So many people are talking about how 2020 has “sucked” and that they can’t wait for it to be over. They’re talking about how hard it’s been and how it was a potentially good year turned “bad.” Has 2020 been unexpected? Yes. Has 2020 been hard? Yes. Has 2020 been like no other year any […]
Read MoreThink Your Goals are a Lost Cause? Think Again!
Fourth quarter is HERE! I mean it’s here–TODAY! I know the last two quarters have gone fast and slow at the same time. Either way, here we are, and 2020 is almost over! What better time to kick things in gear, bust out toward the goals you had for 2020 and start looking at how […]
Read MoreResilience is Key!
How are you doing? I’m actually asking you the question… how are you doing? Really? At this point in the Coronavirus and the life of your business, the name of the game is resilience. I have been having a lot of conversations and thoughts around this word lately. I think our resiliency in business has […]
Read MoreAre 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 […]
Read MoreDon’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 normal–we’re doing our taxes in JULY. How can we keep a pulse on everything? […]
Read MoreCould 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 home office since […]
Read More5 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 tired. […]
Read MoreUsing 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 times have been especially hard because […]
Read More3 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?
Read MoreThe 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 guess it ’s true to […]
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