Simple Steps Weekly challenge: Tackle the time wasters! Identify 5 time wasters that eat up your time, your focus or your energy. Then choose one item to reduce or eliminate. (I know you’re ambitious, but making one change at a time yields the highest rate of success. You can build on that later.) Care to [...]

Who Needs Thanksgiving Anyway?
We do. Because without it we too easily slip into the complacency of taking life’s treasures for granted and complaining about petty inconveniences. I’m not a huge Thanksgiving connoisseur; vegetarian, don’t watch football, hate cleaning up the kitchen and so on, but what I do like is that it gives us a chance to slow [...]

Productivity Challenge: Streamline
Though it may seem counter-intuitive, our biggest gains often do not come through expansion. Instead, we frequently find that when we pare down our schedules, streamline our activities and simplify our choices we can actually become more focused and more productive. Bear with me, this is actually relevant to life and business at large… Back-story [...]
Are You Drowning in Paper?
Simple Steps Challenge for this week – Attack the print clutter. This works both at home and at the office. Toss old Magazines that you either never got around to reading or were saving to re-read, but never did. Take a look at your bookshelf – Are the titles still relevant, entertaining or useful? Attack [...]

Important Question: How Much Time am I Willing to Spend on This?
“There’s a very positive relationship between people’s ability to accomplish any task and the time they’re willing to spend on it.” – Joyce Brothers Before you start any new task, ask yourself, “How much time am I willing to spend on this?” If you are in a leadership role, the question might be, “How [...]
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