You’ve worked hard all year. Now it should be time to take a break and enjoy the holidays. Yet so often the opposite occurs because work tasks do not disappear as personal activities consume more time. Combine both work and extra personal time without a plan, and you have stress.
One more thing [...]

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How easy is it for you to adapt to a sudden change of plans? I had to find out this week when my daughter had an emergency appendectomy in Phoenix. They told her it was a “simple” operation, and she went in thinking there would be no problem. But simple to a [...]

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In my previous posting, I itemized frequently-cited reasons for procrastination and what you could do to conquer it. However that is supposing that you are the one procrastinating. On the other hand, you may be the take-charge, do-it-now personality and have to live or work with a procrastinator.
The do-it-now person often struggles to [...]

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It happens to everyone: We’ve put something off for so long that suddenly we are in a time crunch. The end of the year, with approaching holidays, is often a strong reminder of what we could have done ahead of time but did not do. You think of how much you could be enjoying the [...]

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On the surface, it may seem that a flu shot may not make the list of Top 10 Productivity Tips, but when you evaluate the consequences of not getting flu shots, it quickly becomes obvious that this is a simple and valuable tool businesses should be encouraging employees to use.
According to David Cutler, a Harvard [...]

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When a family member is ill or needs extra assistance temporarily, we often cannot help but have that interfere with our workday. Daily productivity suffers as we shift our focuses back and forth from business to personal issues; or we may not be able to come into work at all.
I recently found out about [...]

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When the idea of working from home is brought up, many employees immediately see only the positive aspects of this professional arrangement. I want to take a few minutes to discuss the possible negative effects so that you can decide if telecommuting is a wise decision for you and your professional goals.
From my experience, I [...]

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With more and more research coming out linking multitasking to short-term memory loss, it would be a productive use of time to learn some techniques to help you remember more effectively and efficiently. When you employ the tools that help you recall where you placed something or what someone’s name is, you ultimately [...]

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Last week a client I was working with mentioned that she had her name put at the end of the list when magazines and newsletters were circulated among the department heads. That way she could take her time getting around to the reading and not feel guilty about holding up others who were on [...]

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Have you ever printed a longer email message so that you could read it? If you can answer yes to that question, you are not alone. There are very good reasons why so many of us are more comfortable doing this.
Consider the fact that we read 30% to 50% slower online. The [...]

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