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What’s Purpose Got to Do With It?

Ever feel like you used to be organized? Maybe even just last month, but now the piles have reappeared and the place is a mess and now you need to do it again? Why bother? Because, as my coach is fond of pointing out, your environment shows you daily what you can achieve. I believe…

Is Time Getting Away From You?

It happens to people all the time. They get to the end of the day and think, “I worked hard all day and didn’t get anything done.” What has really happened is they have been distracted by bright shiny objects, people and things that keep us from working on what will helpus achieve our goals….

Criteria for Decisions

In order to make good decisions you need to have criteria in place. The questions you subconsciously use to make a decision. Do you know what yours are?   The criteria for most of your daily decisions is deep in there, and a result of years of practice, trial, error and reinforcement.   Unfortunately, when…

Ridiculous Memory

I have been working with my Antidote to Overwhelm clients on developing routines and habits. At the same time I heard reference to improving memory with a technique called ridiculous association. This is a technique I learned as a kid and didn’t even realize it was an actual method until a couple of weeks ago….

Resistance

I looked up the definition of Streamline last week. You know, to see if there was a hidden meaning to exploit in my marketing efforts. According to Webster’s Streamline means: 1) made with contours to reduce resistance to motion; 2) simplified; 3) modernized. I am intrigued by the notion of resistance and how to move…

A Good System

The easiest way to reduce stress and overwhelm is to have a system. A repeatable process that gives form to the tasks you do. A good system focuses your efforts by providing a repeatable set of steps to achieve a goal. A really great system will let you learn, practice, tweak and upgrade it as…

Change with Attitude

I have heard several potential clients say that they are hopeless, or that they will never be able to do it. I want you to know that if you can drive a car, you can get and stay organized.  But it won’t happen if you continue the defeatist attitude. Simplifying your environment, and by extension…

A Better Project Approach

When most people start a new project, they start pulling all the pieces of paper that they think will help them onto the desk. The intention is that if the information is in front of them they will work on it. The trouble with this method is that routine tasks get buried and overlooked. A…

I was on the radio

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Teri Q Sayre for the 1050 Show. We had a great conversation about why simplifying your life is so much better than just organizing it. Anyway, I thought you might like to hear it too. Click the arrow to go to the 1050 Show page. Access the…

Laundry Piles Up

Laundry piles up. It gets started but rarely finished. It is one of those things that only seems unimportant. In fact it’s one of the most stressful things in any home. Think about it, remember when you couldn’t find those pants? What if laundry was easier to get all the way done? By setting up…