Unplug For Productive Performance
If you discovered you were addicted to drugs (including alcohol and nicotine), gambling, or sex, what would you do? Or even if you didn’t think you were addicted exactly, but you thought your usage was too heavy and interfering with your life?
Flexibility in Your Business Framework
Have you ever been to the top of the Empire State Building in New York? (Or any other skyscraper?) When you go out to the observation deck, especially on a windy day, you’ll feel the platform sway a little bit.
That’s a feature, not a bug.
One Quick Trick To Get $hit Done in Your Business
Since the beginning of the year, how many days were you frantically busy yet ended the day feeling like you didn’t accomplish anything?
What If Productivity Is Like Healthy Eating?
Like many other Americans, I’m working on losing weight. It’s going so-so, but then I realized eating is just like productivity!
OK, I know that sounds ridiculous, but it’s true.
Can You Hear Me Now?
My parents used to laugh because I’d get mostly As and Bs on my report card for school subjects, but Cs in conduct – because I talked a lot. And if you’ve been on a call with me, I’ve probably told you that I can talk about my subject 24/7. When I was a kid, I stretched out the cord on the telephone on the wall so I could talk to my friends after school.
People don’t talk as much anymore… and that’s actually a bad thing.
Is “Fun at Work” an Oxymoron?
As a business owner, are you still enjoying your business? Is it still fun, at least sometimes?
Go Slow (Sometimes) to Succeed
When people think of productivity, they often think of doing things faster. Learning 50 keyboard shortcuts to take off a millisecond here or there when typing, ignoring the demands of your bladder to try to push through, trying to work a problem that takes half an hour in the five minutes you have between back-to-back meetings.
Going slowly, or taking breaks, or doing something analog instead of digitally seems like it would be, well, counterproductive to productivity, right? In certain cases, though, slowing down helps you speed up in a healthy way.
3 Key Time Management Rules Brought To You By The Letter E
In addition to being the most used letter in the English language, the letter E is used in the LaserBrainTM method for Employ Good “Time Hygiene”. This is especially key for business owners who want to run a successful business and still have time for love and joy outside their work too.
Healthy Brain, Healthy Business
Is your New Year’s Resolution for 2025 to get healthy?
Many people think about health in terms of physical health: to get stronger, be able to climb stairs, lose weight, run a marathon, etc. All good goals, especially kicking them off in January, which is National Staying Healthy Month.
But good health isn’t just physical.
Have a Better 2025 With This One Crazy Trick
A new year, whenever you celebrate it, is a chance to look forward and think about what you want to accomplish in the new year.
Harmony and Holidays
I think the more people get back to what makes them happy outside of work, the better off the world will be. Being happy outside of work also helps you accomplish more when you’re at work, because doing things you enjoy with people you enjoy helps you recharge your brain.
R Is For Removal (Of Distractions)
If you want to be more productive, it’s necessary to spend some time each day focusing on the important, mission-critical tasks that only you as the business owner can do. Other things can be delegated, outsourced, or automated.
In order to focus, you have to lose distractions.
A Cuppa for Peak Performance
You may not be a big fan of drinking tea, and don’t worry, you don’t have to in order to work smarter!
Brace Yourselves: The Season of Overdoing is Here
For some reason, the holidays tend to bring out the perfectionism in many business owners. Even though objectively this is the WORST time to expect perfection from yourself or anyone else. Plus, you might overdo at work and then try to overdo it at home too.
Time to Give Thanks
I always like to think about what I’m grateful for (and write about it) this time of year.
W00t! It’s Women Entrepreneur Day!
Are you a female entrepreneur, or do you know one? November 19th is Women Entrepreneur Day, so let’s celebrate!
Do You Have Ample Time?
November 15 is National Ample Time Day, and I think this is just an American thing. Europeans and those in other developed countries don’t give up their entire lives to work, whether they’re business owners or climbing the corporate ladder. Are you giving yourself ample time for the life part of work-life harmony?
S Is For Sustainable
When it comes to productivity and improving your ability to accomplish your priorities in a shorter period of time, making sure that your “productivity tank” is full helps you squeeze the most out of each day without working more hours.
The Internet Giveth, and the Internet Taketh Away
October 29 is National Internet Day, and it’s worth taking a look at how the Internet can both help you improve your productivity, and also significantly reduce productivity in the workplace.
Time to Make a Difference
Many of us would like to leave a legacy behind. But distributing money and having buildings or scholarships in our names aren’t the only way to do it. Neither is having children, which is a good thing for us childless cat ladies! When you look only to the future, you miss out on what you could be doing today.