5 Ways to Have More Time and Less Stress

Have you ever had a “Columbo Day?” What is a “Columbo Day,” you ask? Think Peter Falk; disheveled looking detective with a disheveled looking trench coat.

Ahhhh…THAT Columbo (as if there is any other).

If you recall, the Columbo television movies were always backwards. They always began by showing you the crime exactly as it happened. The viewers were “in the know” from the very start.

However, Detective Columbo was not. As the program progressed, you watched how Columbo, piece by piece, figured out what happened, who was involved, and exactly how it was accomplished.

OK, enough memory jogging.

There was a phrase that Detective Columbo said about a dozen times in each movie. Remember what it was? (In your best Peter Falk/Columbo scratchy voice), “Uhhh…just one more thing.” Columbo used this phrase whenever he already knew the answer to something but just wanted to let someone else know that he was on to them.

He did it because he was “in the know.” I, however, use this phrase several times a week because I am not always “in the now.”

Let me give you an example. I walk out of my house in the morning and open the car door. As I put my briefcase in the backseat, I realize I left a folder for the meeting I am going to on my…