Cory Cook - Time Management And Productivity Consultant
Improve your time management and elevate your business.
Seasons Greetings! It can be a challenge to stay organised and sane during the holidays. Are you feeling excited and prepared? Or heading down the familiar road of stress and panic? As we near the end of November, now is a good time to take an honest look at the next few weeks. Some planning and […]
We are delighted to welcome our first Guest Blogger, Dr Cath Spencer-Smith of Sportdoc London. Doctor knows best? Part of my role as a Sports Doctor is helping people to recover from surgery, guiding them safely back to activity as quickly as possible. I’m always telling people that ‘it’s all about the rehab’, and ‘the patients […]
A winning tweet! Cory Cook – Organisation, Efficiency & Time Management was one of six lucky Small Business Sunday #SBS Winners selected by Theo Paphitis of BBC’s Dragons’ Den on 28 October, 2012. Small Business Sunday, known on Twitter as #SBS, is a weekly competition run by Theo Paphitis to support and promote small businesses. Businesses are eligible […]
Most to-do lists are missing a critical element: A time estimate for each task. How do you know what will and won’t fit into your day if you’re not estimating time accurately? You may argue that you already do indicate estimates for your tasks, which is great. The question is, are they based on quantifiable experience […]
Or do you need to get real and take some serious action? If you wonder why time seems to slip away, you’re not as time efficient as you think. Most people get through the day like they’re on a white-knuckle ride, trying to “do it all”. Despite being ‘non-stop busy’, we’re perplexed when the end […]
Organisation tricks for expecting mothers, by Alex Davies, in the November 2012 issue of Pregnancy & Birth, page 9. Cory Cook comments on how to organise your wardrobe and prepare your clothing for storage during the different stages of your pregnancy.
‘The De-Clutter Diet’, by Kim Jones, suggests that a cluttered and disorderly home environment may be contributing to unhealthy living. To help streamline your home and improve your lifestyle, various experts – including Cory Cook – provide tips on how to attack some of the common clutter zones in your home. Read the full article […]
One of the most effective ways to increase productivity and ensure the important things get done is to reduce your working hours. It’s easy to let work run rampant with a big open schedule. But when it’s crunch time, we’re forced to prioritise and only the important stuff makes the cut. As Brian Tracy says, […]
Interruptions are a part of life. Sometimes they bring a welcome break, especially if we’ve been working on something tedious or boring. But when we allow the interruptions to run rampant and trod all over our best laid plans, the disruption can set us back further than we realise. Imagine for a moment your ideal […]
Over the Easter break I rode in a 112km sportive (essentially a long bike ride). These rides are typically well organised, marshalled and sign-posted. And while not a ‘race’ per se, they are set up with the incentive of placing in a gold, silver or bronze category depending on your time. You’re given a map […]