Life Of E's

Successful people are productive people. Part of being productive is taking control over those areas where you can exert some control. Here are 10 areas of your personal and professional life over which you can exert some control: What you wear. I’m assuming that if you are reading this article, you are an adult. So you [...]

Tags: control, productive, Productivity, success, successful

Have you failed lately? It’s hard to imagine anyone reading this who hasn’t failed in a big or small way in the last few days. So, think of a current failure. If you are like me, you do not have to think too long about this. You may have felt failure as a parent, as [...]

Tags: business, failure, success

If the reason you are tense is because you are worried, here’s a tried and true idea that you may need to revisit if you’ve tried it before, or test it out for yourself if you never have before. To make, use, and benefit from a “Worry Jar”… 1. You need to have a physical [...]

Tags: stress, tense, worries

Do you sometimes wish that things were different for you? Have you often thought of, “If only…”? What if you combined those two ideas – and turned them into actions you could take? Let us start with you making your own list of things that you would like to be different. It might be relationships [...]

Tags: change, changes, choices, decisions, self improvement

If you still have a parent who is alive, I encourage you to read this article and take what I’m writing to heart. I’m at a point where I have already lost my father and my mother, due to dementia, is pretty much gone. So, I wish I had read (and heeded) an article like [...]

Tags: family, friends, loss, parents, questions

There are thousands of people who will be reading this post. I know we have people reading who have one drawer (and only one drawer) that is a little over-stuffed and that clutter stresses them out. It may not be necessary for them to repeat this process. However!  For everyone else, you can identify with [...]

Tags: clutter, focus, Productivity, stress, tips

Can you change some of the events that are currently stressing you out?  Are there others over which you really have no control or even any influence?   Hmmm…it might be time to consider what belongs in the various categories for you. To help you visualize the idea we’re talking about in this article, just draw a [...]

Tags: energy, focus, positive, Productivity, stress, success, tips

Do you radiate positive energy?  Does it have an impact on others?  Are you unsure about what qualities you may want to be radiating out to others? Winston Churchill said: “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” There are people you know (and I know) who radiate everything [...]

Tags: energy, focus, positive, success, tips

Do you think any dust has accumulated under piles of clutter?  Is it possible that there is dirt somewhere in the midst of piles of stuff that need to given away.  Would you find any cobwebs around those places that haven’t been sorted lately? Let’s just agree that the answer is ‘Yes.’ A simple way [...]

Tags: clutter, distractions, energy, Productivity, tips

As a leader, do you want to be considered a lion – or a sheep? I think I know the answer, but in case you need any additional encouragement, consider these characteristics of sheep: 1. Timid, fearful, easily panicked Hmm…are these words that you want to be used to describe you? Timidity in the face [...]

Tags: confidence, fear, leadership, positive, skills, stress, weakness