Good multitasking? Sounds crazy, right? That’s because you’ve probably heard that multitasking is bad for your brain. You probably even heard that from me (here, here, and here). In fact, there’s lots of evidence that…
Do you procrastinate? A little bit? A lot? There are some who say procrastination can be helpful and others who say that it is so bad that you really should kick the habit pronto. No…
As I mentioned in Blog Faster: What to Do Before You Start Writing Your Blog Post [Part 1], blogging is a multi-stepped process (including research) that can take up quite a bit of time. Over the…
This post was updated again on March 3, 2020! Jump down to #7 to get the deets on the new app! If you’re a freelancer, consultant, or coach, you’ll need to rely on systems to…
Forrest Gump, one of America’s early life coaches, taught us all many years ago life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will find. Sometimes prioritizing (and organizing) is like a…
Everyone that I know, including myself, finds themselves procrastinating from time to time. Does that sound like you, too? Picture this scenario. It’s Monday morning … It’s time to get focused on the week’s priorities as…
This post was updated on December 7, 2015. If you struggle with managing your time, one key step to gaining control is to figure out the things that distract you and take your attention away…
*This post was updated September 10, 2015. Raise your hand if you have lots to do and suffer from “not-enough-time-in-the-day” syndrome. Even if you just have one finger in the air, you should take a…
*This post was updated September 10, 2015. Do you sometimes get to the end of a day and wonder where the time went? You were busy and it seemed that you did a lot of…
“Switching from task to task, you think you’re actually paying attention to everything around you at the same time. But you’re actually not,” says Earl Miller, a Picower professor of neuroscience at MIT in the…
