Why Is Work-Life Balance Important?
There are many professionals, especially in the legal and financial fields, who see long workdays and dedication to their work as a badge of honor. They don’t see why hobbies or fun activities outside work would be valuable – especially since those things certainly don't bring home the bacon! Or at least not at first glance.
Feed Your Head
As a business owner in the legal or financial industries, you know that knowledge (and working with your brain) is one of your superpowers. As the Chief Brain Hacker of my company, I’m also the chief knowledge worker.
You know you need to support your brain… but what exactly is “brain food”?
Fire Up Some Freedom of Time This 4th of July
It’s almost Independence Day (I know because my neighbors have been firing up the firecrackers for a couple weeks now) and it’s time to celebrate!
There are a lot of different ways to be independent.
Social Media Is Neither Social, Nor Media: Discuss
The surgeon general recommends that kids don’t consume “social” media, because it’s bad for them, especially with undeveloped brains. It’s not that great for adults either, though we use it a lot.
Power Up Your Productivity
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
With the roses you’re smelling
And everyone telling you be of good cheer
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
Is Your Email Killing Your Effectiveness at Work?
Email can be a very effective tool for communication – as long as you’re using it appropriately. Yet for most business owners, when you’re taking care of emails, you’re not doing the important work ON your business.
Prevent Alzheimer’s and Promote Productivity
When I was a financial planner, I had a client who was taking care of her mother, who had early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Creativity is Critical For Business Owners
When you’re working 14-hour days most of the time, you won’t be able to be creative. Not to mention the risk of burnout, poor decision-making, etc. That leads to the question: Is not being creative really a problem for entrepreneurs?
The Truth About Productivity: Time is Not Money
It’s true that all our boundaries around work time have been destroyed by smartphones and apps designed to be addictive. The iPhone came out in 2007, and the first Android clone in 2008.
Dealing with Overwhelm as a Business Owner
“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Preventing Burnout and Promoting Effectiveness for Attorneys
For a group of professionals who touch every facet of American society, lawyers definitely get a lot of flak! May 6 kicks off National Lawyer Well-Being Week, and I’ve partnered with different types of lovely lawyers in different ways over the course of my career.
So let me give back a little in honor of lawyer well-being!
Got Boundaries?
If you’re a business owner, no boundaries are no good. At least if you want to be profitable and successful!
Boost Productivity By Organizing Your Time
Is your calendar as chaotic as your catch-all drawer?
So You Want to Be a Productivity Consultant
But what about the secret sauce? The terrible things no one will tell you about being a productivity consultant.
Science and Productivity, Like PB & J
Having just come back from northern Chile to look at some stars and view the sky through telescopes at the best place on earth for observatories… I realize that not only is there a solar eclipse today (4/8), but the 14th of April is National Look Up At the Sky Day!
Walk to Work for Wonderful Productivity
When I moved back to the East Coast for a while after living in California, I discovered I had Seasonal Affective Disorder during the winter.
Why Working Harder Isn’t Always The Answer
Many of us pride ourselves on hard work, and of course, more is better, right? According to the media, in order to be successful, you have to hustle and grind and give up life outside work. To be fair, for most people success doesn’t come on a silver platter and it does require hard work.
But does hard work mean you have to work 12-14 hours a day? Avoid taking breaks? Never go on vacation?
Why NonToxic Productivity Is So Important
“And you may ask yourself, How did I get here?” - Once in a Lifetime by the Talking Heads
If You Want to Make $$, You Need To Sleep
Feeling overwhelmed by everything you have to do? Are you very busy? You might be tempted to try to claw some hours back by shortchanging sleep.
Bad idea.
Boundaries Are a Woman Business Owner’s Best Friend
The Barbie movie grossed $636 million in the United States and over $1.4 billion worldwide. I bet America Ferrara's monologue about the absolutely impossible standards women are held to in this country had a lot to do with it breaking the box office. So many of us felt seen by that scene!