How often do you check your Facebook and/or Twitter feed? Once a week, twice a day, or every few hours? Sure, you want to network and stay on top of the latest trends, but is that really why you’re glued to the screen? Social media distraction is real. Up to 80 percent of the time …
Most of my followers are freelancers working from home. One of them just made the switch. She highly values the freedom to manage her time and tasks in a way that suits her best and often says that her decision to start working from home meant no more stressful office meetings, edgy supervisors, tight project …
Does your to-do list stress you out? Do you constantly feel overwhelmed, only to end up feeling completely drained of energy and without feeling having accomplished anything of real significance? If you can relate to this, then you may have trouble with the difference between tasks that are urgent and those that are important. Understanding that difference is …
The most important productivity tip I want to share is about focusing on one task and one task only. While we often feel proud of our ability to multitask, it’s actually detrimental to our productivity. Research has shown over and over again that multitasking not only hurts our productivity (a lot!) but also that we …
