Goals & Planning
Promoting Your Expertise and Building a Platform
I am learning a new business skill currently: how to promote a book. It is a time-consuming and often uncomfortable thing...
My First Children’s Storybook is Here!
Hi Friends, Fans, and Passersby, If you’ve read prior posts, you'll know that something big is happening to me this...
I Chose a Dumb “Word of the Year.” It Changed My Life.
I’ve been writing blog posts since 2008. I get inspiration from my clients, my industry, and occasionally, personal...
Your calendar is a shield, not a sponge!
Your calendar is the shield with which you defend your balanced life. However, too often we treat it as a sponge for other...
Productivity and Motivation: Do you GottaWanna to Get’erDone?
I am a rule follower. To an annoying amount. I took my daughter to a music festival recently. Using a ruler, I...
How I started on my path to productivity…
Can an unsystematic, distractible person be productive? Umm...yes. In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias reveals her sordid...
3 Clues that You Set the RIGHT Goals
In a prior post, we reviewed the ways you know you set the wrong goals and what to do instead. Today, we get to talk...
How a numbered list helped me find my husband…
Having a clear vision of what you want in your life helps make it happen. We know that. In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias...
A List of Questions to Help You Get on Track (VIDEO)
How do you approach a difficult goal? There are six questions that you can ask yourself to go from "I don't know what to...
How to avoid to-do list overwhelm… VIDEO
In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias reads an excerpt from her book, 'Corral Your To-Dos…and don’t rely on your brain - at...
Meditation for Productivity
Stress + Rest = Growth Stress? Got it covered. Growth? Oh yeah. Rest? Huh? In the book Peak Performance by Brad...
Three Steps to Get Organized – VIDEO
In this lively interview with the Live Like Locals team, Dr. Melissa Gratias discusses three steps toward getting organized...
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