Growing up we always needed permission to have a snack or play at a friend’s house or stay out late on a Friday night. So it should come as no surprise that it could be easy for us to carry that need for “permission” into adulthood. Once given that permission – the doors of opportunity ...…
Today as I was folding laundry I became inspired to share time management tips for faster laundry because, face it, who loves to do laundry? It’s one of those necessary evils we face and it can really eat up a lot of time if we let it. I remember fondly back to the days when ...…
For years there have been many debates on whether or not it pays to multi-task. I used to be of the belief that it does pay and over the years I’ve come to realize that I waste time when I attempt multi-tasking. Allow me to share an example. Let’s say Brenda begins her workday and ...…
If you’re a parent, you know just how “helpful” it can be to have young children underfoot when you’ve got a big job to do and their help can turn what might be a four hour job into something that takes twice that amount of time or more. Here’s a few time saving tips to ...…
Earlier today I sent a request to someone for information and because it’s important that I hear back from her, I also used the email I sent to create a calendar reminder for a couple days from now prompting me with the question, “did I hear back from Kathy on this?” Because I included the email ...…
This week a friend posted a Facebook comment that she was having Mommy guilt because her child was sick that day and she chose to go in to work rather than stay home with her sick child. Her rationale for “having to go in to work” was that she had three “important” meetings to attend ...…
Do you ever procrastinate? I used to be a professional procrastinator. Believe it or not I would subconsciously procrastinate to create excitement and a little drama in my life. For example, I would put off tasks I hated to do like updating my monthly financial budget until the last minute. You see, as an information ...…
A hot topic in today’s social media frenzy is how to make money using Facebook* and so people spend hours a day on Facebook with the promise of making money. That’s a great idea; what about the entrepreneurs who aren’t converting sales yet from their Facebook page? While I think Facebook serves a good purpose and ...…
I was talking to my Dad last night about customer service – he mentioned the bad customer service he received at a hardware store when he bought a piece of glass, “there’s a chunk missing on the corner, that’s not a problem, is it?” I told him how I recently bought a piece of replacement ...…
I was talking with someone last night about how we create our own set of life circumstances and that includes how we manage our time. That conversation reminded me of a former client – a very successful business woman I’ll call Lynn. Lynn is a single mom of four young children and works around the clock – days, nights ...…
