Beginning with a Bang and Finishing Strong — 5 Tips

Beginning with a bang is one surefire way to jump-start your productivity. Taking the first step is vital when you are working on a project or moving toward a goal.  But there’s more to it than just that. So, today I’d like to get down to the nuts and bolts, with these 5 timely tips…

Jump-Start Your Productivity with These 3 Tips

You can jump-start your productivity and stop procrastination in its tracks with three simple steps. The problem is that finding time to accomplish everything on your daily to-do list is often a challenge. And for many, procrastination can compound the difficulty, knotting your energy flow and leaving you stuck in inaction, while the minutes tick…

Your Decisiveness Enhances Your Productivity

Your decisiveness is key to using your time wisely and well. Indeed, efficiency and effectiveness are much easier when you are clear about your priorities and combine that with your decisiveness about following through on them. That’s quite a lot of power — and you hold it in your hands. You’re the one who decides.…

Lost in Space? Finding Your Focus Gets You Back on Track

Finding your focus is the key to making the most of your time. And this is especially true when your mind wanders off, or you’re stressed and distracted by others’ needs or your overflowing to-do list. Finding your focus always rewards you. And the presence or absence of focus makes or breaks many projects. When…

Still Multitasking? Here Are Some Better Ideas

If you’re still multitasking and thinking it helps you save time, please read on. Prioritizing productivity might lead you to ask, why not multitask? But the fact is that multitasking works against you for activities requiring focus. Tests performed by the American Psychological Association conclusively prove: Each time you switch your attention, you lose ground. The…

Your Flexible Focus Opens Doors to Productivity and Success

Your flexible focus is a powerful time skill that opens lots of doors. And it often works in tandem with your other time skills. For example, your time boundaries and planning help you open and manage your schedule. And then when you need it, your flexible focus opens your outlook and helps you find new…

Your Internal Critic and Your Time — Quiet that Voice to Thrive

Your internal critic doesn’t have your best interests at heart. Not ever. In fact, the voice of your internal critic is never anything but damaging. Critical energy saps your drive and your focus. It eats away at your productivity and is just generally debilitating. And yet many of us allow this voice to chatter in…