Tweet133ShareShare125258 SharesYou have an important task or looming deadline. Yet, you find yourself surfing the Internet, checking your social feeds, or reading the news. To stay on task, sometimes you need to ask yourself, “What shouldn’t I be doing right now?”
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Could You Go a Week without Checking Work Email?
Tweet97ShareShare43140 SharesI was on vacation this week. And I didn’t respond to one email. In fact, I didn’t check it all week. Could you go on vacation and not check your work email?
You Can Plan Anywhere
Tweet92ShareShare39131 SharesI do some of my best planning at the gym. Really, I do. You might think that planning would get in the way of working out. However, it is “being in the zone” that frees my mind to come up with many of the ideas that my brain has been accumulating. Where do you […]
5 Ways to Ensure You Do the Important Instead of the Urgent
Tweet159ShareShare157316 SharesEver have a day when everything seems urgent? You end up running in circles. And trying to do everything at once. Yet, when the day ends, you realize that most of what you thought was urgent… really wasn’t that important.
Prioritize Your Projects to Get More Done
Tweet91ShareShare33124 Shares This is a guest post by “Captain D.” At eighteen, when most young lads were fighting angry professors in college, Captain D was fighting the waves of the roaring North Atlantic. He is now in command of one of the largest Ocean liners in the world. In his blog The Soul Creator, he details […]
Without a Deadline, It’s Difficult to Finish
Tweet142ShareShare109251 SharesEver have a task without a deadline? It tends to slip and remain undone. Often, you’ll put it off intentionally since there’s no apparent penalty. Today, I want to tell you why every important task needs a deadline.
7 Ways To Keep Your Focus and Conquer Distractions
Tweet100ShareShare59159 Shares This is a guest post by Armela Escalona. You can find more of her work at Scoopfed, where she is a blogger, content marketer and editor. Sometimes it’s hard to focus on work. Zig Ziglar said, “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” More […]
Doing Things Right Usually Only Takes a Few Seconds
Tweet129ShareShare51180 SharesWe often create more work for ourselves. We leave things out, instead of putting them away. We leave a task almost done, but not completely finished. Or we procrastinate on a something until we have to research the original deatils of the task needed to be performed. Yet, doing things right the first time… […]
5 Tips to Stop Putting Off Your Goals Until Later
Tweet90ShareShare48138 Shares This is a guest post by Melissa Chu, founder of Jump Start Your Dream Life, where she helps people find time to do what they love and create an impact through their work. You can get the guide that shows you how to get started on your goals today. You look at others […]
8 Elements Every Leader Needs to Optimize Team Efficiency
Tweet117ShareShare96213 Shares This is a guest post by “Captain D.” At eighteen, when most young lads were fighting angry professors in college, Captain D was fighting the waves of the roaring North Atlantic. Learn more about his eventful life journey at his blog The Soul Creator, which details specific workable strategies to be a winner […]