There’s one surefire way for me to find clarity and that’s to go hiking. I get out in the forest among the trees and rocks and flowers. I suck wind as I trudge up the mountain trails. There’s not much calculated thinking happening when I’m forced to concentrate on getting air into and out of […]
Persistent or Purposeful Procrastination?
I got a note recently from one of my clients about procrastination. He was thanking me for part of last summer’s eCourse that helped him understand something about his behavior as it relates to persistent and/or purposeful procrastination. In his words, “I have finally discovered my procrastination formula. It’s one part procrastination to four parts […]
Your Essential Business Systems
A couple nights ago, I had the chance to talk with Paige, an attendee of my half-day Five Essential Business Systems workshop I taught at Blue Ridge Community College late last year. It’s based on my book Focus on Five: How to Organize Your Five Essential Business Systems (which I wrote in 2013). Paige and […]
Your Weary Mind
I see your weary mind. I feel your weary mind. I see it and feel it in my friends and in my clients. Did you know forty-two percent of Americans didn’t take ANY vacation days in 2014. Are you one of the 42 percent? If so, stop reading this right now. Pull out your calendar […]
Time
What action are you avoiding taking that you’re blaming instead on your lack of organization? What conversations are you not having because there “hasn’t been time?” What decision are you putting off until you’re “more prepared?” The only time you have is now. Make Some Room, Angie P.S. I’m asking myself these questions as well […]
Your cover story
Just out of curiosity, have you considered that being disorganized isn’t the real issue – that it might just be your cover story? That your supposed lack of productivity might actually mean something? Or that your procrastination is a message in disguise? What if all those things are your cover story? A way to keep […]