Thanksgiving Weekend: Finding Work-Life Balance

Thanksgiving Weekend Finding Work-Life Balance

  What is your definition of work-life balance?   Creating your definition of work-life balance is a recommendation I make to my coaching and consulting clients as well as during my time management workshops.   If you don’t yet have one, consider starting small by creating a definition for work-life balance during the Thanksgiving holiday.…

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Zombieland Rules for Improved Productivity

Zombieland Rules for Improved Productivity

  When I first watched the 2009 movie Zombieland, I was instantly intrigued by the rules that were shared throughout the flick by actor Jesse Eisenberg’s character, Columbus. The OCD part of my brain wanted some entity out there to have the entire list posted on a website, but alas, I couldn’t find it back…

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How to Disconnect from Heavy News Cycles

A journalist posted the following request with the subject headline of “How to Disconnect from Heavy News Cycles”: “advice on how to disconnect healthily when social media and the news becomes too much” This request occurred in December of 2023, long before new or increased turmoil in various areas of the world as well as…

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Is Generative AI Killing the Environment?

Whether you are *a steadfast environmentalist or *you do what you can, when you can to help preserve the earth or *you don’t really care about going green…   you might be fascinated to find out that generative AI consumes an enormous amount of energy and natural resources!   Discussions about AI are all the…

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2023 – How to Prevent Holiday Stress

Re-sharing this letter I wrote to myself has been a tradition since 2012 – more than a decade ago now! Over the past twenty or so years, I’ve learned that it takes entirely too much effort (and stress!) to go over-the-top at holiday time – decorating like department stores, baking like it’s your last hurrah,…

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AI and Time Management – Is it here?

  Has the type of AI that can help us with time management arrived yet? A lot of clients and workshop participants ask me what online platform or software they can purchase that will schedule their days for them, shift and reprioritize as needs change, and make sure they finish everything they’re supposed to.  …

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All Thinkific Courses

ON-DEMAND VIDEOS Time Saving Strategies for Your Work Day (on-demand) Crank Up Your Time Management Skills for Working Smarter, Not Longer Go Bag & Work Space – Get Your Office Organized Electronic Communication- How to Better Control Your Devices and Their Interruptions Notes, Documents and File Management Movies, Music, Momentum: Time Management Lessons Uncovered in…

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Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

  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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Working from Home Productivity Tips – How to Prevent Working Around the Clock

Working from home productivity tips related to preventing working 24/7 will be the subject of an upcoming article in Bloomberg Businessweek. The following are the two productivity questions a journalist posed, as well as my responses.​ 1. What is your best productivity strategy for keeping days short-ish? When you internalize the following concepts, you’ll build…

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