So what, exactly, is the difference between Success-Centered Time Management and traditional time management? The best way to recognize the difference is by walking you through a couple of questions.

First, do you think your life would benefit both at work and home if you were more organized in your time?

That's the focus of time management. Not bad—if you organize the right things and consistently act on your plans.

Now, do you think your life would benefit much more if you concentrated your improvement on your behaviors, your motivation, and your focus within the time you have and then assisted that with a few organizational skills?

That's the unique and very powerful focus of Success-Centered Time Management—the key being your behaviors. You see, over the last 19 years of research, testing, and teaching, I've come to the conclusion that—time management does not work!

As a result of my studies conducted around the world, I've discovered that when people are taught time management by traditional organizational methods, 80 to 90 percent fall right back into old habits and behaviors within one month. In other words, when we're taught a tool to save us time, such as how to use a "to do" list or a day planner, most of us will find an excuse not to use this beneficial tool within just a few weeks despite being convinced that this new tool will work and despite being motivated by a sharp trainer. Has this ever happened to you?

Through my own early experiences with time management methods, I discovered, quite accidentally, that the fortunate 10 to 20 percent of people that were taught and found success with time management tools had a common background. All had some basis or education in skills that focused on their habits and behaviors within the realm of time. It was my experience that, when I was 14 years old, I began to realize a passion for studying the foundational skills needed for mastering time. It took Jerry Lucas, an NBA player who co-authored The Memory Book (Ballantine Books), to spark this destiny. Throughout the following years of study, practice, and testing, I improved this set of skills and its combination with traditional time management skills. This was the birth of Success-Centered Time Management.