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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Prioritization – Permission to Not Finish

Prioritization – Permission to Not Finish

In previous blogs I’ve shared recommendations for: Why priorities are important How to prioritize tasks How to prioritize tasks to prevent fire drills Various techniques for prioritizing work tasks How to set priorities in life The benefits of setting priorities   A question that I’ve been asked several times of late is one that I…

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Save Time – How to Avoid Scams

Save Time – How to Avoid Scams

  It is absolutely vital to understand how to avoid scams. Getting scammed can cost you in many ways: time, frustration, stress and money. I know some extremely intelligent individuals who have been duped by scammers. I almost clicked on a link in a text, but caught myself before making that mistake. I consider myself…

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2024 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

2024-Holiday-Shipping-Deadlines

If you’re planning to purchase for loved ones (or yourself!) gifts that need to be shipped, it’s important to be aware of holiday shipping deadlines: This year, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Boxing Day are all within two days of each other, so the holiday shipping timelines for these year-end holidays are the same. If you…

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2024 – How to Prevent Holiday Stress

2024 - How to Prevent Holiday Stress

What is your holiday season shaping up to be like this year? In our family, events and celebrations started at the end of October. When my husband and I sat down last weekend with the calendar in front of us, we realized that nearly every weekend for the rest of the year plus Thanksgiving week…

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How to Maintain Focus

How to Maintain Focus

When companies opt to offer a follow-up session after my main program, they share my survey on which topic the employees would like covered at this additional session. The time management topic of Maintain Focus consistently ranks in the top three requests – no matter which industry or how big or small the company is.…

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