By Kathy Paauw

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."

-Stephen Covey

Managing our time requires tough choices. That means that sometimes we may have to say NO to important activities in order to attend to even more important activities that will enable us to accomplish higher priorities.

When we embark on a journey and we aren't sure how to get there, we typically jot down travel directions. So why are we so resistant to jotting down personal or professional goals or choices that would provide a road map ¡V or at least a compass -- for our lives?

[Editor's comment is at the end of this article]

By Damen Choy 

In the classic management book, In Search of Excellence, by Waterman, R. et al., the authors raised many issues that determine the success potential of a company. However, I have noticed one point in this book stands out as a characteristic that resembles a habit of successful people - it is the "bias for action".

By Glenn Cutforth

Developing your will-power is directly related to your success in life. No one can over-estimate the power of your will to do.

Most people do not fail because of a lack of education. History is filled with uneducated or poorly educated millionaires who didn't let this supposed shortcoming hold them back. On the contrary, what they may have lacked in education was obliterated by their overpowering will to succeed no matter how many times they failed along the way.

It is the lack of determination and concentrated will-power that is the true reason most people fail. Just as an athlete trains for a physical game that takes concentrated effort to accomplish, the mind must also be trained with the proper skills to win in life.

[Editor's comment is at this article: Bias for Action - The Single Factor That Distinguishes Successful People From Unsuccessful Ones ] 

By Kathy Paauw

Copyright 2005 Kathy Paauw

"One of the effects of living with electronic information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with.¡¨
-Marshall McLuhan

Surveys show that people's stress levels are at an all-time high, and a major source of that stress is information overload. How are you managing the barrage of information you receive daily?

Over the past twenty years, technology and downsizing have joined forces to turn office space into a dumping ground for information. Computer manufacturers promised us paperless offices back in the 1980s, and yet a decade later paper production had doubled!

[Editor's comments are at the end of this article]