Got Boundaries?
If you’re a business owner, no boundaries are no good. At least if you want to be profitable and successful!
Boost Productivity By Organizing Your Time
Is your calendar as chaotic as your catch-all drawer?
So You Want to Be a Productivity Consultant
But what about the secret sauce? The terrible things no one will tell you about being a productivity consultant.
Science and Productivity, Like PB & J
Having just come back from northern Chile to look at some stars and view the sky through telescopes at the best place on earth for observatories… I realize that not only is there a solar eclipse today (4/8), but the 14th of April is National Look Up At the Sky Day!
Walk to Work for Wonderful Productivity
When I moved back to the East Coast for a while after living in California, I discovered I had Seasonal Affective Disorder during the winter.
Why Working Harder Isn’t Always The Answer
Many of us pride ourselves on hard work, and of course, more is better, right? According to the media, in order to be successful, you have to hustle and grind and give up life outside work. To be fair, for most people success doesn’t come on a silver platter and it does require hard work.
But does hard work mean you have to work 12-14 hours a day? Avoid taking breaks? Never go on vacation?
Why NonToxic Productivity Is So Important
“And you may ask yourself, How did I get here?” - Once in a Lifetime by the Talking Heads
If You Want to Make $$, You Need To Sleep
Feeling overwhelmed by everything you have to do? Are you very busy? You might be tempted to try to claw some hours back by shortchanging sleep.
Bad idea.
Boundaries Are a Woman Business Owner’s Best Friend
The Barbie movie grossed $636 million in the United States and over $1.4 billion worldwide. I bet America Ferrara's monologue about the absolutely impossible standards women are held to in this country had a lot to do with it breaking the box office. So many of us felt seen by that scene!
Entrepreneur Who Wants More Out of Life? Inconvenience Yourself
If you spend a lot of time looking at ads, articles, and other media published here in the US, you’d come away with the belief that faster is better and more is better.
Especially when it comes to work: the faster you work, the more successful you’ll be. The more hours you work, the more rewarded you’ll be.
However!
It’s The Most Helpful Time of the Year
If you’re hoping to give your productivity a boost this year so you can reclaim your time AND make money in your business, your holiday is this week! That’s right, February 22 is (drumroll, please) Single Tasking Day.
Darwin Day And Your Business Evolution
Why should business owners celebrate Darwin Day, which commemorates the birth of Charles Darwin?
Well, why not?
But seriously…
Business Owners and Ballet: Boost Your Productivity
I’m drafting this on a Monday, which is the day I have ballet class. In a few hours I’ll walk to class. It takes me longer to walk than to drive, which shortens my workday (gasp!)
What If We Focused on Living Well Instead of Just Living Long?
I’m a member of a number of Gen X Facebook groups, some of which are devoted to women. One of them asked what beauty procedures people were doing to stay young. I’m not shaming anyone who’s relying on plastic surgery and fillers and the rest to look younger.
But I did say I focus more on preparing my body and mind for age.
Ways “Slow Productivity” Benefits Business Owners
Some people like to go, go, go a million miles an hour. That’s great when you’re intentional about it! But if you feel like you’re running on an infinite hamster wheel and it’s stressing you out, maybe a different approach will work better.
3 Powerful Ways for Business Owners To Be More Productive in 2024
Sometimes when I’m speaking on the topic of productivity I can see the audience thinking, “There’s no way I can do that!”
Most of the time, what they really mean is “I don’t want to do that”.
Is a Balanced Life Even Possible When You’re a Business Owner?
For many of us, a balanced life just seems like an impossibility. January is Get a Balanced Life month, which may seem like a resolution that’s destined to fail more than anything else.
Brains and Productivity: What Business Owners Need to Know
The word productivity itself is overused, and can mean different things for different people. It covers both the work I do in helping business owners reclaim their time by working with their brains instead of against them.
What Do You Want More of in 2024?
The last week of the year is (rightly, I think) a time to reflect on the previous year and think about the coming one. The current year is dying so the new one can take its place.
Maybe that sounds a bit morbid (sorrynotsorry). But what do you want to let go in 2023 and welcome in 2024?
Knowing Yourself Brings Better Productivity for Business Owners
When I was a kid, my eye doctor would always tell me that dynamite comes in small packages because I was always short for my age.