Time Travel

Let's travel back to December 2019: you're stuck in morning traffic after last night's snowfall, your sitter is sick, you have a full workday ahead and you are late to an important meeting. And it's only 8am. You wonder...

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Is living faster the only way?

If you measure your life by the number of items checked off your to-do list, this is for you. Do you wake up ready to do what it takes to cross off as much as you can before bedtime?...

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Your scripts build your days (& your life)

You woke up this morning with a private script about how your day would unfold. Today's script may be inspiring or defeating. It all depends on how tired or stressed or happy you are. If you are...

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Are you a stress addict?

Are you addicted to stress?  If you constantly need to move fast, eat quickly, go faster, do more, stay on top of things, do more with less, and all those things we tell ourselves would make us more...

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Mental health? Think about your energy gauge

Welcome to the energy series!  This is the fifth of six posts that describes how you can refuel energy so you don't have to rely so heavily on stress to take you through your days.  Why? Because relying on...

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This energy makes you happy

Welcome to the energy series!  This is the fourth of six posts that describes how you can refuel energy so you don't have to rely so heavily on stress to take you through your days.  Why? Because relying on...

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Is “managing” stress the best way to deal with it?

Personally, I'd rather prevent stress than manage it after the fact.  Managing stress is a trendy concept, but in reality, we have a lot more control on our stress level than we might guess. Preventing what you can, then managing...

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The Power To Say NO

Learn the power of saying NO - Saying no is something most of us wish we could say but don’t dare try.  It’s hard, it pushes our buttons, like guilt and feeling inadequate. Is there a solution? Saying no gets to the...

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Serial-Tasking, Not Multi-Tasking, Makes You 50% More Productive

Serial-Tasking, Not Multi-Tasking, Makes You 50% More Productive We’ve come to think of multi-tasking as the miracle thing that allows us to do more in less time, but the truth is, multi-tasking makes you 50% slower than focused tasking.  And...

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