productivity
The best time of the day to do everything.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012I like schedules, but I build them around what needs to be done, what I have going on and at times, what I prefer to do. Have you ever used your body clock to determine when to perform tasks? Or have your daily demands determined where things fall on your schedule?. According to research conducted [...]
Starting the Home Office Day With Some YouTube Mojo
Friday, February 20th, 2009As a journalist, copywriter and home office expert, I like to share what I’ve discovered over the years. And that often starts first thing in the morning, with a little jaunt across the YouTube universe. I write blogs and articles. I’ve written four books on the topic. I speak, appear on TV, am a guest [...]
The Home Office Nudge: Procrastinate Less, Get More Done
Thursday, February 19th, 2009I’m a pretty productive home office worker. And I can be an effective procrastinator, too. So where does one lead off and the other begin? If there’s a client or an immediate billable behind a project, it gets done in short order. If there’s a partner involved — someone who’s counting on me to deliver [...]
Boosting Productive Down Time in the Home Office
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Today was a busy day in the home office. I awoke around 5am. I whipped through my email, made some headway on an article, and filed a column. I fed the kids, packed their lunches, and made sure the door didn’t hit their behinds on the way out I then walked the dog, returned to [...]
Rocks, Pebbles & Sand: Productivity in the Home Office Stream
Monday, February 9th, 2009I once heard the analogy of using boulders and rocks of various sizes to master productivity in the home office or small business. It seems that as entrepreneurs (or even anyone with more stuff to do than the conscious-mind has hours awakened), we’re often inundated with to-dos. But do we get bogged down in the [...]