Yearly Archives: 2015

Insight: A handful of people, a small minority with the right connections, get placed at the top. For those of us who have no connections, merit must get us to the top, and we must do our homework in order … Continue reading →

Margaret Terry writes with transparency that is compelling. Her letters in “Dear Deb” are an unfolding of her life, more of an autobiography, told in short chapters and not necessarily in chronological order. As she sets out to support an … Continue reading →

Recap of the series: 1. You can learn to manage time. Reflect on things you have done (which at first you were doubtful you could achieve) and let them motivate you can make similar successful strides towards effective time management. … Continue reading →

INVEST TIME I was a pre-teen when I began to tithe 10% of my meagre allowance, but happily, I started to tutor at age fourteen and my “income” increased and so did my tithe. My mother was convinced that we … Continue reading →

A NEW TRAJECTORY? Branching out in another area that you had not planned may be just what you ought to be doing. But only you can determine if that trajectory is worth your time, if it is what you ought … Continue reading →

When Changes in Life Requires Re-prioritizing I wrote full time from February 2012-May 2014 and the majority of those manuscripts became published works. Then from June 2014 up to early April 2015, I returned to an employer to cover a … Continue reading →

SETTING LIMITS “No” is an essential word in time management. Why? Because saying “No” allows you to set limits, and the purpose of limits is to remove things that waste time thereby helping you to stick to what is actually … Continue reading →

PRIORITIZE To prioritize means to arrange things in the order they ought to be done. This sounds easy but there are two critical concepts that determine this order of doing things: urgent and important. Urgency and importance can often become … Continue reading →

WELCOME TO STRIKETHROUGH TO BREAKTHROUGH. This short, fun series will offer you inspiration and practical tips on how to get more out of your hours. I can almost guarantee that you’ll be able to do so much more in your … Continue reading →

My investment rule is 10%. I was a young teen when I started to set aside 10% tithe from my meagre allowance. There were no school buses or free textbooks so my parents bore the education bills for all nine … Continue reading →