What Did You Do Last Week?

What Did You Do Last Week?

  Anyone who has participated in one of my workshops or coaching sessions knows that I recommend reflecting and planning at the end of each day. It’s a short ritual – five to ten minutes – during which you give yourself credit for what you’ve accomplished, then examine which next steps to take the following…

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Gain Back Time: Football Savings Time

Gain Back Time: Football Savings Time

Do you love to watch football? College football? NFL football? Or maybe you don’t watch the games, but you need to configure your calendar around people who do? Whether you love or hate football, the good news is that Football Savings TimeTM gives all of us a chance to actually get some things checked off…

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How to Get Things Done: Know Thyself

How to Get Things Done: Know Thyself

  At a pre-Super Bowl gathering, a brother and sister were discussing staying healthy by working out. They’re in their late 70’s and like to play tennis, go for walks, garden and keep up with the grandkids. This is the part of the conversation that really caught my ear: Sister:           You’re lucky you have Sharon.…

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How to Improve Focus: Why Do You Lose It?

How to Improve Focus: Why Do You Lose It?

  During a breakout room in one of my virtual seminars, a participant laughingly said, “I don’t know how I lose focus. That’s why I’m here!” To kick off this seminar entitled How to Maintain Focus and Manage Interruptions Throughout the Day, we identified examples of self-interruptions. We can lose focus in a variety of…

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Productivity Tip – Do You Need a Grace Period?

Last week, we granted ourselves a grace period. Are you in need of one, too? I’m fortunate enough to belong to a mastermind group. Our group consists of women business owners from different industries who meet monthly to discuss professional and personal achievements, challenges, solutions and goals. We didn’t have a formal meeting in December,…

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How to Make New Year’s Resolutions and Succeed

How to Make New Year’s Resolutions and Succeed

A journalist posed a list of questions related to making and keeping new year’s resolutions. Even though in last week’s post I addressed the topic of making and accomplishing goals, I thought I’d offer additional recommendations by sharing my answers to the journalist’s questions here:   Q1 – Please explain why it’s a good idea…

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How to Set Goals and Accomplish Them

How to Set Goals and Accomplish Them

  When I googled “How to set and accomplish goals,” here’s what came up: How to set goals examples 7 steps of goal setting How to set goals in life 5 steps of goal setting Smart goals The last one, Smart goals, is helpful because it’s an acronym that can guide you through the goal-setting…

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