Posts Tagged ‘productivity tips’
Top 5 Productivity Tips for the Workplace
If you’ve had more than a quick networking conversation with me, you know that I enjoy learning about why things work. When someone asks me for advice, I like to also share the explanation of why that particular recommendation works. A few weeks ago, a journalist asked for my best productivity tips for the workplace…
Read More7 Productivity Hacks That Don’t Work
In last week’s post about whether or not productivity hacks actually work, I shared why so many hacks don’t work. This week, here are 7 productivity hacks that seem helpful, but aren’t – unless you implement them effectively and efficiently. 1 Relying on Reminder Systems How many times have you set a reminder for “later”…
Read MoreWorking 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…
Read MoreProductivity Tools – Imbalance changes our perspective
The other day I was working with a client on determining which productivity tools would be best for her situation when she suddenly blurted out, “Are all of your clients in turmoil?!?” She’d been exasperated since
Read MoreProductivity Tips – How to focus more
Productivity Tips – How to focus more Carrie rushed out of her house in the morning to drop off her kids at school just in time for the bell. Nothing on her to-do list for the rest of the day went as planned, and she wound up finishing only three of the 10 items on…
Read MoreProductivity Tips – How present in the moment are you?
Productivity Tips – How present in the moment are you? Have you ever stopped to people watch for an hour? Heck, even 10 minutes will allow you to witness what I’m about to describe. When was the last time you saw two people sit across the table from each other and just talk, making eye…
Read MoreMind Your Own Business interview – WLOB Maine talk radio: Productivity Tips for Business Owners
I recently received an invitation to be interviewed by Debi Davis, host of “Mind Your Own Business,” a one-hour radio program for business owners broadcast on WLOB radio in Maine. She asked me to give productivity tips for business owners. The 25-minute interview aired on August 16, 2014. We had a great chat about the…
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