There are literally hundreds of social media sites with many different purposes, and you could easily devote your entire week to exploring new sites, maintaining your connections, and updating your profiles! Unfortunately, although effective social networking can and does lead to business opportunities, you can’t make a living at it, so it’s important to use…
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The Price of Popularity
I became a big fan of social media long before I even knew that’s what it was called. Twitter and Facebook in particular have allowed me to grow my network and stay connected to a much larger group of people than would have been possible even ten years ago. Every week I discover interesting new…
How to Participate in Special Events Without Losing Control of Your Workload
I’m finally settling back into a normal routine, after participating in three major events in the past three weeks. There was a time when such a flurry of activity would have set me so far back on my regular work that it would have taken weeks, or even months, for me to get caught up,…
Perfectionism and Your Productivity
Some people refer to themselves as “perfectionists” as if it were something to brag about. Although there is much benefit in the pursuit of excellence, striving for perfection often leads to procrastination, missed deadlines, and low productivity. For one thing, when you set unrealistically high goals for yourself, you may delay starting a project until…
Is Your Schedule Out of Balance?
Life today consists of a flurry of activities, including work, shopping, family, household chores, social engagements, community service, continuing education; the list goes on and on. In fact, there may be days when you find yourself eating “on the run” or while you are working, or rushing from one place to another with little or no…
Is Multi-Tasking a Valid Work Style?
While speaking to a group about the correlation between personality type and organizing style, I said that Intuitive types are frequently multi-taskers, and that working on one thing at a time may be counterproductive for some. One of the audience members disagreed, stating that no one can be an efficient multi-tasker, and to think otherwise…
How To Pick A Good Planner
It’s been great having Rodger Constandse as my guest blogger all this week! If you missed his previous posts, be sure to go back and read them, as there are some great time management strategies both in the post themselves, and in the reader comments. Rodger wraps up his visit today with this last post…
Two Common Time Management Myths
Today is day four in the series from my guest blogger, Rodger Constandse. While there are many myths about time management, there are two that come up again and again. Myth # 1 – The Myth of Willpower This is a common myth because most of us have been taught that willpower is the key…
Is Your Time Management Approach Working For You?
Today is day three of the special Time Management series from my guest blogger, Rodger Constandse. Be sure to come back every day this week for a chance to win valuable prizes to enhance your productivity. Are you struggling to find enough hours in the day? Do you feel like you have too much to…
