Jeff Davidson
MBA, CMC
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Work Life Balance Expert
Jeff Davidson Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Life Work Balance
- Best Sellers
- Breathing Space, 60-Second Organizer, Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Things Done, Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Stress
- Career Focus
- Work Life Balance Expert®, Author, Professional Speaker
- Affiliation
- Breathing Space Institute
Jeff Davidson helps career professionals overcome the relentless burden of information and communication overload by offering tips for time management, stress management, organization, and productivity. As a speaker, author, and columnist, Jeff Davidson has attracted clients such as National Office Furniture, Swissotel, IBM, American Express, Westinghouse, and more than 500 other leading organizations and associations. The body of work that he has assembled for his clients has earned him the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation from the Institutes of Management Consultants.
His career as an author includes more than 3,670 articles and 39 books and 20 revised editions. Several of Jeff's books have been on the curriculum at George Washington University, Duke University, and the University of Connecticut, and have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, German, Indonesian, Malay, French, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Dutch, Hebrew, and Italian.
Companies who have retained Jeff as a consultant or speaker report impressive results. His consulting and speaking career has take Jeff to 6 countries and 44 states (he stands ready to speak in Washington State, Idaho, and Utah as well as Oklahoma, Alabama, and Mississippi.)
Jeff regularly provides teleconferences, webinars, and web casts for programs offered by the Best Practice Institute, Ask the Experts, Briefings Publishing Group, Execsense, Sales and Marketing Management, and Dartnell's Audio Educators, among many others.
On July 11, 2009, Jeff's long-awaited, and incredibly tough-to-get, registered trademark arrived in the mail: "The Work-life Balance Expert ®" which relates not simply to any program that Jeff offers, but specifically to him.
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Jeff Davidson Audio & Video Programs
The 60-Second Procrastinator
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/60P.html
Get a Life
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/geta.html
Managing the Pace with Grace
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/mpg.html
Preparing, not Over-Preparing, for Sales
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/pfs.html
Overworked and Overwhelmed
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/oo.html
Fearless Speaking
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/fear.html
The Power of Self-Confidence
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/scsp.html
Getting New Clients
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/av/mp3details/gnc.html
Work Life Guides Mobile Apps for iPhone
http://www.itunes.com/apps/breathingspace
Jeff Davidson Books
Simpler Living
http://amzn.to/9EpTmf
Breathing Space
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/bre.html
Complete Idiot's Guide to Assertiveness
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/ast.html
Complete Idiot's Guide to Change Management
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/cng.html
Complete Idtot's Guide to Reaching Your Goals
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/ryg.html
The Complete Guide to Public Speaking
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/gps.html
The 60 Second Organizer: Sixty Solid Techniqies for Beating Chaos at
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/60O.html
The 60 Second Self-Starter
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/60P.html
Complete Idiot's Guide to Managaing Your Time
http://www.breathingspace.com/storedesc/myt.html
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Control Your Space to Control Your Time
To manage your time effectively, first manage your space effectively. This article explains the benefits of becoming more organized. If you're like most career professionals, chances are you feel time-pressed right now. If so, you might be comforted in knowing that you're not alone -- nearly everyone in our society is experiencing time-pressure. The pace of change in society has increased, and human response to change hasn't caught up -- yet.
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Everyday Spirituality
Spirituality does not have to be restricted to the confines of organized religion. Freed from the rules, restrictions, and impediments that organized religion may impose upon you, how and where might you be more spiritual in your life?
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Focus For Productivity
In a society of communication and information overload, many people try to do two or more things at once to get more done or look busy. However, as this article explains, multi-tasking is actually less productive than focusing on one activity at a time. When you attempt to do two or more things at once, you’re multi-tasking. You are more likely to do an unsatisfactory work when you continually multi-task.
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Producing Productivity
Information is a form of power. With the increased flow of information and technological intrusion in society, you're all but ensured of facing a constantly growing array of work-related expectations. You can be sure that these higher expectations, especially when you have the same finite resources, will lead to more stress. The more tools of technology that are created to assist you, the more you are asked to do; however, even with these increased pressures to do more, it is possible to work with greater efficiency.
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Interruption Overload: Compounded Complexity
One afte oon, the small knob on my dashboard, which controls the direction of air flow in my car, fell off while I was driving. At the end of my trip, I searched for the item, but it was nowhere to be found. I searched two other times with a flashlight, and it was all to no avail. Fortunately, the position of the knob when it fell off was set for air to be circulated high and low. In other words, when I put on the car heater, warm air currents were directed at my head and at my feet.
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How Much Work is Too Much?
More and more individuals are reporting increased stress in their lives. For many, this is because they are putting undue pressures on themselves and are working longer hours. After a certain time, different for everyone, the effort that you are putting into your work becomes counter-productive. ...More and more individuals are reporting increased stress in their lives. For many, this is because they are putting undue pressures on themselves and are working longer hours. After a certain time, different for everyone, the effort that you are putting into your work becomes counter-productive.
