According to a 2015 OfficeTime survey, employees feel meetings rank second as the biggest “Top Time Killer.” A 2015 Wrike.com survey indicates that 34% of workers attend six or more meetings a week. When asked whether meetings end with clear action items, nearly half indicated “some of the …
(I was going to publish this next week as a joke about procrastination, but decided against it. Probably wouldn’t be as funny as I think it is right now.) I like to think of myself as a pretty efficient, on-top-of it kind of gal . . . but …
With snow on the ground today in Western Washington (although my crocus and tulips are poking through it) and over 18″ of snow over the last few days on the other side of the Cascades, “Spring” seems pretty far away. Nonetheless, this Sunday morning we “spring forward.” I …
I went on a trip last week. I knew trip was in front of me months ago. Months ago I could have started exercising and dieting so I would feel better about being in shorts and swimsuits. I didn’t. “Sue” has a major project due the end of …
You may have heard a bit more chatter about random acts of kindness over the last few days. That’s because Random Acts of Kindness.org designated February 12-18 as Random Acts of Kindness Week. I decided to pay more attention to what was going on around me this week. …
February is National Time Management Month “Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose.” — Thomas Edison Time. We all have the same amount of it, right? How is it that some people are just better …
We’ve had a home in the mountains for quite some time. We get a lot of snow. We are prepared for a lot of snow. We knew the risks of snow inconvenience when we built our home. We accepted and embraced the risk. As a general rule, the …
“Patience is a virtue.” (Attribution) Most of us have heard that quote at some point in our lives. Patience isn’t something I’m particularly good at, but certainly something I continue to work on incorporating into my life every day. I had an experience the other day that …
When working with clients, I hear a lot about how there just isn’t enough time or energy to do everything they want to do. In actuality, it’s not really a time or energy issue . . . it’s more about decisions around where to spend their time and …
Sometimes I focus on the strangest things. Recently I’ve been paying attention to how much I apologize. As it turns out, I apologize a lot. Multiple times a day. This made me curious, so I did some research. Do women apologize more than men? How does apologizing make …