What motivates you to get up in the morning and start working? And, when you aren’t getting things done like you think you should, where did that motivation go?
First, let me tell you that you can still get things done if you aren’t motivated — it’s just more of a challenge to get started. If [...]
Angela Hoy of Writer’s Weekly wrote this amazing article that I think is so important for anyone who is thinking of self-publishing a book and hoping to get it to sell on Amazon. Be sure to send a link to this to all your author and yet-to-be author friends. We need to band together and [...]
Procrastination is a real schedule buster. At times it can be so easy to put things off until later, but if you do that too often, nothing gets done.
There are plenty of reasons people procrastinate:
Feeling overwhelmed
Dislike of the task
Mis-alignment of task and person
I’d like to talk a little about each one and provide some tips [...]
Boy! Am I ever learning about time management this month! This weekend I had a long list of things I wanted (needed) to do. Among them was write the Portrait of Geri that was due last month, prepare the marketing materials for this month’s Portrait, and write today’s blog post.
Well, none of that got done, [...]
Sometimes, if you’re feeling particularly overwhelmed, it helps to take stock of what you do with your time. It’s kind of like an inventory of how you use your time. There are a couple of ways you can do this.
Time Logging
When you do a time log, it is kind of like making a schedule, but [...]
Let me let you in on a little secret. I have ADD and therefore issues with time management. O.K. That wasn’t much of a secret at all, but I felt you should have this in mind as you read this month’s post on time management for women entrepreneurs and small business owners.
When it comes right [...]
I am so glad February is over. I don’t know why, but February is always a challenging month. Usually, it is only challenging financially, but this February was challenging emotionally, too.
Let me back up a moment. I happen to be blessed with the best dog ever. That’s her picture here (for scale, those tiles are [...]
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