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12 Tips for Managing Your To-Do List
by Jeff Davidson To-do lists have been with us since the dawn of humankind. Everyone keeps one in some form or another. However, some people are more effective at maintaining a to-do list and executing the items on the list. Here are a number of dos and don’ts gleaned over the years from my observations on what makes a successful career professional. Worth Doing in Maintaining a To-Do Listr
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Working Your To-Do List: The Value of Alte ating Large and Small Tasks
by Jeff Davidson You are a competent professional, you consistently get a lot done, and you are adept at composing and executing the items on your to-do list. Yet, there is a simple technique that can help you be even more effective that you might not have ever considered. This technique involves alte ating both large and small tasks on your to-do list for the natural energy that engenders.
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To-Do: The Curse and the Blessing of Humankind
by Jeff Davidson Everyone I know from college age on up maintains some form of a to-do list. And why not? Without writing down the things we want or need to complete, it is awfully hard to proceed throughout the day. Yet, in recent years, the unrelenting burden of handling an ever-growing array of items that populate our to-do list is wearing on career professionals everywhere.
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Tackling Your To-Do List: Unforseen Events Will Arise
By Jeff Davidson Each day when you compose your to-do list, and begin merrily proceeding down the list, do you take into account what is likely to occur in the course of a day? No matter how well we compose our to-do lists, and how productive we are in handling the products and tasks on the list, within the course of a day, invariably, unexpected obligations and other developments arise that are going to throw us off.
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Composing Your To-Do List: Tackle the Bigger Challenges Earlier in the Day
by Jeff Davidson The research is in, and homo sapiens are definitely more adept at tackling big challenges earlier in the day than later. Peak energy and alertness for most people is at 8 a.m. This is not to say you can’t be effective handling large tasks later in the day, and sometimes you have no choice but to do so. The long-term odds of success, however, are with you when you make a note of handling the day’s biggest challenge as early as you can, perhaps as the very first thing.
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Communicating Quickly and Easily
In today’s workplace of information and communication overload, we correspond with many people through many media each day. This article provides tips for communicating with others in a prompt and easy fashion, leading to more control over your time and communications.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Jeff Davidson
"Avoid initiating activities you have no intention of supporting."
"A stressful day seems worse in the middle, when it feels like it's never going to end. Take a break and reboot!"
"Become the master of your immediate work environment."
"Maintain a proper balance between work and leisure so that "getting things done" does not turn into the end-all itself."
"Time flies whether you attempt to manage it or not. Breathing space is available whenever you choose it."
"When you possess a clear sense of self-worth, you realize that there is nothing you must do other than what you choose."
"No one is a born expert at organizing his or her life; everybody has to learn along the way."
"It is wise to have only a few priorities, because too many will only add to frustration and despair."
"A keen sense of history is more enlightening than the nightly news."
"The more items of temporary interest you can drop or ignore, the more breathing space you will enjoy."
"Action is invigorating. Get out of your armchair and into life."
"A complete, fulfilled, and stress-free life is lived moment to moment, and it starts right now."
"If you find yourself constantly shortchanging the most important tasks, see if low priority tasks are getting in your way."
"Linger for an extra moment following every task you complete today."
"This morning, give yourself time for one hour of uncluttered thought."
"Sit quietly during the day and visualize a soothing or pleasant scene, or meditate intently for a moment just for relaxation."
"Don't beat yourself up for what you didn't do; you're doing the best you can. If you can do better, you will, maybe not at once, but soon enough."
"Good friends merit far more than an occasional phone call."
"Master your use of time by consciously observing what fills your day and why. You may be surprised by your findings."
"The loss of someone close or another painful misfortune can forcefully throw us into the present. Appreciate what you have now, while you have it."
Contacting Jeff Davidson
Jeff Davidson, MBA, CMC
Breathingspace.com
3202 Ruffin St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-932-1996
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Jeff Davidson is among the most productive people you'll ever meet. He walks the talk and makes sure he has breathing space every day. He has inspired thousands with his humorous, energetic, riveting presentations, and extraordinary breadth of knowledge. It's no surprise that Jeff has been featured in the New York Times, Businessweek, Forbes Travel, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, and on top TV and radio talk shows, countless times. Jeff can supercharge the way you and your team approach your day -- as well as your week, month, and year. As an insightful, inspiring, innovative professional speaker with expertise in all aspects of work-life balance, he offers unique and customized presentations to help you Manage the Pace with Grace® and Prosper in a World of Rapid Change. To take the next step and learn more about how Jeff Davidson can supercharge your people to take action and achieve a level of work-life balance that benefits everyone, call 800-735-1994 or email jeff@breathingspace.com to contact Jeff directly.
You can also visit Jeff's three insightful blogs:
*for the time-pressure: www.BreathingSpaceBlog.com
*for meeting planners: www.OpeningKeynote.com
*for the info-whelmed: www.InterruptionManagement.com
Jeff also has 24 mobile apps, Work Life Guides, available for purchase in the iTunes Store.