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Time management
is not a technique.
It's a way of relating
to the world.

Welcome!

I teach people a simple method to manage the overwhelming volume of "stuff" inundating their lives in order to release and focus their natural talents. The result is typically a relaxed sense of control and a significant freeing up of energy and creativity.

I accomplish this with clients via one-on-one workflow coaching that integrates ideas from modern "bottom-up" methodologies that acknowledge the importance of managing your focus, capturing all your commitments, and maintaining the ability to rapidly switch priorities in the face of modern work and life.

My services include one-on-one workflow coaching, and group presentations and seminars on personal productivity.


How this can help you:

  • Learn a simple system to easily handle everything entering your life, including email, voicemail, to-dos, reading, Post-Its, etc.
  • Capture all the important details of your work and personal life in an airtight system.
  • Use tools you already know to accomplish more of what's important to you, with less effort.
  • Release and focus your natural talents and creativity.
  • Feel more peace of mind about your responsibilities and commitments.
  • Learn to feel 100% comfortable with your work and life commitments, and how you spend your time.


testimonials

"Like many Chief Executive Officers of robust companies, my work is complex, intense, demanding and difficult. Learning Matthew Cornell's incredibly smart program has allowed me, for the first time in years, to the manage the company from a far more elevated and organized vantage point. The training was so groundbreaking (I slept a full night for the first time in a decade) I hired Matt to coach our managers. I recommend his program to any individual or business without hesitation. If you want to feel in control and excited about your work: hire Matt."
-- Mirran Raphaely, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Hauschka Skin Care

"Following your seminar I reduced my inbox from 1,200 emails to 0 and have been keeping it that way for quite a long time."
-- David L. Murphy, Director, Budget Office, University of Massachusetts

"One of the most useful courses I've taken, and I've worked at KSC for almost 17 years. Great handouts, fantastic presentation."
-- Virginia Ward, Materials Engineer, NASA's Kennedy Space Center

"Matt guided me through the process of organizing my office and taught me how simple it can be to keep my desktop clean, my email inbox empty, and my mind focused on the task at hand. He is a knowledgeable, patient teacher who offers wonderful insight and guidance about modern productivity techniques."
-- Liza Cunningham, President, FireHaus Studio, Inc. | User Experience Design

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Events

March, April

Workshops

Amherst, MA

As part of the continuing development of my workshops, participants now have access to a two-month email series that deepens what they've learned Each week they receive tips, questions and answers, and action items to help them form lasting improved habits.

October 11

Selected for Mellon Grant Option

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

I have the honor of being included as an option for recipients of UMass Amherst's ambitious new Mellon Mutual Mentoring Initiative (more here).

August 6, 8, and 9

NASA/KSC Workshops

Kennedy Space Center, FL

I was asked back for three more full-day workshops open to all employees at the Kennedy Space Center. (Bonus: I got to see a Shuttle launch!)

news

Client news: Congratulations to my NASA International Space Station clients on a great mission!

Ezine: In the next few months I'll be rolling out my Ezine, an extremely practical monthly guide to productivity that shares the results of my writing and research - very hands-on.

The Personal Productivity Field Guide: I've started a short field guide to personal productivity. It's a handbook of answers to the most common questions clients ask about being effective, from interruptions to meetings to just plain too much to do. Stay tuned...

Client news: Dr. Hauschka Skin Care had a very interesting FastCompany write-up: Can't Buy Me Love.

On-going: one-on-one consulting and community service work.

Matt's Idea Blog

I was pleased to be asked some insightful questions around the unique productivity challenges faculty face by the Academic Productivity blog's readers. You can read my thoughts on these broad and demanding jobs here.

I was honored by being named one of the Top 100 Productivity and Lifehack Blogs in a well-read College Lifestyle column. I'm in very fine company, including 43 Folders, Lifehack, Steve Pavlina, and and Web Worker Daily. Thanks!

My popular interview series with the top productivity experts continues in my conversation with Kerry Gleeson, author of the best-selling The Personal Efficiency Program.

My article A dozen small ways to get productivity improvements to stick in an organization was picked up by the major productivity site lifehack.org.

The Uber productivity site 43 Folders has featured my personal productivity article on Best practices for administrative assistants.

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