Working in an office, sitting in a cubicle in a luxurious sky scraping building with beautiful views in the big city or spending your work day in the stuffy, 6×6 clustered cubicle named “Office Space,” people wonder how to “think out of the box” when their life is spent in the cubicle. More and more…
Got Code?
People love OfficeTime. We get rave reviews. We’ve got a bit of a cult following. Just by using the app, people increase their billable. It’s time tracking for people who hate time tracking. (I hate time tracking.) You get to work on something that makes a difference to people
More is Less
I have noticed an interesting screening mechanism that people use—the length of the message. If the message is short they read it. If it is long, they do not. This is one reason I decided to contribute to this blog. I find the messages short and to the point but still with thoughtful insights.
5 Daily Steps to Be Productive While Focusing on Product Growth
Focusing on being productive while focusing on your product growth is a feat that could be accomplished. A plethora of product growth ideas is flowing constantly but turns into slow manifested products. You simply need to beat the competitors to the market. Getting to the end product is the goal. I prefer to take these…
Let Go-Liberate Yourself to Receive Great Paid Out
Without any doubt, one of the hardest things about growing from a solo entrepreneur to a small business is “let go”. If you can do a task or a project yourself, why should you pay some else do to it? The answer is always unfortunately driven by the reality of a tight budget.
A Narrow Escape With A Cute Cow
OfficeTime recently moved from it’s home in Canada to the UK. We’ve been known as OfficeTime Software for years but decided a fresh name was needed as part of the move.
The Gift of the Time Banker
Each morning, every day of your life from birth to death, your personal Time banker hands you a new account, all to your name with 86,400 seconds. Amazingly enough, your personal Time banker will not discuss with you any previous day’s time losses, he is very forgiving. He does not require any restitution either; the rule is that the account must be spent to zero balance within a 24 hour period. The 86,400 seconds can not be hoarded, or stored, or saved, not offered to someone else as a loan. You must use all of them. The next day your balance will be zero.
Success Story: “I tamed My Inbox in July, 2013” (Part 1)
Urgent/Important Matrix helps you think about your priorities, and to determine which of your activities are important or not, urgent or not urgent and to have clarity which are, essentially, distractions.
Basic Shortages and Lack of Focus Impairs Your Time Management
Basic shortages lead people to make poor decisions. That’s because, I believe, the brain can only process so much. The problem seems to be the same across all income levels, gender and ethnicities. People are distracted and have a shortage of focus. When you desperately need a drink of water, it’s hard to think about anything else even if you are not in the middle of the dessert. Being short on money, all kinds of budget concerns will block your thinking process. Basic shortages will impair your ability to think with clarity and make correct decisions.
Small Business Go Green For Profits
As an incurable optimist, I cannot even imagine the place where many small business owners are: the panic mode. The stunning data clearly provides evidence for a larger than usual number of small businesses who have seen their profits decline and a smaller percentage who are enjoying growing profits. Improving sales strategies and expanding the…