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Dave Crenshaw - ArticlesAs a highly sought-after business coach and time-management expert to some of the country’s top business executives, Dave Crenshaw has expanded his reach to that of author and speaker. He began his coaching career in 1998 as the youngest independent coach for a multi-national business coaching firm, then later went on to develop his own methodology of Systems. Accountability. Motivation.®
Dave received his B.S. in Business Management-Entrepreneurship from Brigham Young University, one of the nation’s top entrepreneur programs. He is one of the foremost experts on the epidemic known as multitasking. As a business owner himself, he had experienced the struggle of keeping focused. Dave recognized he needed to re-evaluate how he organized his time. Consequently, he developed the Get Time™ system his clients use to maintain balance in their lives and take control of their business. Dave is the author of The Myth of Multitasking: How ‘Doing It All Get’s Nothing Done, a time management bestseller recently reviewed in TIME magazine. The Myth of Multitasking will soon be available worldwide in German, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Korean and Portuguese. Dave lives in the shadow of Utah’s Rocky Mountains with his wife, Katherine, and his two children. Productivity Coaching - Vacation Preparation & Your ProductivityI once overheard a business owner say that he felt more productive when he took a vacation, though not for the reasons one might expect. He explained that he worked in a whirlwind just before the vacation to make sure everything was taken care of before he left. Then, when he returned, he had to work even harder to catch up with all the things he missed while he was away! He then jokingly suggested that perhaps he should take a vacation every week. Switchtasking - Turn Off Your MonitorEvery day our society becomes more and more virtual, more digital. We have less in-person conversations and more meetings over the phone and through web conferencing. As transportation costs continue to raise, this shift toward long-distance communication is becoming inevitable. The Truth of TimeIt has been taught that happiness comes from spending one dollar less than what you have, and misery comes from spending one dollar more than what you have. When you overspend with money, you go into debt and have to pay interest. Sticky notes are good for one thingWe’ve all seen it. The array of brightly colored squares decorating the sides of someone’s computer monitor or desk or cork-board or chair or car dashboard. It’s the sticky note graveyard. Small Business Coaching - Procrastination Can Be Your FriendMy Certified Time Coaches will sometimes tell our clients something that raises a few eyebrows: procrastination can actually be a good thing. In fact, we encourage clients to procrastinate as much as they possibly can. Productivity Coaching - Hobbies and Your ProductivityWho wouldn’t like to spend more time on their hobby? Whether it is fantasy sports, golf, hiking, scrapbooking, or underwater basket weaving, finding that extra hour or two to devote to your favorite pastime is a challenge. Everything Has a HomeEverything has a home and no visitors allowed.
It is such a simple concept, yet it has helped hundreds of people become more organized in their workplace. As our Certified Time Coaches go out and work with clients, they help people build a system on how to organize things in their workplace. Small Business Coaching - Beware Time LiabilitiesAre you surrounded by Time Liabilities? I define a Time Liability as:
a) Anything that consumes time unnecessarily or
b) Anything that causes you to spend time in activities that are less profitable than your most profitable activity. Productivity Coaching - Finding Your Own Personal AssistantIn the recent movie, Iron Man, Tony Stark had an invaluable assistant, Pepper Potts. Pepper essentially looked out for Tony and made sure that he was not spending his time in less profitable activities. She handled his schedule, handled his laundry, responded to inquiries, and occasionally would “take out the trash”. This allowed Tony to spend his time in his most profitable activities, which in his case was inventing new gadgets. I’m Just a [Insert Your Title Here] Who Can’t Say NoWhether or not you’re familiar with the song from the classic musical Oklahoma, I find that this is an applicable title in the world of today’s entrepreneur and busy executive. Macro-multitasking is just as significant a problem as the garden-variety, moment-by-moment multitasking. Macro-multitasking is the splitting of one’s attention across many different projects, businesses, ventures, causes, and even careers.
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