When you’re focused on driving revenue, and wearing multiple hats like creating content, running payroll, ordering inventory, meeting with potential strategic partners, your emotional and physical bandwidth inevitably atrophy. As your to-do list continues to mount, it’s easy enough to miss deadlines, drop balls and even lose a client or two. If all of this […]
I walked out of a doctor’s office today. I had arrived 15 minutes early as I was instructed, so I could update paperwork. Upon checking in, I was told that I didn’t need to update after all. I continued to wait for 45 minutes and then told the receptionist that I needed to leave and […]
Working for an extended amount of time without taking a break epitomizes the classic American work ethic. Pulling 70+ hours at the office, skipping meals, taking calls whenever they come in, answering emails into the wee hours of the morning, working through every weekend—basically slave-driving oneself—is often regarded as virtuous—like some bizarre, ultimate proof of […]
I was recently interviewed for a podcast on the topic of how to work from home without losing your mind. One burning question was “What are the 3 biggest time-robbing mistakes people make when you are working remotely?” (e.g. working on a laptop at a coffee shop, working from home for the day, or working […]
This was a recorded phone interview with bestselling author, Brian Hilliard. He is currently working on another book entitled, How To Overachieve Without Overcommitting. He wanted to pick my brain about the tactics and tips I use to stay productive while working from home with a wife, two dogs, and a 3 year-old… Enjoy! The Highlights: […]
I’m sitting here at my favorite coffee shop, as I do, and I overheard part of a conversation at the next table over. One woman shares with her friend, how her alarm was set for 6:40 a.m. but she slept through it and didn’t wake until 7:40 a.m. Then she was rushing to get her […]
The most common complaint I hear from my clients and colleagues is, “I wish I had more time!” There are many reasons for this. We commit ourselves to an inordinate amount of tasks, and end up with way more on our plates than we can handle. We allow our co-workers to distract us from staying focused on […]
This article is dedicated to all those people who planned the perfect day only to have it go completely off the rails. Here is a simple productivity hack to gain back what’s rightfully YOURS: Time to do what wanted to do in the first place. It happens to all of us at some point. You’re […]
In a world run amok with countless distractions caused by smartphones, social media, chatty colleagues, and your own wandering thoughts; how can a silly tomato possibly help you achieve more focus? Does eating a tomato give you elevated powers of concentration? No–(although throwing a tomato at some annoying person who’s talking way too loud on their cell […]
As I’ve shared in previous articles, I am an ADD poster child and have forever struggled with staying focused and sticking to routines. Over the years, I’ve experimented with, acquired and developed an array of strategies and tactics to help me stay organized and complete projects on time. However, every now and again, a perfect storm of deadlines, distractions, […]
