If you’re like me, you’ve designed your living and working spaces in a way that suits you best. You want them to be functional areas, but also have elements that reflect your personality and the things that are important to you–such as displayed photographs of family and friends. You create your space on your own … Read more
The following is a sample from my book To-Do List Makeover: A Simple Guide to Getting the Important Things Done. Many people start writing out a to-do list with good intentions but end up abandoning it because of overwhelm. If you want to learn how to write to-do lists that work, avoid and fix the … Read more
Life is chock-full of distractions. Social media. TV commercials. Billboards. Noise. Attractive people. Unattractive people. Plastic bags blowing in the wind. Let’s be honest… at some point in our lives, we’ve all been in one place and wished we were someplace else. Or been caught daydreaming when we should have been wrapping up something important. … Read more
Do you often find yourself unable to resist the allure of social media when working? Is getting yourself psyched up for long stretches of work impossible to do? Is staying on task when you’re working just not possible for you? You’re not alone, both engaging and maintaining productivity is hard for most, especially with our … Read more
At the end of your workday, do you ever feel like you could’ve done more? Maybe written more words. Completed more tasks. Or simply just did more work. And does it leave you feeling a little… incomplete? Like you’ve wasted your day? …Sound familiar? Well, it doesn’t have to be this way. You can leave … Read more
If you’re in the market for a job and spend a lot of time practicing your answers to common interview questions, you might find yourself laughing at what your “real” answer to a question may be versus what a solid, professional answer would look like. One of the questions that this probably happens with is… … Read more
Imagine you are at the end of a hard exercise routine, and you can hardly push your body to do any more work. Your muscles are suffering from fatigue, and you are ready to give up. Your physical abilities have been depleted. The same concept can be applied to your mental abilities! Specifically, a concept called decision … Read more
Do you know that sudden feeling you get when you are assigned a new project at work and you think you are in way over your head? Or when people around you are talking about their careers, and you feel quietly ashamed because you don’t think your success measures up? Maybe you beat yourself up … Read more
This article was provided by Scott Colby of Say It With Gratitude . Scott is on a mission to make everyone feel appreciated through the power of gratitude. He spreads his message to individuals and businesses with thank you cards, T-shirts and live experiences. To learn more, check out his free report, 29 Ways To Use … Read more
Have you ever heard this famous quote that’s often attributed to Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Or, put more simply: “Excellence is a habit.” Over the past two decades, the world of personal growth and development has seemed to grow exponentially. The Internet, technological … Read more