Author Archives: staceyellison

Emotional intelligence is the capacity to be understand, control, and express emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships prudently and empathetically.  There are five components of emotional intelligence:  Self awareness:  capacity to understand one’s emotions, strengths, and weaknesses. Self regulation:  ability … Continue reading →

This morning I opened a seemingly innocuous email (no, it wasn’t from you- I promise), which asked several favors of me and requested, “let me know what your schedule looks like this week.” My immediate (I haven’t sent it) response:  … Continue reading →

Delegation:  An act that gives you the comforting illusion something is being taken care of, until you have time to deal with it yourself. OUCH! Delegation really can work, if you work with it. Before delegating a task or project … Continue reading →

Mark Twain has been oft-quoted as saying, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.” Building off this idea, author Brian Tracy of “Eat That Frog” suggests … Continue reading →

My intent today was not to sit down and pen some deeply philosophical piece of designing a well-lived life, or any such.  Frankly, I was just going to talk more about how to cram more into your day (which I … Continue reading →

Attend any training on time management and you are sure to see the matrix. You might not know what it was called, you almost certainly remain confused, but you’ve seen it.  It looks like: This design was originally known as … Continue reading →

I can stay busy all day. I really have mastered the art of extending my email, finding busy work for myself, and “networking” to fill time. I can do it.  But I don’t.  Because of the Pareto Principle. The Pareto … Continue reading →

There are lots of great one liners out there about procrastination… “There’s no time like the present for postponing what you don’t want to do.” -and- “Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid entirely.” -and my favorite- “If … Continue reading →

The  three words that strike fear in the hearts of even the most stalwart agents… “Can we meet?” In the 1960s executives spent an average of 10 hours per week in meetings; today this has increased to 23 hours per … Continue reading →

In today’s next installment of our time management series, we’ll be talking about managing your communications.  The fact is, communication is hard, and we are all a part of the problem.  Fortunately we can also all be a part of … Continue reading →