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I love checklists! I sincerely believe that if you do an activity more than once, or if the activity has multiple steps, you should use a checklist. A good checklist will take the pressure off our brains to “remember” - helping to avoid the "overwhelm" feeling. For additional strategies to overcome overwhelm, please visit these previous posts. [newsletter-sign-up-form] Also, having a step-by-step process to follow [...]
Today is Make Your Dreams Come True Day. If you could do anything – what would you do? [newsletter-sign-up-form] I asked this question during a recent presentation and hands went up immediately. “What do you mean – anything? Do you mean a business goal?” or “Do you mean if I could do anything today?” or “Do you mean what do I want [...]
Cookies, cookies, and more cookies. This is the time of year when you see cookies everywhere! In fact, today is even National Bake Cookies Day. If you like to bake – what a wonderful time of year for you! If you prefer not to bake then you certainly would appreciate an alternative. I fall into the “I’d rather not bake” category. (For a pretty [...]
When Susan Swartzwelder approached me about being a guest on her radio show, Make My Vision Real, my first thought was, "I'm honored, but I've never done a radio show before. I absolutely respect, admire, and adore Susan - I don't want to mess up her show!" However, my response to her was, "I'd love to - when do you want me!". Thank goodness I don't [...]
I love country music. Love, love, love country music! Each summer, my husband and I attend country concerts at Blossom Music Center, an outdoor venue located in Northeast Ohio. With most concerts, you pretty much know what to expect. The entertainers will play some music off their newest album, some of their older, yet popular songs, and possibly cover some hits from various artists. [...]
When it comes to simplifying your life using checklists, routines, and systems are one step in helping you become more efficient. Sometimes you need to create your own system based entirely on your situation and personality, other times you can use a checklist exactly as someone else created it, and every so often you can take a successful system and adapt it to fit [...]
Recently I wrote a post regarding creating and using solutions that take your unique gifts, hopes, dreams, abilities, and strengths into account. I built on the idea that since each person is different, the solutions should also be different. One size really doesn’t fit all. This post generated a couple of emails asking the question, “Is there ever a time you can use a [...]
Did you know that last week was National Simplify Your Life Week. The perfect week to highlight my work as a time strategy visionary. (Goodness, I teach people effective time management strategies for a living - and one of the major components is to simplify . . . your calendar, your goals, your environment, . . . ) However, I found myself overwhelmed trying to decide which ideas to [...]
Did you enjoy the holiday season last year? Or, did you feel stressed, over-whelmed, out-of-control, and thankful when January finally arrived? Were you wrapping gifts on December 24th (or possibly purchasing gifts on December 24th) or were you sitting back enjoying a quiet moment reflecting about the reason for the season? Many of us get caught up in what we "should" do during the holiday's that we don't enjoy [...]
