Maybe this has happened to you. It’s May, kids are already thinking of the holidays, you know you should get something on the calendar, but you’re so busy with work commitments that it doesn’t happen. July rolls around you make an obligatory trip to the local campground, spend half the…
Trying to be more efficient is a worthy goal – fortunately there are some cool tools to try out for us computer-bound slaves. Here are some of the ones I have been using for the past year that work. Try them out and let me know if they help! Evernote…
I know—this is an odd-ball topic for a blog that’s all about working smarter, but bear with me. For years I’ve been experimenting with changes to my morning routine. I want to know how can I create the best possible day, starting with the morning. Along the way I’ve noticed…
It happens innocently, two people need to discuss something so the time gets booked, two others are invited to “keep them in the loop”, one more calls in remotely and before you know it you have “meeting creep” (like scope creep, but more sinister). Sure, meetings are invaluable–we connect, see…
Don’t ever think someone else is to blame. Every moment, every day, and every year we are given the keys to that instant and that outcome. And that’s exciting. The obligatory resolutions, “Must-Do’s”, “Will-Do’s”, and “To-Do’s” are filling note pads as we approach 2011. And I’m a big believer in…