Do You Give a DAM About Your Life?

When you wake up in he morning, do you feel energized to face the day, or are you beat down, going through the motions? Is there excitement in your life? Are you looking forward to something, or are you just letting life happen, one mundane task after the other? The real question is… Do you [...]

Why Is It So Hard To Get Things Done?

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Life can be so frustrating. There is so much to do and so little time to do it. Everybody seems to want me to do something for them. The government wants me to file taxes, fill out forms, and spend lots of time with tedious details. My mailbox is full of ads that want me [...]

Overcoming The Resistance

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You sit down to work on your next project. It’s rather simple. All you need to do is open your word processor on your laptop and start writing. Yet something keeps you from proceeding. Something stops you from opening the lid. You look at the laptop. Nothing seems wrong. You reach out your hand, put [...]

3 Simple Ways To Make Next Week Better

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Is your life out of control? Does your desk look like a toxic waste dump? Are you overwhelmed with email, unreturned phone calls, and unfinished projects? Are you looking forward to something better or just mired in muck? Here are three simple things you can do today to take control of your life and start [...]

STRONG Goals: Timing Is Everything!

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They are coming for you. Demanding your attention. Everywhere you look, they’re there. They might be red and flashing, or green and sublime… but they are insidious. They will take your most precious resource and consume it entirely. I’m talking about DISTRACTIONS. It might be your web browser, it might be Facebook. The phone may [...]

Scheduling Out of the Box

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In my last post I talked about scheduling using Google Calendar. This tool allows you to have multiple calendars overlaid over one another. This allows you to see possible conflicts and to move things around to make things more efficient. The cool thing about using a calendar tool like this is to put down all [...]