How to Stay Focused
Have you ever noticed as soon as you get focused on a project, your brain goes into overdrive? First you're coming up with all sorts of great ideas relevant to the project at hand, when suddenly, [...]
How to Be Productive Working at Home
Working from home is one of life’s little luxuries brought to you courtesy of modern technology. Whether you work at home because you have a flexible (and kind) employer who let’s you save on commuting time [...]
Why We Procrastinate
I was going through some notes the other day and saw these words: procrastination is fear. These words were spoken by the entrepreneur's success coach, Melanie Strick, in a free tele-seminar on goal-setting that she hosted a [...]
Strive for Balance in Your Life…Over Time
A reader sent in this question about how to create balance in your life. Question: What is your system for time management and getting everything done that you need to in all areas of life, kids, [...]
What are you saying “no” to?
For many (myself included) it’s hard to say “no.” We want to be accommodating, helpful, kind, friendly, warm and loving … and saying no feels nothing like those qualities we so revere. So, instead of saying [...]
Beware of the Buffet Syndrome of Life
You’re curious aren't you? The buffet syndrome of life … sounds delicious or deadly, doesn't it? The buffet syndrome is a phrase I coined based on my own experience living a life full of things I [...]
Avoiding Information Overload
How many emails are in your in-box? How many magazines are in your "to-read" (or sift through again) pile? How many blogs or information websites do you peruse on a daily basis--just for fun? Between magazines, [...]
Big Plans…
... in a little binder. On the message board in my goals 101 class at BPS we were chatting about my planner. I shared some of the details on the message board, but thought it'd be [...]
Make Your Planner Work for YOU!
After my post about notebooks, a few of you emailed me wanting to know more specifics about my Circa ... so here's all the nitty-gritty details plus some ramblings about the trials and tribulations of finding [...]
Manage Your Email, Instead Of Letting It Manage You
If you have an auto-notify on your email system, please turn it off. Interruptions rob us of our productivity. Instead of letting the *ding* of each new email dictate the flow of your day, take control. [...]