Productivity Blog Posts
Refocusing – Game Changer to Your Productivity
There are plenty of distractions when you work from home. Family, phones, deliveries. Try as you might to minimize them, you just can’t avoid them. In the book "Your Brain at Work", Dr. David Rock says it takes 25 minutes to recover from a distraction. 25...
The Art of Doing One Thing At a Time
Want to lower your stress, be happier, and get more done? You can when you master the art of doing one thing at a time. Embrace single-tasking. I didn’t embrace single-tasking until later in life. I’m still a work in progress. I was a master multi-tasker....
3 Steps to Get More Done
One of the keys to amazing productivity is knowing what to do and when. Staying on top of your to do list helps you make that happen. Use these 3 steps to figure out what's important and get more done! Figuring Out What’s Important TO YOU Priorities come from the...
What Productivity Type Are You?
So, in my ongoing research into how to be more productive, I found something interesting. There are four basic productivity “types” - the Prioritizer, the Planner, the Arranger, and the Visualizer. Each type has its own characteristics and quirks. Some tools work...
Using Task Tags to Increase Productivity
I learned about tags using Evernote. They sounded great and I kind of understood their power but… I kept forgetting to add them to my notes. By the time I got around to sorting through my notes, it was a huge job to add the tags. For a long time I just didn’t bother...
6 Great To-Do List Apps for Your iPhone
In late December, 2019, I found myself on the hunt for a new to do list app. The one I’d used and loved for some time, Wunderlist, was being shelved and replaced with Microsoft To Do. Since I was going to have to start over anyways, I decided to look around to...
Staying Productive Over the Holidays When You Work at Home
If you own your own business, you know that working over holidays is a fact of life. No work, no revenue. Unless of course you’ve planned ahead. If that’s you - way to go!! You can close this post and get back to friends and family. If, like me, you’re going to do...
14 Time Management Tips for Working from Home
To Do Lists are a great way to keep track of all the different things you need to get done in your busy life. Committing your to dos to a list instead of trying to remember them all, is a proven way to reduce stress and overwhelm. Why does time management matter? This...
Why Time Management Matters Working from Home
We all get 24 hours in a day, learning to use it wisely is your key to happiness and success. We’re not talking just about being busy here, we’re talking about making sure you have time for the important things in your life. Time to play with your kids - or grandkids,...