Life of E's

McGhee, Sally. Take Back Your Life! Using Microsoft Outlook to Get Organized and Stay Organized. For anyone who uses Microsoft Outlook, this books is worth reading…and even if you don’t, most of the concepts apply across the various types of productivity software. As I skimmed this book at the bookstore prior to buying it, I [...]

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“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” ~ William Faulkner Being grateful and letting others know that you are thankful for them or for something that they are doing makes an extraordinary difference for you and for them. My dad [...]

Tags: focus, gratitude, positive attitude, success, thankfulness, tips

  I have written articles about dealing with physical clutter and electronic clutter, both of which can cause you and your businsss significant problems. But in this article, I want to give you 5 tips for dealing with your money clutter. Do not discount the wisdom in these brief, but brilliant suggestions. Determine exactly how [...]

Tags: business, clutter, distractions, focus, money, Productivity, stress, success

Here’s a question that came in recently during the *E*mail *E*xtravaganza along with my honest response: Has your e-book publishing produced enough results to make it worth the effort? [MEMc] Well…what a question…ha! All of these things are so tied into one another that it’s hard to say what does and doesn’t make a profit. [...]

Tags: e book, Marketing, money, writing

Money clutter. Have you ever thought about that concept? I’m sure you’ve thought about – and maybe dealt with – your physical clutter because you know that it can take a tremendous toll on your productivity. But what about money clutter? Any possibility that you need to deal with this, too? Let’s explore a few [...]

Tags: business, clutter, distractions, money, stress, success, work

When you have been stuck with particular challenges in your life and business, you need to generate creative solutions. If you are really ready for some unique ways to bring those ideas forth, consider using graphical options and sensory prompts. As far as graphical, try out these two ideas: Mindmapping is one of my favorites [...]

Tags: business, communication, focus, management, Productivity, success, tips, work

This book is a perfect example of someone taking a clear, simple idea – and making it into a book.  I have used and recommended Suzy Welch’s book ever since I first read the excerpt of it.  The gist is that you consider the ramifications of your decision 10 minutes, 10 hours, or 10 weeks [...]

Tags: book review, life transforming, Suzy Welch

Let’s think about the orange cones of language. As verbal beings, language is a key element in the way that we communicate with one another and even with ourselves. We think in words and we speak, write, and telegraph (do people even do that anymore?) in words or representations of words. And, words are labels [...]

Tags: business, Coaching, distractions, focus, positive, Productivity, stress, success, tips, work

What “signs” you are HEEDING? My guess is that there are many readers (and authors!) who have gotten speeding tickets in our lives. In essentially every case, we knew what the speed limit was – we saw the sign – but we didn’t heed the sign. In the part of the country where I live [...]

Tags: advice, business, guidance, Productivity

We are going to jump right in. Move. Locomote. Propel yourself. Act. Vary. Go forward. Go somewhere. But move. “You can’t steer a parked car.” I tried to find whether this was a quote so I could acknowledge somebody, but I found it in about 10,000 places. This must be one of those statements that [...]

Tags: business, Coaching, distractions, energy, focus, Productivity, success, tips, work