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May

Three Ways to Become More Productive by Maximizing Brain Power

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Believe it or not, there is a way to maximize your brain power. Some activities in your workday require a lot more energy, than other tasks. In addition, the way you do things can either promote or prohibit productivity. If you want to be more productive here are three things you can do.

1. Prioritize

2. Quit multitasking

3. Build habits

Prioritize
How often do you just start your day and do the little things to get them off of your plate? You would be much more productive if you spent 20-30 minutes prioritizing so you don’t use up all Read More→

Categories : General, Master Your Energy, Video Lessons

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May

Managing and Leading: Are you Doing Too Much?

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Managing and leading is not as easy as it looks. All of us have blind spots that contribute to workplace drama. Here are three pitfalls common to those in charge.

Listening too much
Caring too much
Telling too much

This particular post is geared more for those entrepreneurs who run businesses, or the small to medium family-owned businesses. Come to think of it, these three traps are also present when it comes to parenting or any area where you are in charge and responsible for the results. As you read this, also keep in mind how these three pitfalls relate Read More→

Categories : General, Managing and Leading

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Apr

Change Your Response or Your Experience?

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Many communication experts focus on changing behavior. Many workshops promise techniques on how to say something a certain way in order to manipulate someone else into doing what you want them to do.

I take an opposite approach. I say that instead of working on your response (or your behavior) instead, change your experience. Once your experience changes, it’s very easy to learn the techniques and communication skills that foster teamwork and collaboration.

Your responses are a reaction to your experience. So rather than using will power to try to behave in a way that is not natural, what if Read More→

Categories : Communication Skills, General, Tell Yourself the Truth

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Mar

Where Would You Be Without Your Drama?

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It’s not that difficult to figure out what someone’s drama is. Just listen. We human beings can’t help but talk about our obstacles.

In my book, Stop Workplace Drama, I introduce a new definition for drama: Any obstacle to your peace or prosperity.

With the language comes new imagery of you in the row-boat heading toward your island, and in your way is a big shark.

The shark is the obstacle.

Even though the shark is the obstacle listen to how much we talk about our sharks.

But, you don’t understand my shark.

Because of my shark, I can’t Read More→

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Mar

How Distraction Leads to Drama

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There is good distraction and bad distraction. A good distraction is when you are feeling exhausted and overworked, and you get an unexpected call from a friend. Answering the call was a nice distraction because when you ended the call you felt rejuvenated and got a burst of energy. A good distraction is not a distraction after all…it’s a break that helps you to master your energy, which is the sixth principle I talk about in my book, Stop Workplace Drama.

A bad distraction always contributes to drama. The bad distraction is when you lose focus to something unimportant Read More→

Categories : General, Master Your Energy

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Jan

Six Words That Keep You Stuck

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Six words that keep you stuck

You can tell a lot about a person by what phrase comes after the two words, “I am.” The way you define yourself impacts every area of your life including your workplace relationships. Listen closely and you can tell a lot about your employees, your co-workers and of course your leaders. You will hear everything from, “I’m a perfectionist,” to “I’m a people-pleaser” to “I’m a bitch.” Often the person defining themselves recognizes that the way they show up in the world is a disadvantage, yet just as often their analysis and description of self is followed by a justification Read More→

Categories : General, Reinvent and Realign

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