I was having coffee recently with Bill. He and I are part of a fledgling networking group that our friend Steve has put together. As we chatted, he said, “Angie, can I ask you a question? What do you tell your clients about switching gears between tasks?” He explained that after a morning full of […]
Time Management & Productivity
A One Minute Workday
Ok, yesterday I didn’t actually work for only one minute, but it sure seemed like it. My eight hour day literally flew by. What I was doing is less important than how I was feeling. Or rather what I wasn’t feeling. I was literally unaware of time. I wasn’t hungry. I don’t even think I […]
Choice vs. chance
I admit it – I’m getting close to 40 years old (or young – ahem)! And there are a few things that run in my family that I am aware of and want to pay attention to – things like gaining weight really easily and diseases like diabetes. My instinct, when I think about these […]
Receipts & Papers Everywhere?
I was working with a client, a construction contractor, to help him get a handle on his disorganization. He described one particular area that was stressing him out. I had the perfect solution for him! Rather than “tell the story” here, I made a quick video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WyE6n5dH3M;&rel=0] His result? More tax deductions, better invoicing and billing […]
Email is creepy – like kudzu
You know what email creep is… It’s when the number of incoming messages in your inbox grows and grows and grows – just like kudzu (And if you don’t know what kudzu is – well, it’s an invasive vine that grows like a foot a DAY. Kudzu just overtakes everything and strangles the life out […]
SEP’s steal your time
Are you bogged down with SEP’s? “Wait. What are SEP’s?” you ask. These are Someone Else’s Problems. I recently asked business people I know what their biggest issues were related to getting organized. Over and over, the answer was TIME. And in my experience, nothing steals time faster than those pesky SEP’s that crop up […]