Get It Done – Leveraging the Power Hour to Overcome Procrastination
If you are human, you’ve struggled with procrastination. For some of us, it’s situational. We may find it is harder to get work completed when the task offers a limited immediate reward, or when we feel less-confident about our performance. For others, the...
How to Delegate Effectively to Increase Productivity
A key component to greater productivity is effective delegation. Many business owners and leaders try to do it ALL, but this negatively impacts team and organization growth. Doing it all is a side effect of the awesome work ethic that has enabled them to get to where...
Time Blocking Helps You Survive and Balance Your Responsibilities
Some of you earned your inaugural working from home (WFH) badge over these past 6 weeks – congratulations. Others of you have been rocking WFH for years. But, new to all of us – well, besides the single dwellers – is a house full of fellow...
Foster Peace of Mind and Remain Productive During This Pandemic
I get it. There is so much out of our control during this COVID-19 pandemic. Fear, change, anxiety, boredom, and frustration are a given. And yet, there are ways we can proactively manage our mindset and our business as we work our way through this. It’s...
Productivity in Crisis – Take Advantage of the Downtime
We are, as I write this, living in a truly unprecedented reality. Many of us are working from home, operating under very real stress, managing the impact of COVID-19 on our businesses and facing great challenges; but, today, I’m writing for those of you forced...
Tackle Procrastination with These Proven Tactics
This week is National Procrastination Week. What a great topic to shine the spotlight on. So many of us struggle with procrastination. This decreases our productivity and cranks up our anxiety. I refer to procrastination as the thief of time, because it is stealing...
7 Proven Time Management Techniques for Busy People
“If I could just have a few more hours in my day….” I hear this frequently from my clients, and this month we all do get more hours. They’re coming at the end of the month, in the form of an extra day. This is because 2020 is a leap year. In a...
Why NOW is a Great Time To Start using a New App or Process
Last week my gym buddy said to me, with a bit of exasperation, “We’re going to have to arrive 15 minutes early for our spin class the next six weeks. It’s going to be hard to get a bike until all the New Year resolutions fizzle and the class size goes back down...
4 Questions Help you Plan Your New Year Goals
Plan your new year goals by doing an annual review of 2019. The easiest way to look to the future is to review our past. Our offices tend to be slower during this time of year due to holiday travel and visits with family and friends. I encourage you to use the slower...
Managing Your Personal Energy Level Helps you Manage Your Time
Public Service Announcement: Christmas is 20 days away. Just thinking about what all you need to accomplish between now and then may make you want to get in bed and pull the warm, cozy covers over your head. For many of us, amongst all the joy and excitement of the...