top of page

What's the Total Cost?

I am a sucker for a good deal. I mean, I am the rare breed who loves going to Costco. But, today I'm throwing this out the window. My...

You Can Buy Happiness

Ashley Williams, a professor at Harvard Business School, has studied over 100,000 people to understand the relationship between...

Your Two-List Strategy

I'm stealing a page from Warren Buffet this morning. 1. Make a list of 25 goals in your life. 2. Now circle your top 5. Great, those are...

Just Show Me

Today's tip is simple. Use screen grabs. I work with Virtual Assistants to help me accomplish a ton in my life and business. Instead of...

My Magical Morning

I'm a morning person and how I start the first 30 minutes of my workday drastically affects my productivity. I thought a peek into my...

No is Better than Maybe

In starting my company, a ridiculous percent of my job is sales -- to potential investors, customers, partners, and employees. Sales is...

Stop Looking

The average person spends 55 minutes looking for things each day. With kids, I'm sure that number is even higher. (How do my kids' shoes...

Save Those Fingers

Do you find yourself typing the same things over again each day? For me, the list is endless: A description of Uplift The link to book...

Mom Hack: Ask an Expert

I'm a questioner (read more about what that means here). One of my faults is spending too much time researching and searching for the...

Declutter Your Inbox

Few things feel better than getting rid of the unnecessary. When I'm stressed, I try to declutter some part of my life, giving me a sense...

Shift Gears

I preach the benefits of breaks regularly, but I'm still always surprised at how effective they are in my own life. Today's story: I was...

Build In a Buffer

I'm perpetually late. Even worse, I completely stress out about this often. So, I've been trying a trick from Greg McKeown's...

Eat That Frog

Look at your to-do list. What is the last thing you want to do? What is the item that keeps falling to the next day, but still needs to...

Banning Busy

I'm a huge fan of Laura Vanderkam, who studies how professionals use and perceive their time.  In her new book, Off the Clock, (out on...

bottom of page