Otherwise known as, “I can’t freaking hear myself think!” Information overload, including too many choices, makes our brains considerably LESS functional. It actually affects our ability to make creative, smart, or successful decisions. The information overload is NOISE and it’s distracting the heck out of us. A manageable amount of information stimulates our brain; a […]
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Start Your “I Wish” List
During a coaching conversation with my client David recently, he mentioned several times how he wished he had time to do this or that. “All the administrivia is eating up my day. If I could just find time to get to those couple of exciting projects, I could really make a difference in the growth […]
Schedule time for…thinking?
Ben thinks about his business a lot. In the car while he’s driving. Sitting at his desk, staring out the window. He thinks while he reads inspiring books by 37Signals, Seth Godin, or Guy Kawasaki. Ben even thinks sometimes on the weekends while his kiddos are on the swings at the playground. Many times during […]
Top 10 Angie-ism’s
Otherwise known as Angie’s Top 10 Favorite Sayings About Getting Organized! 1. Your brain is not for remembering 2. It is easier to keep up than to catch up 3. Two minutes now saves hours later 4. Getting organized is WORK; staying organized is HABIT 5. Go slow now to go fast later! 6. The […]
Stop the Madness!
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, Trash it, change it, mail – upgrade it, Charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it, Snap it, work it, quick – erase it, Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, Load it, check it, quick – rewrite it, Plug it, play it, burn it, rip […]
Do It Now or Do It Later
Egads! This entire month I’ve talked with probably a dozen or more business owners about getting organized, writing down their systems and processes, and/or using an assistant more (also known as DELEGATING). As I talk about finding more time and comparing their hourly rate and expertise to an assistant’s time and expertise, I see their […]