This is a guest post by Allie Smith-Hobbs. It’s the middle of summer. How’s your productivity? There are nights where I’ve been up in the wee hours ruminating about projects. And although our work endeavors can sometimes […]
The Holidays are supposed to be a time of giving thanks and enjoying family – but for many of us they turn into a nightmare. In this article, I discuss what makes the holidays difficult, and […]
This is a guest post by Allie Smith-Hobbs. Fun is a four letter word around the American workplace. When I worked in Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom of endless foozball rounds and mini-golf in […]
Why do you want to be more “productive?” Why are there so many productivity books, products, courses, and gurus? If you examine this question, productivity isn’t quite what it seems. Lots of people (moi included) […]
Let’s say that by some weird coincidence in life, you have a problem that you have to actually deal with and can’t just sweep under the rug. (Hey, most of us never have problems, do we?) […]
Facebook Chief Operations Officer Sheryl Sandberg Says: 100% Of Women Caught in Guilt Chasm Between Business and Family. Women make up 60% of college graduates, but only 41% of the workforce. (forbes.com). Women are dropping […]
This isn’t going to be another one of those “six steps and you’re cured” kind of posts about the problem of overwhelm. That’s because if you don’t solve the fundamental mindset problem underlying overwhelm then you’re […]
One of the chronic, often devastating conditions I run into nearly everyday is this: “There’s not enough money out there, it is scarce and hard to come by, and it requires a struggle to get […]
Climate change. Peak Oil. Nuclear disasters. Political dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction. Murder and war… From watching the news, you would think we were all going to die by tomorrow at the latest — possibly before the […]
Isn’t it funny how the more we try to have control — swatting at negative emotions and demands like buzzing flies — the more frustrated we get and the less in control we feel? […]