Productivity Tips – Dr. Melissa’s Blog
I Don’t Think a Shorter Work Week is the Answer
I have great relationships with several journalists. They reach out to me for quotes and my thoughts on the productivity-related pieces they are writing. And, I get the benefit of their keen insights into what current readers want to read. Recently, a...
Small Business Showcase Interview with Razz
Interviews are fun way to learn and share information. If you are a content creator (i.e., blogger, vlogger, podcaster), ask others to let you interview them and say yes when you are asked by others. I met Terrass “Razz” Misher when we set up an...
Productive Password Management
If you haven’t experienced the misery of having one (or more) of your online accounts infiltrated by hackers, consider yourself lucky. Unfortunately, my family is not in that lucky group. A few months ago, my husband and I spent an uncounted number of hours...
Productivity and Pain
Guest post by Rebecca Watkins, artist. I was looking straight at the face of one of my favorite students and I couldn’t recall her name. “¡Excelente, señorita!” Once again, I successfully hid my memory issues from my students and coworkers by referring to...
I’ve Been Thinking…
In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (animated version), one of my favorite scenes is a quick exchange between the villain, Gaston, and his sidekick, Lefoux. Gaston: Lefoux, I’m afraid I’ve been thinking. Lefoux: A dangerous pastime! Gaston: I know. For...
How to Improve Productivity with an Office Move
One of the central tenets of my productivity-improvement work with my clients is to, where possible, maximize what is already available to you. Often, we don’t need a complete overhaul of work processes and technology. We need to take full advantage of current...
The Death of Paper?
Is paper all bad? Absolutely not. Is everyone trying to eliminate paper? Nope. So, when is it okay to use paper? Read on… Despite the predominance of projectors, laptops, iPads, and shared filing systems, there just seems to be no substitute for a stack of...
Why Am I Procrastinating?
Everyone procrastinates from time to time – it’s human nature. We put off writing a report, calling potential clients, or starting what we consider a boring job. Here are a few of the excuses we give: I don’t have enough information. I’ll have more time tomorrow. I...
How to Create a Powerful To-Do List
You stink at remembering things. Blunt, but true. In speaking engagements, I often tell participants, “You are fired from the job of remembering stuff.” Yet, so many people rely on their brains to keep up with the things they need to do. If you...
The Story of My National TV Appearance
I am living a dream right now. It did not happen magically or overnight, nor is it always sunshine and butterflies, but it is a dream. To make a long life story short, I quit an upwardly-mobile corporate job, opened my speaking and coaching company during the Great...