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I teach people a simple time management 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

"Great workshop! Good overview as well as new ways of handling work and life. I plan to do so. What really worked for me was making specific bite-sized *actions* to go with listed agenda items. Really great balance and presentation materials as well. Thanks!"
-- Kevin L. Schultz, Design/Human Factors Lead, IBM

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Blog news: I was delighted to see that my blog is ranked #23 in the Getting Things Done category top 25 blogs in BlogRank, along with tops sites like 43 Folders and Lifehacker. Thanks!

In the news: SUCCESS Magazine's May issue featured my thoughts about having good lists in To Do or Not to Do?, along with luminaries Jim Collins and David Allen.

Client news: A big thanks to Baystate Health, Bates College, and Bryant University's Executive Development Center for some great workshops. Attack of the killer B's? ;-)

New services: I've added some new services including my unique approach to overcoming procrastination, new 90 minute and half day workshops, and a lively 45 minute email presentation.

Blog updates: In recent posts I demonstrated Time Blocking for project planning, explored Convergent and Divergent Cycles, and shared ideas for keeping an anti-library.

In the news: Want to have a better meeting? Check out my thoughts in CIO Magazine's article How to Handle Negative Online Comments, Hold a Concise Meeting and Decline an After-work Invite.

Client news: A client sent this lovely compilation of NASA's next-gen rocket development, along with Five Things About the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (via NASA's Twitter feed).

In the news: Men's Health Magazine's November issue has my advice about their reader's question When I'm Driving To The Office, Is It Better To Jumpstart My Brain With Talk Radio, Or Chill Out With Music?.

Client news: I had the great pleasure of working with David McLaughlin, professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst. David directs CASA, the center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere, a prestigious National Science Foundation Engineering Center.

In the news: CIO.com's Tips for CIOs: Marketing IT, Avoiding Jet Lag and Making a To-Do List has my advice about the basics of list-making.

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