Are You Feeling Like a Zoom Zombie?
ZOOM fatigue is a real thing. Like REALLY! I know a lot of us have made some changes in order to try to not be on camera quite so much, but I know we're all sitting in our chairs a lot more and on camera a lot more these days! Before I talk about some ways to stay...
Don’t Be Like Me and Forget Your Anniversary!
Well, it happened. The productivity expert, the PLANNER, the organized one forgot her anniversary. And so did her husband! 22 years of marital bliss, and our anniversary became an after-thought. What the heck happened? Well, in my husband's words, nothing is...
Could Your Office Use a Little Facelift?
Well, summer's here, and after the last three months, every day feels like every day. At least for me it does! As a result of these circumstances, I started thinking about what we could do to make our lives a little less mundane, to make us WANT to spend time in our...
5 Reasons to Take a Day Off to Up Your Productivity and Focus
Guess what? I TOOK A DAY OFF. And it wasn't a weekend. When is the last time you took a day? When is the last time you took a day GUILT FREE? I'm betting you may be working MORE since your stay-at-home order started a couple of months ago. Here's the thing... we are...
Using a RULE OF THREE to Get Focused and Productive Every Day
There are so many people in business who work from home either part time or full time. And right now, just about EVERYONE is working from home as their city, state, or country are on a Shelter-in-Place order. Even for those of us who work at home normally, these...
3 D’s to Exit To-Do List Purgatory
How many of us are list makers? List upon list upon list. And THEN, we have a sticky note to amend the list, adding things as we see fit! And what about the people doing things not on their list but adding them only so they have the satisfaction of crossing them off. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
The Net Worth of Networking
3 tips to getting the most of your networking experiences When people ask my husband what I do, he says, “My wife? My wife is a professional meeting goer.” Now he knows, and those who know me know that is definitely not true! It makes me laugh, though, because I...
What’s Waiting for You Out In Your Courage Zone?
5 tips to Get Yourself Out There How do you function best? Do you like to take action? Do you like to do research? Do you like to sit and think through how something will look before you leap? Me, I am an action taker. Most of the time it works out for me—it’s not...
Take Back the Morning!
5 Tips to Feel Accomplished Before Your Day Begins How many of you start out your day jumping on e-mail, getting your kid ready and off to school, and jump right in to work? How many of you WISH that you had some time to do something for yourself— even a quiet cup of...
I Think I Can, I Think I Can
As it’s Christmastime and I have a blog to write, I was hemming and hawing over what I could write about that would feel relevant. As I was lying awake one night a couple of weeks ago, the age old story of The Little Engine That Could came to mind. We all know that...