How often do you feel that your day is jammed packed? Each minute is filled with an activity. At the end of the day your "to-do" list still has at least 10 items on it. You fall into bed thinking - tomorrow will be better - it HAS to be! Many of my clients come to me trying to figure out how fit more [...]
If you search Google for the phrase “Accountability and Goals” you will get 39 million hits. Apparently these two go together, but the big question is, why? Why is being accountable so important when it comes to setting and achieving goals? The short answer is this: Having an accountability system and setting goals are like making s'mores. You can have s'mores without the marshmallows [...]
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." - Eleanor Roosevelt Welcome to another A.W.E. inspired post! [newsletter-sign-up-form] Try following this 3 step approach as you create change. A - Awareness What are your current "wishes"? What have you successfully accomplished? What activities are in line with your goals, values, dreams? W - Work What can you commit to [...]
"When we say YES to one thing, we say NO to something else." How many times have you heard this time management quote? For years I believed I could say YES to everything, I just needed to be a "strategic scheduler". You know what I mean - if I wanted to attend a networking event at 8 am on Thursday and I had a [...]
Happiness! Something we strive for, yet can be so elusive. I realize that I'm much happier during the Spring than any other time of the year. After 5 (sometimes 6) months of snow here in Northeast Ohio, being outside in the sunshine can make me almost giddy! I'm fortunate today to be able to share with you some "happiness words of wisdom" from Keri [...]
Time is one of those finite resources that we try to capture. However, when we really think about it we realize that time is like the sand slipping through the hour glass. We cannot capture it - we can only make sure we make the most of it. Whether we use the hours in our day to move our business forward, or create [...]
Hmmm . . . another real life time management dilemma from one of my clients. "I find I'm really productive when I'm at work, but before I leave and once I get home in the late afternoon, I'm kind of all over the place. I feel like I'm wasting 3 - 4 hours each day." Does this sound familiar? Normally, my first suggestion is [...]
WOW - talk about conflicting priorities! Salads are usually considered pretty healthy . . . and hamburgers and bbq . . . well . . . possibly not so much! What DO you do when you have conflicting priorities? Here's a snippet of a conversation I had with a client earlier today . . . AWESOME Client: "I've been trying to make my [...]
One of my favorite quotes is, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but 7 apples on Sunday just gives you a stomach ache." I have NO IDEA where I first heard this . . . but my interpretation is consistent action every day is far better than doing nothing all week, and then "catching up" on Sunday. Usually when we think [...]
Mulitasking . . . good, bad, or depends? This is a question I'm asked quite often from my clients - and my answer is, "It depends . . . when you say "multitasking" what do you really mean? What exactly ARE you doing when you multitask?" Some activities when completed at the same time can be "good" (translation - actually save time!). Others, "bad" [...]
