How are those new years’ resolutions going? Still holding strong? Or are you too sore, too hungry, or too frustrated to continue? Or did you just not bother to begin with? The change in the calendar year brings a spirit of renewal to many, but it can be short-lived. If you need some inspiration to
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Looking for a good planner to start the new year with? Maybe you’ve already got your task and time management system in place and it’s serving you well. If not, here are a few things to consider and some suggestions. A key component of managing your time well is having the right tools to work
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Do you find that this time of year sparks not joy, but stress and a sense of overwhelming doom? I find that around the beginning of November every year, I get a mild case of panic at the thought of accomplishing everything on my holiday to-do list. Adding all of the extra tasks of shopping,
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This is the time of year when spooky everything is everywhere, and brings to mind one of the most virulent productivity killers around. The “time vampire.” The Urban Dictionary defines a time vampire as, “something or someone who literally sucks your time like a vampire sucks blood.” Time vampires can be human or inanimate. The
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One of the biggest impediments to improved productivity is dealing with distractions. Distractions come in many shapes and sizes, but are most commonly digital these days, as in the chime of an incoming text, the chirp of an arriving email, the shrill ringtone of a phone call. In our pre-pandemic business world, many people needed
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Do you find that your days tend to slip away with little accomplished, and you find yourself looking up at the clock at the end of each day thinking, “where the heck did the time go, and what did I get done today?” If so, the key to success in getting more out of your
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I recently spoke with a friend and client who wondered why I wasn’t active on Instagram for promoting my business. My response was that Instagram is completely based on the visual – pictures and videos – and that my business really wasn’t something that generated a lot of those things. She wondered, since I’m a
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Ten minutes on the clock flies by like nothing, but it can be a valuable piece of time when you’re looking to get yourself organized. Ten minutes before you need to leave to pick up your kid? Ten minutes before your next Zoom meeting? Ten minutes sitting in the waiting room waiting for your doctor’s
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As the holidays fade and we chug our way further into the new year, all of those promises we made to ourselves linger in the air. Whether you called them resolutions, goal setting, or “new year, new you,” the reality of February is that one month of the new year is gone. Contemplating change in
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As we enter the last week of the year, many of us are absorbed with holiday plans and events. Thinking about getting better organized and being more productive are thoughts that get shunted off to the new year and to January 2nd and beyond. Starting something new at this point feels pointless and without purpose.
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