Multitasking Myth

In relation to computers, we learned how they could multitask, so we started applying the same concept to human behavior. Funny thing is ...

Progress Not Perfection

Here I am in this spot again with 3-4 projects in an almost finished state. I love starting and working through an idea. I get all the content together and am almost to the point of buttoning it up, and then it happens. I don't finish. Something about putting the final touches on and then …

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How To Instantly Free Up Some Time

I give you permission to get rid of one of your projects. That's right! Get out the erasure or white-out and make it disappear. I heard this idea on a podcast and it was a light-bulb moment because I have a few projects on my to-do list that I never seem to get around to …

Breaking Free From What’s Holding You Back

Loose ends are little pieces of things that are not finished. They come in many forms. Papers saved to file or read sometime. Pictures we need to frame. Thoughts about conversations we need to have. Feelings about people or circumstances we aren’t ready to deal with. This is not an exhaustive list but you get …

Changing This One Thing Will Get You To Finished!

Are you distracted? ...  Wait, what did you say? SQUIRREL!!  But seriously, are you a multi-tasker? If your work style includes checking email and text messages while you work, you may want to re-think it. Did you know it takes between 20-25 minutes to get back on track after a distraction? Plus, research shows that …

Secret Weapon For Doing Big Things

You've already eliminated all non-essentials from your schedule. And now, here we are talking about adding something, and not just a little something but THE something. That thing you daydream about. The thing you're going to do someday when the kids are older. When your job slows down. After baseball/soccer/cheerleading/basketball/football season. After your daughter's wedding …

The Real Cure For Too Busy

Three different people this week have told me some version of I'm so busy I can't get even get organized enough to see if I have time to do something. Now that's pretty busy! I know. I've been there and still visit pretty often. But here's the thing. I create my schedule and you create …