Top 5 Ways To Stop Being a Perfectionist
Perfectionism can be debilitating. It keeps us in a state of high anxiety, worrying over how we’ll never live up to someone else’s expectations (or even our own), that we’ll be found out to be a fraud, or that we’ll never recover if we make a mistake.
Perfectionism prevents us from getting things done - and enjoying ourselves as we complete our tasks. Here are my top five ways to break the cycle of worrying and start enjoying life. Read more…
8 Productivity Tips to Take Control of Your Life
There’s a new meme going around the blogosphere that asks people to list their best productivity tips. Here are some of mine: Read more…
Time Management 101 - Your Optimal Experience
I spent much of yesterday trying to organize my email and site feeds. My initial conclusion was that I subscribed to way too many mailing lists I only occasionally read and it was time to clean up my inbox.
One of the first things I’m trying to implement is to only check my email (and feed readers) 2-3 times per day - probably around 11am, 4pm and 8pm -ish. I currently have autocheck on, so it notifies me every time I receive an email. Of course that means I stop what I’m doing to check the message, respond or note on my to-do list what I must do later, and then try to go back to my current task. Read more…
Time Management 101 - What Does Your Schedule Look Like?
I’ve decided to pick weekly personal development themes to focus on, moving forward. This week’s theme is time management, as time is our scarcest resource.
When you’re pursuing a goal, it’s extremely easy to lose focus. That happened to me last week when I failed to update the site once due to web hosting server problems, traveling, and trying to finish up two major client projects. In short, my site posting goals got shoved to the background while I took care of what needed to be done “today.”
During my frantic week, I took some time to reflect why I felt I wasn’t getting anything done. Of course, we all have weeks that border on chaotic, but I realized mine was particularly bad because I fell out of my routine sometime at the beginning of April and my time management abilities seemed to spiral out of control until last week when I was completely out of sync. So, how do you get back on track (or if you don’t have a track, how do you create one)? Read more…
The Think Rich Club: First Impressions
I’ve recently joined one of the newest membership sites out there, Think Rich Membership Club. Honestly, I don’t know how exclusive they are, but since the trial 14 day membership was only $3.95 (and you can cancel at any time - no commitments), I figured I’d give them a try. And, if you sign up by April 30 and want to stay in, you only pay $47.77/month rather than $97.77 they claim the price will be once they officially launch in May. Read more…