Things always get a bit (or a lot) crazy during the holidays and they are just around the corner. Are you ready? Don’t worry, if you go through this checklist you’ll be totally prepared and will be able to breeze right through without breaking a sweat! Pre Holiday Checklist: Career Self Evaluation – Most companies are right in the middle of the yearend performance review … [Read more...]
Improve Productivity With A Digital Makeover: Digital Clutter Control
As many of you know, I am a bit of an obsessive minimalist because I get so excited when I find things I can donate or recycle. I’m always looking for ways to simplify, only keeping things that I actually use and enjoy. I’m certainly not at the level of owning less than 100 things right now, but I’ve made a lot of progress over the past year and it feels great. When we think … [Read more...]
Turn Madly Productive with Hyper-Focusing
Leo Babauta is doing it. Tim Ferriss is doing it. Even Seth Godin has been doing it. I’m talking about hyper-focusing, a technique that can turn you into an insanely productive, crazily over-delivering, and absurdly successful, go-getting maniac. Project Work on Steroids Hyper-focusing is a technique designed to clear out all distractions, to minimize the costs that occur … [Read more...]
5 Productivity Tools To Make Your Blogging Life More Bearable
As many of you know, blogging can easily feel like a hectic, full time job if you don't have the right tools. Whether you’re in it for the money or to simply kick out at the world - be aware that the world can kick back a lot harder! There are always many to-do's and endless things to read, watch, write, and analyze when you run a blog and it can quickly become quite a time … [Read more...]
How Not To Crumble Under Pressure And Stay Focused
One of my biggest worries is quitting. I despise quitters who don't see things through to the end. And because I despise quitters, I'll end up despising myself if I were to be so cowardly. Yet, I worry because I see the temptation of quitting as soon as things aren't going my way. Pressure is such an amorphous, self-induced concept that just crushes people's spirits. You … [Read more...]