My take on retirement
Since graduating from Ryerson in Toronto, I spent 12 years in management roles with Canadian Johns Manville and American Standard, and 8 years teaching at Humber College in Toronto before founding...
View ArticlePlanning for retirement, Part 3
I’ve been semi-retired from my time management seminars, speaking, and consulting business for about 12 years now. But I have been transitioning into semi-retirement for about 32 years. In Part 1, I...
View ArticlePlanning for retirement, Part 2
Realize that retirement is more than just stopping work. It’s a significant life transition and merits planning. Include those things in your planning calendar that made your job interesting and...
View ArticlePlanning for retirement
I’m only 91, and fortunately, not yet at the cane or walker stage. I think that if you retire at 65, you could still have about a third of your life ahead of you. So, if you don’t spend a proportionate...
View ArticleHow to prevent memory loss and improve recall
Part 1: How Our Memory Works. Longer chapters of my book, How to Grow Older without Growing Old, will be broken into shorter parts so they can be read more quickly. This is Part 1 of Chapter 6 of my...
View ArticleGetting organized can increase longevity
To share my insights with as many people as possible, I decided some time ago to publish my book, “How to Grow Older Without Growing Old,” as blog articles, one chapter at a time. This one, Chapter 5,...
View ArticleFriendships can extend your lifespan
To share my information with as many people as possible, I decided some time ago to publish my book, *How to Grow Older Without Growing Old*, as blog articles, one chapter at a time. Chapter 4 is...
View ArticleThe healing power of nature
The greening of my life – and results to date. In my blog articles at taylorintime.com, I have been periodically updating my readers on my personal experiences with a greener, more active, and yes –...
View ArticleGrowing older without growing old, Chapter 2
I will be posting the entire book, Growing Older Without Growing Old, one chapter at a time. Here’s chapter Two: Developing a positive attitude. For Chapter One and the introduction, see the previous...
View ArticlePROTECT YOUR BODY AND YOUR BRAIN
Alzheimer’s – enemy of the elderly (Chapter 1 How to Grow older without growing old.) There are some shocking statistics that are already painful realities for some of us. The author of The Brain...
View ArticleGrowing older without growing old
In the weeks following, I will be posting the entire book, Growing Older Without Growing Old, one chapter at a time. Here’s the introduction. Where relevant, I have links to e-books that discuss those...
View ArticleA writer’s brain
The role of executive skills in writing According to the book, Executive Functions and Writing, edited by Teresa Limpo and Thierry Olive, executive function skills have been researched extensively...
View ArticleMaking writing work for you
In my recent book, Making Writing Work for You, I mentioned in the final chapter that writing is cathartic or therapeutic. I briefly mentioned that as a teen I would write about my failures at dating...
View ArticleAnyone can become a top performer.
In my latest book, Making Writing Work for You, I suggest that even if you have an innate talent for writing, you must work just as hard to develop it. I’m convinced that anyone can become a great...
View ArticleTime is a gift. How you use it is up to you.
A person’s most valuable asset is not his or her inventory of possessions, money, skills, or experience. It’s time. Time is irreplaceable. Without time, none of these other things would exist. Time is...
View ArticleBe smart when using your smartphone.
In the last blog article, I suggested that we might be introducing too much technology into our lives too quickly. The smartphone has already replaced your family landline, your wristwatch, your...
View ArticleMissing deadlines could be deadly.
After finding the source of word deadline, I urge all businesspersons not to confuse deadlines with due dates or target dates. The term deadline first appeared in the 19th century when prisoners were...
View ArticleAlways check email in the morning. Part 2
The Zeigarnik Effect can work against you when you leave a task unfinished, such as working on other projects while there is email waiting to be reviewed. This effect was first observed with servers in...
View ArticleAlways check email in the morning, Part 1
After learning more about our brain, how it is wired, and its impact on our productivity, I changed my mind about trying to ignore my email until later. I discovered that it requires exceptionally...
View ArticleTime is real, but how can you manage it?
In my last blog article, I indicated that the work environment has changed since Alan Lakein wrote his book about 50 years ago. In fact, our working environment is changing quite rapidly, but little...
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