I was thumbing through Inc. Magazine recently when their Data Bank numbers caught my eye. “Fifty-one percent of business owners worry about losing clients.” This particular statistic jumped out at me because of a client meeting I have coming up Thursday. “Lisa” is a small business owner in the tech field. She called me because […]
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Top 10 Ways You Sabotage Your Productivity Every Day
I was chatting a potential client this morning and she said, “Angie, I’m so busy, I literally don’t have time to stop and get organized. And the funny thing is, I know that part of my lack-of-time problem is that I’m disorganized.” Indeed! What a destructive cycle. If you are seriously curious about how to […]
Turn off notifications to increase productivity
Seriously, turn off notifications to increase productivity. Here’s an example: A reader of this very blog emailed me yesterday and said, “I turned off my notifications on my phone and increased productivity by 100%. 🙂 I also separated personal and work email accounts and kept Facebook closed except during designated breaks. I’m feeling pretty good […]
This one system will change everything
It’s true – finally getting your head wrapped around this one system will change everything. Except I don’t know what the system is. But you do… It’s that one system that sort of works, but sort of doesn’t. It bugs you because you think about it all the time, and you knew if you just […]
Stress is the new fat and busy is the new fine
Stress is the new fat and busy is the new fine. I read this the other day and it totally rang true. Seriously, how often do you find yourself responding, “I’m fine. Things are fine,” when someone asks, “How are you?” or “How’s business?” It’s all fine (ha!) and good to respond with vague pleasantries, […]
Surreptitious, Sneaky, and Sleepy
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 […]