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“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life lies in eliminating the nonessentials.” Chinese Proverb.
Living in balance is not about having a myriad balls in the air, at the same time. That’s not balance, that’s juggling. It’s like running uphill constantly, hoping [...]

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein
The more I work with people the more I see how caught up we are in an unforgiving pace of being. The art of pausing and taking in the landscape, sort-of-speak, is [...]

“Time is money!” And so the old adage goes. Given the state of our economy and the fact that so many people complain that there aren’t enough hours in a day, it’s safe to say that managing our time as well as our finances is pretty challenging these days.
Now, I will not sit here and [...]

We are conditioned to think that when the going gets tough the tough gets going. In today’s business environment, people are asked to do more with less. That means longer work hours, less pay, less time off; overall we are in survival mode.
What else can we do? People are losing their jobs, the well is [...]

Procrastination is a fact of life! Most of us deal with procrastination sooner or later. Whether it’s the piles of paper on our desk waiting to be dealt with, the phone call we dread returning, or the doctor appointment we avoid making, there are seven basic reasons for procrastination.
1. You don’t like the nature of [...]

Here’s a quick quiz for you:

Do you always feel you don’t have enough time?
Are you working on too many projects at once?
Do you procrastinate and then push to get something done at the last minute?
Have you been dropping the ball lately and forgetting things?
Are you on edge emotionally?

If you answered yes to at least four [...]

Interruptions are part of life and work never ends. Those who accept these two facts have an easier time coping and don’t add to their stress.
The average person in an office is interrupted almost six times an hour, all day long. Six times an hour!
Most people I talk to feel helpless when it comes to [...]

When I work with people on time management, I always ask them to answer the following question before they make a time commitment: “How will this action further my vision for my day or my business?”
It pays to have a vision for how your day will be, how a project needs to progress, or how [...]

Vision Value
Being in business is not for the weak at heart. Especially in times of great uncertainty and constant change. Certain factors, like the economy, are beyond our control. These are the things we must accept. As in every aspect of life, we can only act upon the areas we have some control over.
We may [...]

When The Shoe Fits
In my work with entrepreneurs, I sometimes come across the person who is in business for all the wrong reasons. It happened just the other day. I was visiting an art gallery with a friend who knew the gallery owner. We started talking and during the conversation, the owner explained that [...]

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