Don’t Let the Day Get Away From You – Go Catch It!

Yawn.
Ever wake up like that?
And then stumble to the computer, with intentions to jump right into your first task for the day?
Sort of.
Maybe check email first. Hey, there’s a facebook comment, better reply. And check twitter too, after all, you’re not feeling very focused yet. You’ll work into it.
Time is a wasting. Just a [...]

Eliminating Distractions in Your Work at Home Office… Ha!

When you work at home, possibly your most useful skill will become the ability to eliminate distractions.
Here are a few things that I’ve tried with varying degrees of success…

Close your office door when possible. This may often be impossible as at any given time there are probably going to be 3 people standing in it.

Shut [...]

How to Get It Done – When You Don’t Want To

We all have them.
Days when we would just rather not.
Sigh.
What’s the best approach?
HUNT AND PECK
This one is good to use when you just can’t bear the thought of spending any more time or energy than is absolutely necessary on something that really needs to be done.
Here are the steps…
1. Set aside an allotted time that [...]

No Where to Go But Up

Ever have a day when anything would be a step up?
Those days that sometimes come at the tail end of an especially busy week. Or month. Or year. Or couple of years.
What ever the case may be, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Overwhelm can turn to sadness, low energy and even a bad mood (gasp!).
Why not [...]

Kaizen, I’ll Take 2 To Go!

Do you go through the day feeling like today isn’t much different from another… from yesterday… last week… tomorrow?
Do your days all seem rolled into one, doing the same thing over and over?
Do you struggle because you don’t seem to be getting anywhere for all of your efforts?
I have one word for you.
One word [...]

You Can Make Money. You Can Spend Time with your Kids. And, you Can Enjoy Life ... While Working from Home!