Productivity

A Surefire Cure for Overwhelm

September 29, 2011

Do you ever find yourself with a zillion things to do, but you’re so overwhelmed by it all that you don’t seem to be accomplishing much? Even with so much to do, the feeling of overwhelm can sometimes paralyze us so that paradoxically, we don’t get anything done. I feel that way fairly often and [...]

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Habits Are Not Just for Nuns

September 6, 2011

In the last post, I shared some tools I use to help me generate blog posts. This time, we’re going to discuss techniques and habits you may want to consider to help you create blog posts on a regular basis. Many people are concerned that they won’t be able to think of anything to write [...]

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“Being” is the Key

January 13, 2011

In my New Year’s post, I wrote about my business intentions for the coming year and I referred to reflecting on what we want to be/do/have in the next year. The way I expressed my intentions was in terms of “doing”. I think that’s quite typical, that most people express their goals in terms of [...]

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What to do with the To-Do’s

December 7, 2010

Forget time management! How do I manage the dreaded to-do list? I’m not sure I’ve figured out my last best way, but I promised I would talk about some of the to-do embellishments I’ve started using. I’ll do so, and then get into what topics I intend to share with you over the next few [...]

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My Most Effective Productivity Habit

November 9, 2010

Searching for “Time Management” in Google yields 431,000,000 results. Apparently, I’m not the only one who struggles to accomplish everything she wants to! However, I resist thinking of the problem as ‘time management”. That term makes it sound as though all would be well if I could just figure out how to make time work [...]

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Where Did I Go?

November 2, 2010

Yes, I’ve been MIA from my blog and subscribers. What happened? Well, you can make plans (What’s the Plan?, Don’t Forget This!, Break Down Your Business Plan), but then you have to execute them. I’ve been so busy with client work over the last several months that my plan to write articles for my blog, [...]

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The Biggest Danger in Online Marketing

October 7, 2008

I know the headline sounds ominous. And I’m not talking about a technique that can get you slapped by Google or labeled a spammer by AOL. No, I’m talking about the risk of complete lack of action due to information overload. Between the constant flood of email messages with valuable information, as well as those [...]

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