Category Archives: Prioritizing

What Is Work Life Balance?

The fabulous TWIPs asked me to do a guest post for the blog last week.  This is what I have to say about Work-Life Balance… Work-Life balance is a myth.  People who appear to be good at balancing their work and their personal lives are REALLY good at prioritizing.  Prioritizing is knowing what’s urgent and/or...

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Can You Unplug Yourself From Technology?

This past weekend I celebrated the Easter holiday with my family in California.  I don’t get to see them as often as I would like.  (Truth be told: I’m more fortunate than most who live away from their families.  But, I always wish we had more time.)  And, I did something radical.  I didn’t check...

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Who is in Control of your Day?

I have a few questions for you today: Do you pick up the phone every time it rings? Do you answer email as soon as it hits your inbox? Does your staff ask you questions all day every five minutes? Do you set appointments based on  your clients’ schedules? Are you multi-tasking? Who is in...

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Cleansing the Palate

I LOVE wine tasting.  It’s probably what I miss most about living in California and Washington.  Sadly, there are no vineyards in South Florida.  I love the ritual of going from vineyard to vineyard and tasting wines, meeting the owners, talking to them about their business.  My favorite tasting rooms always have some crackers and/or...

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30 things you can do in 30 minutes

I talk a lot about working on HUGE projects in chunks of 30 minutes per day.  My rationale is that you can do ANYTHING if you piece it into small bites.  I like to set a timer so that a 30 minute project doesn’t swallow my entire day by becoming a 5 hour project.  Lately...

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