

Getting More Out of Your Time: Multitasking, Does it Really Work?
Last summer I posted an article, “Managing Your Energy”. Within the article I share a tool known as a Joy Break where you strategically spend 3-5 minutes, every 90 minutes, throughout your day doing something that brings you joy. A Joy Break could be walking to the water cooler, visiting with a co-worker, stepping outside, checking personal messages…you get the idea. The purpose of the Joy Break is to refresh your energy, allowing you to refocus on the task at hand for the ne

Mid-Year Review: Are you Ready?
It is hard to believe that midyear is upon us. June marks the sixth month and the halfway point to reaching your New Year’s Resolutions. How are you fairing? Do you feel like you are on track and well on your way to success? Or have you completely lost sight of what you even resolved to accomplish? Perhaps you are somewhere in the middle. Painfully aware of what you proclaimed, yet falling short of reaching it. Regardless of where you stand, June is a perfect time to reassess

When Quitting is a Positive
Last week I wrote about persistence as a key element in achievement. While being persistent is certainly a valuable trait, learning when to persist and when to quit is even more valuable. I have an entire chapter in my book, "Becoming Unstoppable: Tools to Elevate Your Game," dedicated to this very subject. However, let's take a quick look at when quitting can be a good thing. Sure, not finishing a task you originally set out to accomplish may not sit well with many of you: e


Have a Dream? Write it Down
I just turned another year older last week and a dear friend gave me a little box with a powerful messages, "Wish it. I've been a long time proponent of writing down my goals, yet for some reason, this little box made me stop and give thought as to why. Why did I believe in the power of a written goal above all other? The simple and not so insightful answer, because that's what I've always been told. So today I ask why? Why is it that every professional development seminar, w


Keeping the Momentum as You Reach for Your Goals
Now is a perfect time to revisit your goals for 2015. With only three months behind us, you may feel the year is still young. However I would suggest now is not the time to lose your momentum. In another three months many of us may break pace with a new summer schedule that includes children out of school and vacations. Three months after that we find ourselves in the holiday season and the next thing we know we are ringing in another new year. Bottom line, there will always