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 […]
Time Management & Productivity
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 […]
Tip #28 – Here’s your sign
Are you always available for “a quick question?” Realize that this is another form of multi-tasking. It draws your attention away from what you are currently working on and forces you to regroup and refocus after the interruption goes away. You lose precious minutes, hours and days over the course of a year from these […]
Tip #27 – Got Systems?
One of the biggest failures I see in business is spending time and money to create systems — and then abandoning them shortly after. What’s the point of spending a lot of time to discuss, create, and document systems only to put them in a binder and shelve them – forgotten, ignored, and pitifully underutilized! […]
Tip #24: E-Clutter No More
Do you know what I mean when I say “E-clutter?” I bet you do! And I bet you’re starting to drown in it. So, what are the symptoms of E-clutter? Take a look at your desktop – the one on your computer. If it is littered with icons, shortcuts, saved files and more, that’s E-clutter. […]