Do you hit the snooze button multiple times before getting out of bed, or do you jump up every morning screaming, “Woohoo! Let’s start this day!” If you are like most Americans, you’re hitting the snooze button at least once before getting up–and this is delaying your happiness and productivity. According to a study by French tech-firm Withings, a consumer electronics … [Read more...]
5 Easy Ways Busy Business Women Can Stay Organized
Sponsored by My Best Friend is a Bag: Nothing hurts your productivity more than being disorganized. For busy business women, staying organized is key to not just getting everything on our never-ending To Do lists done but it’s also essential to keeping our stress levels down. Fortunately, there are some simple things you can do to stay organized no matter how long that To … [Read more...]
3 Productivity Tools for the Business Professional on the Move
Do you ever wonder how some people seem to post quotes at almost the same time every day? I’m sure you have friends on Facebook whose posts seem to appear on your timeline every five minutes. All you can think is “Are they really that attached to their phones?” The power of technology allows you to be at home watching old reruns of Friends, stuffing your face with grandma’s … [Read more...]
How to Make Your Productivity Skyrocket
There are a ton of articles out there about how to boost your productivity, some of them useful and some of them not (I think it’s fairly obvious that a productive day is more likely to come off of the back of a good night’s sleep). But I’ve never read one that made my productivity skyrocket. I’ve never really gotten into apps like Evernote or Wunderlist (frankly, I don’t … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Increase Productivity and Profit
Increasing productivity and profit is a must in business in order for it to grow and reach its full potential. Often, increasing productivity means you will need more people on your team, especially if your business is rapidly growing. The goal in business is to generate revenue to reach or exceed our profit margin. I would like to share three ways to increase productivity … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Get Organized
Want to get organized? Here are five ways to do it! 1. Throw away Unneeded Items A lot of us, especially entrepreneurs, have “I may need that one day syndrome.” That’s basically feeling like you don’t want to throw away anything because you feel like you will need it one day, regardless of how old the items is. When organizing our offices we automatically think about … [Read more...]
How To Increase Your Focus And Get More Real Business Growth Work Done
It is so easy to get distracted by any number of activities that fill up each and every day, and the problem is that the more capable you are, the more likely you are to be incredibly busy with a lot of things. The question becomes, “Are these things helping the growth of you and your business? Or are they hindering it?” This can be a difficult question to answer without … [Read more...]
4 Ways to be Productive at Work – Always
Life at work is hectic. There is so much happening there—new projects, client meetings, internal discussions, etc. It’s good to be busy. It’s also essential for you to be productive at all times. However, there are times when you do encounter some sort of a ‘block’ at work. Even though everyone encounters such a block, this kind of break from work at work can lead to delay in … [Read more...]
Paperwork Prevents Small Business Growth – 12 Tools to Recoup Time
Did you know that small business owners spend one day per week doing paperwork? In fact, according to research by YourTradeBase, more than one out of two small business owners (51%) believe that paperwork is preventing business growth. Interestingly, women business owners spend the most time on administrative paperwork (32% of women business owners spend more than 10 hours … [Read more...]
Multitasking Doesn’t Work – Or Does It?
Every few years there is a new movement that tells us we're doing things incorrectly. Don't eat salt! Wait---salt is okay. Don't eat carbs! Hold on---carbs aren't completely bad. Turns out, today's finding will be tomorrow's wrong way of doing things. Recently, productivity experts and research studies have proclaimed that multitasking doesn't work. Instead, … [Read more...]