Are you of the mindset that it doesn’t matter when you do the tasks on your daily to-do list, just that they get done? You may be thinking all wrong. However, setting your daily activities in line with your circadian rhythm, energy level, and ability to focus may prove …
How do you get your greatest sense of accomplishment? What’s your focus? Producing or productivity. There is a difference, and we must give ourselves credit for everything. Producing: to bring into existence by intellectual or creative ability. Productivity: the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, …
Don’t exercise just for your body, exercise for your brain too. Why do we feel so good when we exercise? According to John Ratey, MD, “The real reason we feel so good when we get our blood pumping is that it makes the brain function at its best, and …
Brene Brown introduced many of us to the “Man in the Arena” speech during her talk on critics and her book “Daring Greatly.” Once I read and internalized the message, it has been a part of how I look at myself and my critics. But, more importantly, how I share …
I am passionate about learning. This passion generally leads me to immerse myself in ADHD, brain-related, and business-related education. (I also read fiction, but for a totally different reason.) Podcasts are an easy way for me to consume information. It’s easy to queue up a podcast and listen in …
Many people wear the “No Regrets” mantra as a badge of honor. But, frankly, if we don’t have regrets, we may not have been paying attention to past actions. I have many regrets that I continue to use as learning opportunities. So I will share one here. Hopefully, …
To-do lists can be the key to productivity, but only if they are believable and achievable. Trying to be productive working from a brain dump of everything we want to get done is NOT believable, and it’s generally NOT achievable. I hear this frequently when working with clients …
The phrase “environment wins every time” comes up frequently in my coaching appointments. Although we’d like to believe that willpower is enough for us to make progress on our goals, it may not be enough. Here are phrases I hear regularly: “I only want to spend 15 minutes …
I’m the first to admit that I’m geographically challenged. Put me in a strange, or even familiar, city and challenge me to get from here to there and I may not have a clue whether to go East or West. My husband, on the other hand, inherently knows …
Change is hard. Change requires us to think differently. Change requires vulnerability. Change requires taking action. Change involves risk. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book Immunity to Change: “Today, organizations need not only an unprecedently higher level of knowledge and skill among all those who …