They were pipped at the post for the finals (somewhat contentiously), but rightfully proud Tongans all round Auckland have cheered, waved and celebrated […]

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Does it ever seem that every waking minute is being consumed by work? How do we balance a growing list of home, personal and work commitments? Is it even possible? A couple of weeks ago I had fun discussing this topic on a panel at the Live Well Festival in Auckland with Art Green and […]

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My Melbourne friend Nigel sent me a great question about email. Because it’s an issue for many, I decided to share it in this week’s blog. Nigel: Here’s a dilemma that I face frequently with email and workflow.  I stare at my email feed. It stares back at me, blankly. “So what are you going […]

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Have you ever cursed as you struggle with heavy and cumbersome luggage on holidays? I certainly have. By the end of my first big international trip, only 17 years ago, I felt and looked like a camel. I still remember the difficulty of getting a heavy suitcase up and down London tube steps while hundreds […]

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The participants at one of my recent events came up with a time-related problem experienced by many parents.  I was at Tauriko School, Tauranga to run a time management seminar for parents. (It’s a fund-raising opportunity for communities and based around my new book ‘Getting a Grip on Parenting Time: 86 commonsense lessons from the […]

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My business colleague Neil Sayer is a very effective Business Coach whose clients get great value in working with him as they grow their business. (Every now and then Neil also gets me to come in as a specialist coach for short interventions on time management issues.)  So, when he offered to share his 50 […]

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