How do you get motivated? Initially, it is usually some type of pain that sparks change in people. Debts, break ups, bad grades, and being embarrassed can give us that needed ‘push’ to do something about our situations. Or, it could be an inspiring personal story, movie, or book that gives us the motivation we need to get started. Here are 15 tips for motivating yourself when the going gets tough. Continue Reading

Time is our most precious and limited resource. We only have 24 hours in a day to get things done, yet it’s so easy to waste the day on unimportant tasks. Here are seven ways to be more productive. Continue Reading

There’s a new meme going around the blogosphere that asks people to list their best productivity tips. Here are some of mine: Continue Reading

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. Continue Reading

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.” Continue Reading