The ultimate goal of productivity is to operate as effectively and efficiently as possible, so you live life on your terms. One way to maintain your productivity levels is to avoid cyber security implosions because having to deal with one of those situations will cost you a great deal of time and resources. The…
In each month’s time management tips e-newsletter that I create for my list, I include holidays to be aware of for the upcoming three months. As I typed up my July newsletter draft, I opened up the October section of my calendar. That’s right. October! The end of the year will be here…
Many clients and workshop participants share with me that they have a difficult time letting people know that they’re in the middle of something, so they end up dropping everything to answer that person’s question, react to the request or shoot the breeze with them. These folks say they don’t want to be rude…
A few weeks back, I shared information about the concept of 15-minute meetings. The journalist working on the story asked two additional questions, the answers to which I’ll share with you here. This was the original topic request about 15-minute meetings: “A new trend is developing in corporate circles called the ‘15-minute meeting’, which…
This summer I’ll be taking a group to Italy for a Productivity Recharge. We were originally supposed to enjoy the villages of Tuscany back in 2021, but for obvious reasons, it got postponed. We are ecstatic that we’re finally able to travel overseas relatively unhindered, but what we weren’t expecting was to be anxious…
National Leave the Office Early Day is TODAY! If you’re not sure about the background of National Leave the Office Early Day, you can read my blog post here. In honor of this holiday, my husband and I decided to take an entire day off from work. We told a good friend about it,…
Recently a journalist shared the following productivity topic related to 15-minute meetings: “A new trend is developing in corporate circles called the ‘15-minute meeting’, which business experts say curbs employee burnout and boosts engagement. For managers, learning how to plan for and run a shorter, on-the-clock meeting is good business and good career management.…
Have you ever heard the adage that work expands to fill the time? This is called Parkinson’s Law because this theory was explained in an article written by Cyril Northcote Parkinson for The Economist all the way back in 1955. Recently, a journalist posed the following questions about Parkinson’s Law, and I shared the…
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, so this is the perfect time to pause and point out that the state of your mental health impacts your productivity levels. I work with many clients who have been diagnosed with various conditions: depression, anxiety, anger issues, and so on. Receiving their diagnosis didn’t magically cure…
Growing up in Southern California, my brother and I were avid skateboarders. We were nowhere near the professional level, but we built ramps on the sidewalk in front of our house and also, eventually, in the street in our cul-de-sac. We would finish our homework early in order to get some shred time in…
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