Life Of E's

“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

Are you ready to take a bold action? Could you be more productive if you were more bold? “Fortune befriends the bold.” ~John Dryden Is bold a word you use to describe yourself, your behaviors, your thoughts, and your actions? If you haven’t imagined yourself as bold – up ’til now – What do you [...]

Tags: Coaching, energy, focus, positive, Productivity, success

This is one of those times that it will be worth printing and posting these ideas so that you have the questions as ready reminders: Is what I am doing right now the best use of my time? If you are in business, then you better make sure this is a question you are asking [...]

Tags: Coaching, energy, focus, happiness, positive, Productivity, stress, success, tips, women, work

What happens when your calendar is just crammed? Should you quit using a calendar? Should you just pitch the calendar? No, of course not. You have to figure out how to make more room so you can get your projects done. The way that you make more room is by eliminating part of what is [...]

Tags: distractions, energy, focus, Productivity, stress, success, time, tips, women

I would like to take a moment to share this wonderful post I received in my email this weekend.  It comes to us from Judith Ann Kirk, Clearing-Clutter Consultant and 16-year veteran of the organizing industry. You can see more of her wonderful information at her website http://OrganizingResources.com and on her Blog: http://Clearing-Clutter.com. The Change [...]

Tags: clutter, Coaching, energy, focus, positive, tips, women

Let’s tell the truth. If we are make-up wearing women, our make-up situation can get pretty scary (and I’m not talking about our faces!) I am referring to the mess in our purses, our bathroom drawers, our traveling make-up bag, and any other place that we keep make-up. I think you know what I’m talking [...]

Tags: beauty, clutter, health, organize, Productivity, success, tips, women

If we tell the truth, procrastination and perfectionism are often related. I certainly cannot cure you of perfectionism, but I can tell you it is not your friend as far as writing is concerned. Here are three tips to help keep your writing going – and to halt (or at least postpone) your writing procrastination. [...]

  Good grief, Charlie Brown! Families are running around like crazy–and it’s chaotic, to say the least. Here’s my question: Is this the experience that you want your children, nieces, nephews, parents, and friends to remember about any time spent with you, i.e., that it’s chaotic and crazy? Hmmm….I think not. So, here are some [...]

Tags: focus, overwhelm, overwhelmed, positive, tips

Unless you have been taking special care to make sure you have plenty of pockets (of time, energy, and space) to get your work done, you may be far less productive than you could be.  Consider the following five ideas for putting in pockets (related to work) when you are self-employed. Evaluate the number of hours [...]

Tags: Productivity, success, tips, work

Do you have items that are on their last legs? That is, have you duct-taped (either literally or figuratively) something that you depend on? What would happen if it stopped working? For example, has your computer done things lately that let you know that the hard drive is just about to die? But you keep [...]

Tags: overwhelm, overwhelmed, tips