STOP IT! Stop lying to yourself. Stop committing to things that you're not going to do. What do you need to take off your to-do list? Let me know in the comments below … [Read more...] about Monday Motivator – you know you aren’t going to do it
Time Management
I Can’t Believe I’m Admitting This…
You know the feeling when every fiber of your mind and body says no, and yet you know you have to do it? Goal setting can be like that. That’s what happened to me earlier this week because of a Facebook post. About a month ago I went for a run. I hadn’t run in a while and was barely able to run … [Read more...] about I Can’t Believe I’m Admitting This…
Get Out!
It kind of ended up being a three-day weekend, and a lesson in productivity coaching for me. At some point, late Friday morning I found myself uninterested in what I was doing. I felt like I was pretending to work. An hour went by, and then two. I realized I needed to stop. I got up from my desk and … [Read more...] about Get Out!
Manage Your Value, Manage Your Time
Like many of us I use Facebook to communicate with friends and clients. I use it to follow my daughter’s adventures as she travels in Europe and Israel. And yes, I use it to browse and see what people are up to. It’s amazing how much time you can spend on Facebook, isn’t it? I went on Facebook … [Read more...] about Manage Your Value, Manage Your Time
Time Management 101…NOT!
Time management 101 tells us that we should figure out how long something will take us to do and block out the time to do it. Makes sense on the face of it. What bothers me with this way of thinking is that it puts the project in control of your "time budget" instead of you deciding how you are … [Read more...] about Time Management 101…NOT!
Systems For Your Business
My clients tell me of a love/hate relationship with systems. The love part comes because systems make things easier. The results are predictable, you know what you need to do and know where all the things you need to do it are. The hate part comes because there is a belief (which I disagree with) … [Read more...] about Systems For Your Business