Newsflash: Procrastination is contagious. Well, maybe it is not a newsflash.  I think we all know that you become like those that you hang out with. (Remember when your parents were concerned about you hanging out with a certain crowd in school?  Makes sense, doesn’t it?) It has been shown time and again that people [...]

Is Your Time Free For the Taking? We live in scary times.  It has become expected, even acceptable, for people to steal your time.  Couple this with the fact that many workplaces are very disorganized and inefficient and you may find that your time is under a constant state of attack. Are you a doormat when [...]

I bet you can tell me, right now, who is going to be late to your next meeting. Is it you? We all know who will be late to our next meeting.  Why?  Not because we are fortune tellers, but because it is always the same individuals. Do you have a reputation for being late? [...]

When people say they are overloaded or cannot keep up with their todos, it is usually the result of taking on too much.  Most of the time, I advise people that they need to “Say No” more often.  Being able to “Say No” is key to avoiding being overcome by obligations others ask us to [...]

Why do we continue negative behaviors?  Often, we know they are bad.  We know there is a better course. We do them despite the fact that we know that they take us in the wrong direction.  Is it lazyness? We know the right action, but we are too tired to do the right thing? Sometimes [...]

Most workplaces have problems with people being “in” meetings.  I am not referring to being late.  That is an entirely different issue. I am talking about once the meeting begins.  In today’s high-paced technology distracted workplace, too often people are busy tapping away on their laptops or checking email on their iPhone. Does this happen [...]

How do you eat an elephant? How do you move a mountain? How you do begin a journey of 1000 miles? The answers are all the same… you do it bit by bit… One bite at a time.  One spoonful of dirt at a time.  With a single step. You cannot do the whole thing [...]