Go to bed 30 minutes earlier. Use the time for reflection, meditation and peace after a busy day.

Arise 15 minutes earlier each morning. Spend the time getting centered for your day.

Prioritize the things you want to accomplish.

Arrive at meetings and appointments 15 minutes early.

Know what you are worth per hour. This way you can determine how to best spend your time. If your time is worth $200/hour, then be sure that you are saying 'yes' to those things that are worth that and 'no' to those things that aren't. Learn to manage interruptions and stay focused.

Delegate.

Use modern technology if it truly helps. I am a 'gadget person.'

Time Log. Write out each day of the week, each hour of the day and record how you spend your time. Include work, commuting, daily tasks, self-care, chores, etc. Look back each week and note patterns. Begin to eliminate those things that do not serve you.

Schedule and make sacred time a priority. This includes time with yourself, your significant other, children, friends, etc. This is what counts in life.

I came across this a while back but I don't know who the author is. If anyone knows, please contact me so I can give credit, but I thought it was too good not to share with you.

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful.
2. Give me time to understand what you want of me
3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.
4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.
5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.
6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.
7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.
9. Please take care of me when I grow old You too, will grow old.
10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please. Never say you can't bear to watch. Don't make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.

Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do 
FIRST Emergency…  The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile  is 112. If you Find Yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an Emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.
SECOND  Have you locked your keys in the car?...  Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good  reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys In the car and the spare  keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell  phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot From your car door and have the  person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and  if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can  unlock the doors (or the trunk).
THIRD   Hidden Battery Power …  Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone will restart  with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell phone next time.
FOURTH  How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?... To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following Digits on your phone: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.
If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset  so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. 
FIFTH  Free Directory Service for Cells…  Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411  information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a  problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800)FREE411, or  (800... without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now. HOWEVER, you may assess charges if they connect the call.  Program this into your cell phone now.

Clay Balls
A man was exploring caves by the Seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock . Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!
Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.
Then it struck him He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!
It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.
May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay.
Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel.

Take 2 deep breaths which resets the sympathetic nervous system 

Autogenic training:     visualize and feel each sentence and repeat slowly for a minimum of 18-20 minutes daily:

My arms and legs are heavy and warm

My heartbeat is calm and regular

My breathing is free and easy

My abdomen is warm

My forehead  is cool

My mind is quiet and still

Paul Harvey Writes:
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you
learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born
and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe
in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister.
And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him.
When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister
wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't
ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add
and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball
through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment,
hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
Paul Harvey RIDDLE: When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.
What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor
have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

Beauty of Mathematics !!!!!!! This is truly amazing....
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 11 11 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Now, take a look at this... From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:
What Equals 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%.
What equals 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K
8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%
K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E
11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%
A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E
1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

I am in the middle of about 10 books right now, but I find that when I read for pure escapism and pleasure, I finish the book. So, I guess these 10 books don’t qualify. I have been an avid reader from childhood, especially in the summer when we used to have summer reading programs at the local library. I would stay up late in order to finish the book I was reading, so I could start a new one the next day. We would plot our course along a road pasted to the library wall: the more books we read, the more books we could win along the way. What motivation! I would sit in the sun at the club, and in between swim practice, card games, and pick up volleyball and basketball games I would be considered the reading “nerd” but I didn’t care. During holiday celebrations, I would hide in the bathroom so I could read another chapter undisturbed and not incur the teasing of my cousins. It helped me to dream, expand my horizons and imagination, and encourage my natural curiosity about things I didn’t know from personal experience.

My sons were not into reading for pleasure which was disappointing for me when they were growing up, and even to this day it is more a chore than a pleasure for them. Thankfully, my daughter has decided to become a reader. Unfortunately, she doesn’t believe in going to the library and instead wants to own every book she reads. She wants instant gratification, and has even said to me “Mom, you of all people should understand why I want to read it NOW.” She is right; I do understand and am actually excited by her enthusiasm. Unfortunately, she also wants to share her enthusiasm and insists that I read the books that she is currently reading, and gets quite adamant when I tell her I don’t have enough time.

I gave in over spring break when she was so enthralled with the Twilight series, and I read all 4 books in a week: all 2500+ pages. It took me back to my summer reading frenzy all those years ago. As an adult, however, there has to be balance in my life, and she is disappointed that I won’t read every book that she does. She has nagged me about Evermore, so even though I really need to do my own “adult” reading, I spent today reading her book. Guess what: I only have 2 chapters left to read. She will be so proud of me; guess I was again reading for escape and pleasure, as well as making my soon to be teenage daughter happy!