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Dorothy Breininger:
What is the single most important task I want to accomplish today for my family, for myself, for business?

Time management expert, Dorothy Breininger, co-author of the book Time Efficiency Makeover says it's hard to manage your time well when you've got so much stuff coming at you.

What happens is we've got voice mails at work, we've got voicemails at home, we have email messages at work, we have it at home, we've got regular mail at work, we have it at home, and it's overwhelming. So, if you can minimize to one calendar, to one briefcase, to one laptop or computer that is just a relief.

Technology is causing another problem with time management. Today with technology you can do a lot more things than you used to do.

You know I can download my own checking account information, I can create my own family newsletter, I can…. You know, and that's the self-sufficiency fallacy. Just because you can do it doesn't mean that you should do it.

And know your time management style. For example just because you tend to do things at the last minute doesn't necessarily make you a procrastinator.

I tend to write my seminars right before I give them. And I know it's not procrastination rather it's that adrenaline that pushes me in order to make a really great seminar.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.