I was listening to NPR on my way home yesterday and was fascinated by a story about a young man in the 1960’s who decided to see how long he could stay awake. Researchers heard about his quest and decided to make a case study out of him. After two days of no sleep, he […]
Switching gears for maximum productivity
I was having coffee recently with Bill. He and I are part of a fledgling networking group that our friend Steve has put together. As we chatted, he said, “Angie, can I ask you a question? What do you tell your clients about switching gears between tasks?” He explained that after a morning full of […]
How technology rules (your life)
Technology rules (your life), doesn’t it? I know this because of the volume of responses I got from you from last week’s email about the appropriate (and inappropriate) uses of it. Denise noted, “I think we’ve become so accessible that we’re no longer really available to the people who need us most. Sad.” She’s right […]
How often are you ignoring emails in your inbox?
Ignoring emails can lead to disaster… This weekend, Nelson and I cut up a lot of tomatoes. When I say a lot I mean pounds of them. I wish we had weighed them before we started. If I had to guess, I’d say we processed more than 30 pounds. We cleaned, chopped, and sliced. Our […]
May I have your attention, please?
May I have your attention, please? I think every meeting or interaction should start this way. And here’s why… Sitting in a networking meeting this morning, I was surrounded by close to fifty people. Passing a microphone around each table, announcements and thanks were being shared. People thanked each other for passing along referrals, for […]
8 Ways to Take Inspired Action
There’s a guy I love named Chris Guillebeau (don’t tell my boyfriend) and he’s all about inspired action. He writes a fabulous blog called The Art of Non-Conformity and he’s made it his life’s goal to visit every single country in the world (and he’s nearly 80 percent there). Over the weekend, he hosted the […]