by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
It’s 2017. Ten years ago, I took a leap of faith and quit my upwardly-mobile corporate job to become a professional organizer. If you watched HGTV or TLC at the time, you probably saw a dozen shows about people cleaning up their houses. I wanted to clean...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Before I wrote the first word of this article, I pictured you in my mind. You, my friend. I saw you in one of two settings: The middle of the night. You are frustrated and stressed and decided to Google something like “work keeps me up at night” The day after a bad...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Guest Post by Maddie Gratias (Melissa’s daughter!) Being the daughter of a productivity specialist has instilled many good qualities in me despite my incessant habit of being late to things. I have color-coded all my school supplies and use a personal...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
It comes down to one word: accessibility. In the 1970s, open door policies were popular as a way to encourage communication between management and employees. Better relations with unions resulted from increased accessibility of managers. Thus, “my door is...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
A few months ago, I was hired by a client to lead a webinar on time management. There were 700 enrollees, which was by far the largest online audience I had ever garnered. Participants were encouraged to submit questions, but understandably, I was only able to...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
A Valen-TIME for You! Below I have included links to posts I’ve published in the past few years that could help you free up some time in your day. Will you make the time to show the important people in your life that you care about them? A...