As many of the faithful readers of my blog know I'm an advocate of two ideas when it comes to calendars: There is no "one size fits all" solution Use what works for you I use a paper calendar. Yes - I realize I'm in the minority, but this is what works best for my learning style, my business, and my life. (If interested [...]
What is the #1 reason that a project stalls? When working with clients on goal achievement, I've found that "not knowing what to do next" is the most common reason projects stall. Like this? Sign up for my newsletter! [newsletter-sign-up-form] This is why I recommend breaking each project down into the smallest next steps possible. Once you finish one step, you know exactly what [...]
Goals vs. Dreams [newsletter-sign-up-form] Well, it's almost that time again. New Year's Resolutions. Does the idea of making (and breaking) them depress you? If so, try something different this year. Change your thinking . . . instead of a "goal" think of your resolutions as a "dream". Instead of thinking of the work it will take to achieve your goal, focus on how your life will be improved as [...]
What are your favorite ways to relax? Stop – and really think about this! Write a list! What do you love doing? How do you relax? If I change the question to – what are your favorite ways to relax during the holiday season – does your answer change? Now, let’s change the question one more time – think back to last year, how [...]
As we are getting closer to the holidays – it’s time to start pulling our previous steps together. In step #4 you broke each activity that you participate in during the holidays into the smallest possible step. When you put the most recent post (Step #5) into action, you continued to delete some activities and delegate others. If you’ve just found the Stress Free [...]
Many of my clients will ask – should I use an electronic or digital calendar? My answer – I don’t care, just use one! Early in my career as a time strategy visionary, I felt to be consistent with the image I was trying to project, I needed to use a digital calendar. I allowed myself 3 months to learn the new technology [...]
What would your perfect day look like? Where would you be? Who would you be with? What would you be doing? "How we spend our days is, of course, how spend our lives." Anne Dillard My perfect day involves the beach, a good book, sunshine, lemonade, and chocolate. (I’ll even let my husband join me!) When is the last time you enjoyed [...]
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 [...]
When do you feel you are most efficient? How do you balance scheduled and unscheduled activities each day, week, month? Do you work with a regimented 15 minute scheduled calendar, or do you have a weekly task list, or something in between? What is your master strategy for effective time management? In the last 2 days, I participated in conversations with 3 different coaches on this [...]
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." - Dolly Parton. This is one of my favorite quotes - and I really can apply it to many, many, many situations! For today . . . RAIN = PLANNING RAINBOW = STRESS FREE SCHEDULE When you build in 10 - 15 minutes each day, and an hour at [...]
