Productivity

How I Built Up My “Asking” Muscles…

Adventures in Asking… My first real job, where I had any kind of authority, was for a small real estate firm that hired me to be its offi...

How Many Pennies are in Your Jar?

If you spent this week putting one penny in the jar for each act of kindness you offered someone and took three pennies out when you had ...

Time Management: How Do You Deliver the Goods?

Back when I was manning front desks, one of my many duties was handing off and signing for packages. Over the years, I had many chats wit...

Moving just an inch gets you closer to the finish line

Life is chaotic and unforeseen events are always cropping up to sabotage our carefully laid plans. We expect to get 10 things done and re...

Janet's Book Recommendations

Bookstores and libraries are packed with books on personal and professional growth. It can be hard to weed through the shelves and find t...

The Vision vs. The Goal: Achieve the Achievable

Are you setting yourself up for failure or success? The way to test this is to understand the difference between creating an ideal vision...

What 3 “Big Picture” things can you do each day?

There is an easy and approachable tool that will help you take small steps toward your goal every day: A Daily 3 List. Disclaimer: This a...

You’re Not Flaky. You’re a “Scanner”

If you have ever felt like you need to pick a career and stick with it or people won’t you take you seriously, then you NEED to check out...

Stop Waiting to be “Ready”

Education, research, and self-development are important, but they are a means to an end, not the end. People often get sucked into this m...

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