In our Outlook Balance and Productivity training sessions, we teach clients how to utilize tasks to keep them on top of everything they need to do in their lives. Recently, one of my clients observed that with the new method she is taking a lot of time managing tasks and not working. A synopsis of my response to that very good observation is below.
Read MoreBelow is an actual email to a client who just put their company through our Balance & Productivity program. The question that came to us was about how many darn meetings they have. Take a look at my response.
Read MoreHave you ever had a hard time making a decision? When making decisions in my own life, when I can’t figure out the answer using my brain, I then turn to my deeper decision-making systems. Often, if my brain can’t figure something out right away, my heart/gut knows the answer.
Read MoreA big part of what we teach in our Balance and Productivity training is around learning the craft of distraction management.
Read MoreOur surroundings can pull us toward our intentions or away from them. If your physical desk and/or computer desktop are unregulated messes, you are most likely losing time and energy to your environment.
Read MoreIn one of my binge sessions with Dr. Joe Dispenza, he said that we humans are really good at spending "now" picking "yesterday" up and plopping it down onto "tomorrow."
Read MoreFor the majority of people, for every app that they add to their phone, each of those apps is probably dinging at them at some point during the day. Because apps want to ding at us as a default. They want to produce a siren song that we can’t resist to get us onto their platform to either buy what they have to sell or gain our attention for advertisers that have something to sell.
Read MoreLeading with love and intense curiosity in all of life is where joy and results are found. ALL of life - yep, work too. But here’s the thing, you can’t do that at high speed and with too many "things" going on. It’s a one-at-a-time approach. The choice is yours. Choose LESS but BETTER.
Read MoreThis week marks the one year anniversary of the Focus to Evolve blog. This blog has been a labor of love for us and a fun creative outlet. Thank you to anyone who has read an entry or two; reshared, liked, or commented on a post; or inspired us with ideas.
Read MoreI'm often asked in our productivity trainings, if I'm only allowed one tip to dramatically boost productivity, what would it be? I would have to go with "Engineer your life and environments (physical and mental) to enable deeper sleep."
Read MoreDo you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through your phone? Do you lose time without realizing what happened? I’ve certainly fallen victim to this more than I care to admit in my life. Thankfully, I found this solution that has given me back hours of my day, and it’s very simple!
Read MoreHave you ever walked through a park or college campus and noticed the paths of dirt through the grass that aren’t paved? These unpaved paths are sometimes called desire paths. They’re the worn spots that people regularly take because they’re the easiest way for them to travel. Landscapers sometimes wait for these paths to be formed organically by people’s movements before placing pavement since it represents how people actually want to move around the space. I leverage this concept of the well-worn, easiest paths in my life and time management techniques as well.
Read MoreThis morning, I journaled about how at the exact time of waking, I've been feeling a kind of anxiety. This feeling has been lightly creeping up more and more as I age. After a deep dive into a silent self-inquiry as to why this may be happening, something that felt quite true revealed itself.
Read MoreThe power of the words I use and the way they shape my perception of the world around me is profound.
Read MoreWhen making a decision about who to spend time with and learn from (whether it be a new friendship, a new significant other, a new client, coworker, coach, or mentor), I find that checking in on this one variable helps me to understand a lot about them quickly.
How hearty is their laugh?
Read MoreWe all know there are 24 hours in a day. If I sleep 8 hours and work 8-10 hours, I am left with 6-8 hours a day when I’m awake and get to decide how to fill that time. If I’m not mindful, there are instances when I find myself defaulting into leisure activities rather than actively deciding though.
Read MoreFreedom is a new compensation mechanism. Many companies are in this strange transition from "grit and grind earns money and status" to "do great work on time and in full then take the rest of the day to recover."
Read MoreIn my own life, I understand that one of my most precious and finite resources is time. One of my daily habits is to pay special attention to things that bring me joy. And throughout each day, I try to stack those joys in order to maximize the yield on my time.
Read MoreSay "no" more. What an easy thing to say. But what a difficult thing to do in our minute by minute experience of a day.
Read MoreOne of my secret weapons in establishing myself as a valued colleague in organizations is to never view tasks as out of my court. Unless someone is asking me for a favor, I continue to see tasks as mine even if I’m waiting on something from someone else.
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