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Now is the best time to get good at focusing your time
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Hello Reader, In just a few days, I’ll be teaching a live paid workshop: The Productivity Blueprint for Project Managers: How to be Productive When You Run Out of Time Every Day. (If you haven’t booked your spot yet, make sure to do it now! It’s on Monday 27 January at 7pm GMT(UK)/2pm EST/6am AEST.) At this time of year, I start feeling overwhelmed with All The Things. So much to get ready for the new year. Work goals, new projects to kick off. All the things the children are supposed to be doing for school. And this year it feels even more overwhelming because it doesn’t feel like I can plan with certainty. As I put this training together, I keep thinking about how it’s not just work life that we need to be productive in. It’s a ‘whole life’ thing. All the strategies and tactics I’ll be sharing will help you manage your time and focus across whatever you are doing, whether that’s a huge programme or simply trying to make the first few months of this new year feel as settled and stable as you can for the people who matter. I don’t want you to miss out on this workshop – I’ve put my best content together so you can walk away with clarity and proven strategies for managing the time you have in the best way. I’ll be covering:
Here’s what Juliet said about learning with me: You have a really great and personable way of training - it’s open and refreshing. You cover what is needed in a straightforward way ❤️ Ada Krishnan said: The reading material was very comprehensive. It was great to learn new ways to use my time better. I found the webinar very insightful, the example on the Pareto methodology was very good and something I will start to practise. And there were loads of positive comments in the webinar chat. I had great fun teaching it, and people seemed to get a lot out of the session. The workshop is $19 and includes a bunch of awesome checklists and other materials to supercharge your productivity. Register here for the live training! If it turns out you can’t make it live, there will be a video replay that you will have access to afterwards, and you’ll also get the slides. Don’t miss your chance to learn from my experience and ask me personally any questions you have at the live Q & A session after the training. I’ll see you soon! Best wishes Elizabeth Do you still want to receive my weekly newsletter but no longer want to hear about this workshop? Just click here, and you won't receive any more messages. |
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I help project professionals get more done with less stress. Having been a project manager for over 20 years, I share tried-and-tested tips that work in the real world, every Tuesday. Join our community of over 15,000 project professionals (and accidental project managers too!).
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