If Your Brain is Not For Remembering… Use a checklist! Create them for all routine happenings where multiple things go on. For instance, you travel, right? And there’s tons of little things – important things – that you need to take with you. And I can’t tell you how many times I see updates on […]
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31 Ways to Organize and Declutter Your Business and Your Life
December for me is allll about giving – in this case giving ideas on how to organize and declutter! I get as giddy as a 5 year-old around the holidays. In my giddyness, I’ve written 31 blog posts to help you organize and declutter your business and your life, be more productive, and begin creating […]
The “A” Word
Most disorganization comes down to one small word – and I’ll tell you what that word is in a minute. First though… Where to Start? Karen looked at me and sighed one of those bone-tired, weary, overworked, overwhelmed kind of sighs. We were sitting in her office for our first organizing session. Throwing her hands […]
It’s Not about doing more, better
I am very frustrated this week because I keep being contacted by overwhelmed people who are coming to me for “magic bullet” solutions for organizing their space, managing their email overwhelm, or figuring a better way to spend their workday. Frankly, there are no magic bullets. Sure there are ways to do things moderately or […]
Your Brain is Not For Remembering!
Laurie, a local solopreneur, is finding herself increasingly agitated, frustrated and overwhelmed trying to stay on top of the details of her rapidly growing business. Currently she’s juggling 23 clients, each with their own separate set of paper and electronic files. During the week, she has items to pick up and drop off, notes from […]
How to avoid information overload (a.ka. Being a Digital Squirrel)
Most business professionals have NO idea who to avoid information overload. There’s just SO much available that everyone is walking around in overwhelm. Recently, I had a conversation about information overload with a local community college instructor named Don. He and I were discussing the various ways I could attack my biggest project – the […]