Posts Tagged ‘procrastination’
How to Be Productive While Working from Home – One Year Later (Part 2)
In last week’s blog about working from home, I shared the answers I gave to the Wall Street Journal’s questions about: *the biggest obstacles people face while working away from the office *why working from home can feel so full of procrastination *why working from home can be more productive that working in an office…
Read MoreHow to Be Productive While Working from Home
The Wall Street Journal provided me questions to answer for an article they were writing about productivity while working from home. They wound up using a few of my answers in their article. I thought I’d share with you all of the answers and recommendations I’d given to them. – What are the biggest obstacles…
Read MoreWork from Home Lessons – Should we keep doing these things?
If you listen to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 updates on the news, what you usually hear about are scary statistics and anxiety-causing prognostication. What usually gets pushed to the end of a news broadcast – if at all – is some positive by-product of this entire shelter in place, social distancing situation. I’ve noticed a pattern of…
Read More3 Tricks to Stop Procrastinating When It Comes to Healthy Eating and Active Living
Recently I was asked to share tips with the Diabetes Council on how to stop procrastinating when it comes to healthy eating and getting active. The following is a summary of my advice: Procrastination is a natural human reaction to avoiding what we don’t feel like doing. It’s the adult version of a three-year-old’s “I…
Read MoreHow to avoid procrastination (or bust through it) – Part 2
In a perfect world, you’d learn how to avoid procrastination. But – as is often the case – what if you can’t completely avoid it, and procrastination begins to set in? Get ready for some mind games. In last week’s blog post, I began the story of my swimming training and how badly I wanted…
Read MoreHow to avoid procrastination (or bust through it) – Part 1
If you want to learn how to avoid procrastination, get ready for some mind games. In my prior blog post, I mentioned my goal of participating on a triathlon team – motivated by the mimosas and food waiting at the finish line of the race. Plus, I’d been telling myself that I need to get…
Read MoreProductivity Tool – How do you deal with procrastination?
National Fight Procrastination Day was on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Just for kicks, Fox anchor Monica Taylor and I decided to do our “how to deal with procrastination” segment after the holiday. When I showed up on set, meteorologist Shaun Stevens said, “Can’t we talk about procrastination tomorrow?” Ha! Pick up some of my procrastination…
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