Life Of E's

Song, Mike; Halsey, Vicki; & Burress, Tim.  The Hamster Revolution:  Stop Info-Glut–Reclaim Your Life. Although the use of a hamster as the main character throughout this book is a tiny bit irritating, the book itself is excellent.  You just have to ignore Mr. Hamster.  These authors have done extensive research on how to increase productivity [...]

Tags: email management, hamster revolution, Mike Song, Tim Burress, Vicki Halsey

If you want to write a “top ten” list to help people be more productive, just do the following: Title your set of tips, e.g., “Top Ten Productivity Tips to Help You _________.” Write an introduction. Your introduction can be one sentence or a full paragraph. It’s just a little introductory piece that prepares everyone [...]

Tags: blog, Productivity, tips, write, writing

Oh, boy. Sometimes we are just our own worst enemies. You have so many projects to complete, and yet things that are seriously low on the priority list get done first. Here are a few ways to avoid distracting yourself. 1.  Map out your day as “work” and “other” times. When you’re supposed to be [...]

Tags: distractions, self-distractions

Heavens to Betsy!  Email can cause chaos and can help us resolve some chaos. I hear this in my workshops and in conversations and I live with it myself. Here’s a few ideas related to email and Keys to Keeping Your Email Chaos at Bay. Stop email ping-pong (also known as “boomerang email”). Have a “throwaway” [...]

Tags: chaos, email tips

 Braiker, Harriet. The Disease to Please. Dr. Braiker’s first book (that I read) was The Type E Woman (for the woman who tries to be everything to everyone). Let’s just say I found a few tidbits in there for myself and for others I knew. So when this particular book came out, I bought it [...]

Tags: book review, disease, disease to please, Harriet Braiker, people pleasers

Marketing that Matters: Lessons from a Puffin Marketing is the process of creating awareness of and interest in your products and/or services – in those who can (and will) access them. ~ Meggin McIntosh If you would like to learn ways to market so it matters, thereby increasing your impact (whether that means students in [...]

Tags: business development, Marketing, Meggin McIntosh, puffin, teleseminar

Shipley, David & Schwalbe, Will.  SEND:  The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home. Much of what’s in this book is common sense…at least one would think so.  However, a good portion of what the authors share clearly isn’t being demonstrated as common sense or common practice up to this point.  Read this book [...]

Tags: David Shipley, email guide, email management, Will Schwalbe

Who is the audience for each of these different series of tips? It’s important for you to know this because that way, you can determine which series to write for, if you are wondering about that. Top Ten Productivity Tips (the original series): Although this series is not one that I am actively recruiting for, [...]

Women entrepreneurs need to depend on their intuition a lot more than they normally allow themselves to. Sure, logic and reason have their place in making decisions, but these left-brain, masculine qualities will keep you playing it safe, thinking about growth in small, incremental steps and prevent you from taking the bold leaps that are [...]

Tags: entrepreneurs, fear, intuition, Kendall SummerHawk, wisdom, women

Goodness, gracious–email can cause chaos and can help us resolve some chaos. I hear this in my workshops and in conversations and I live with it myself. Here are a few ideas related to email and Keys to Keeping Your Email Chaos at Bay.  Open your email a specified number of times each day (vs. having [...]

Tags: chaos, email, email tips