Are you among the many who have been professionally affected by the current recession? Unprecedented unemployment rates have come along with the COVID pandemic. In fact, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reached unemployment rates greater than their highest recorded during the Great Recession–and rates that have not been reached since data … Read more
You know what it’s like. You’re trying to be more productive, to stop procrastinating and actually get stuff done. But before you can execute your perfectly planned to-do list, some disorganized bozo rips it to pieces as surely as if you’d jammed it in the paper shredder yourself. But what can you do about it? … Read more
My first job right out of undergrad was in sales–and it was miserable. I hated constantly hearing “no” from people and not really ever finding my niche in the business. This was clearly not the right career for me, but I remember one of the best sales representatives telling me about the “Law of 10” … Read more
Do you ever wonder what would have happened if you had followed your dreams right after high school? If you had decided to major in art in college… instead of engineering? Or if you had taken that job fixing classic cars… instead of going to work as salesman for a nationwide auto dealership chain? Or… … Read more
Receiving criticism can hurt. …especially when it’s from your boss. No matter how “supportive” it is intended to be, it’s often difficult to see past the negative component to criticism: the fact that you did something…imperfect. I know I have spent hours ruminating over constructive criticism that was given to me at work, thinking everyone … Read more
Have you ever left an interaction with someone wondering what could possibly make that person so miserable in their life that they feel the need to be rude to others? I have felt this way countless times, both with strangers and with people I see on a more regular basis. One of the worst places … Read more
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