by Rena Seltzer | May 15, 2016 | Time Management, Work-Life Balance
What do you do when you find your energy lagging at work? If you’re like most of us, you reach for a snack or a cup of coffee, check your email or social media, take a few minutes to shop for something you need online, or get up and chat with a colleague about...
by Rena Seltzer | Mar 14, 2016 | Time Management
Since the vast majority of our correspondence and many of our work tasks arrive in the form of email, it cannot be ignored. And yet academics often fall into the habit of constant checking throughout the day, pulling their attention away from their most important...
by Rena Seltzer | Feb 2, 2016 | Time Management, Writing Tips
Almost every week several clients tell me what a hard time they have getting started on writing, how overwhelmed they feel when they face their writing time, or how easily distracted they are when trying to write. Often, I prescribe The Pomodoro Technique®. This...
by Rena Seltzer | Jan 4, 2016 | Time Management
I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions – if you want to start exercising or develop better writing habits, you can start today, right now, rather than waiting until tomorrow, Monday, or next January 1. But I am a big fan of planning. At this time of year, many of my...
by Rena Seltzer | Dec 10, 2015 | Time Management, Work-Life Balance
When professors have conference deadlines or other due dates that fall in early January, they often want me to help them with how to strike the right balance of work, friends, family time, and relaxation over the holidays. Too often people bring work along on a...
by Rena Seltzer | Nov 16, 2015 | Time Management, Writing Tips
I often hear from academics who are frustrated because they think they need large blocks of time to move writing projects forward, and during busy teaching semesters large blocks of time are few and far between. People are often surprised to find to find that they CAN...
