Monday, 7:30 a.m. It's bid day for
the Shawn project, and you still
have to complete the hardware
take-off. You've also promised Ms.
Tyler you'll get specification alternates
to her by 10:00, and your
biggest client is leaving for two
weeks and you need to bill him
before he goes. Then your lead
carpenter on the Porter job calls in
sick, and your lumberyard calls to
say its driver can't get onto the
Matthews site because you're not
there yet to unlock the gate.
Sound familiar?
If so, you could probably
improve both your effectiveness
and state of mind by using a good
time-management system. The
phrase sounds ominously corporate,
but all it means is learning to
organize and use your