I was just rushing all day, making no progress…

We could prioritize, plan, and schedule our tasks if we didn’t constantly feel that we are drowning, or even being swamped, and that we are not making progress on the things that really matter. The resulting stress makes us feel less and less in control of our lives – both at work or in our personal lives. This reduced sense of control, in turn, undermines our time management and creates a vicious circle.

So, as stress is both a root cause and a major consequence of time management problems, our program addresses both.

Time management programs used to focus on techniques. Today, most people know these techniques, but they just can’t use them effectively because they don’t have the energy for it – partly because they don’t see them as the solution to overwhelm. Well, until we find a way to energize ourselves with these techniques, they really don't help much.

The other basic problem is that these techniques served us well when we only had 10-20 emails a day, as opposed to hundreds these days – not to mention the abundance of phone calls, text messages and other stimuli. All this drains our energy – slowly but surely. But most companies look at this issue as “Not our problem!”.

Fortunately, more and more companies are recognizing that this is a systemic issue, which fundamentally undermines efficiency across the organization if left unaddressed.