Whenever the topic of time management for entrepreneurs comes up, I hear a lot of sighing, some tears, and many jokes about the very lack of free time so many entrepreneurs experience. Do any of these sound familiar? Running from here to there, here to there, here to there Checking email 6 or 8 or […]
Organization
Tip #18 – Hang it UP
Ok, so these are supposed to be business tips, but I just LOVE this residential organizing tip for closets that are stuffed full of clothes. (And I bet most of you are reading this at home anyway). Ok, so you know you need to purge some clothes from the closet, but you’re just not sure […]
Tip #17: Files & Piles
It seems like creating the filing system – or the act of filing – is one of the biggest headaches people face. Here’s how it usually works: a piece of paper arrives in your office. You look at it. You set it aside. Later, while you’re checking email for the sixteenth time that hour, the […]
Tip #14: Quit Yer Multi-tasking
What action makes your brain take four times longer to recognize and process each thing you’re working on when you switch back and forth among several tasks? Yep – multitasking! So each time you hop back and forth, switch gears, do two things at once, and have zero structure in your day, all of your […]
Tip #13 – Template Yourself
He writes thank you postcards with the same message over and over She creates a quick task list for her new assistant for the upcoming special event (except she forgets to note that the one corporate VP who always attends expects a vegan meal and a name tag that says Rick rather than Richard) He […]
Tip #12 – Winners!
We’re picking winners! A few weeks ago we ran a survey asking ya’ll about your burning organizational challenges. Bunches of you responded. The winners (three of them…) get to choose one of three books: “SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life” by Julie Morgenstern “Take Back Your Life – Using Outlook 2007” by Sally McGhee “Linchpin” […]