Rest Impacts Your Productivity in a Number of Ways

If you feel mentally and physically exhausted today, this week or seemingly all the time, you’re probably not getting enough “rest”. No matter what job you have or what type of person you are, everyone needs rest. It’s a time for restoration of your body and mind to rejuvenate you back to a state of… Read more

How Stress Impacts Productivity and How to Overcome It

Stress can negatively affect your productivity and quality of work. High levels of stress can leave you with a lack of energy, creativity and focus, increased feelings of anxiety. When your mind is worrying, it draws your attention away from the task at hand. It is mentally draining and decreases your productivity in the present… Read more

“Springing Forward” with Energy and Productivity

Twice each year, most of us (outside of Arizona and Hawaii) reset our clocks, “springing forward” one hour in the spring and “falling back” one hour in the fall. Changing the time by one hour doesn’t just affect your physical clocks; it can throw off your body’s internal clock, too. Let’s face it: it is DARK again… Read more

How to Boost Your Confidence and Boost Your Productivity

What do confidence and productivity have in common? Confidence, in essence, is what turns ideas into actions and tangible results. By definition, it is the feeling or belief of reliability or trust in something or someone. Self-confidence is a belief in ourselves. Confidence in ourselves is positively correlated with our performance and productivity levels. When… Read more

Is Your Toolkit Ready for When You Need It?

Do you have a toolkit (literal, or metaphorical) that you can dig into when stress is impacting your productivity? If so, what do you keep in it? If not, what things would you need for it to contain?  Having the right tools to keep you on track with your priorities is the best way to… Read more

Accountability Helps You Stay on Track and Sustain Results

What is accountability?  Accountability is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “the quality or state of being accountable; an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions.”  Accountability is a willingness to accept responsibility for our own actions. Whether it is a project that seems overwhelming or a goal that we want to achieve, we can all… Read more

Practical Productivity Strategies – Get More Done with Less Stress

Could your productivity strategies use a tune-up? Are you making progress toward getting January off to a productive start? If you could use some help and accountability to move forward with your goals, now is the perfect time! Through monthly webinars, productivity coaching sessions and other platforms, Simply Placed teaches practical strategies that can help… Read more

Overcoming Procrastination By Changing Your Habits

Is overcoming procrastination a goal you’ve set for your life or work this year?  Is there something you’ve been putting off because it seems overwhelming, won’t deliver immediate results or for which you lack clarity?  It starts with changing your habits Procrastination is one of the biggest roadblocks to productivity. You can avoid procrastinating on… Read more

Giving and Receiving the Gift of Time

What if you could give someone, or yourself, the gift of time? Our time is a valuable thing. It is a resource that we can’t make more of. We’re only given 24 hours each day, and those hours are going to pass no matter what we do. We can, however, learn to manage our choices with how we… Read more

Adjust Your Sails – It’s the Perfect Time

Do you need to adjust your take on productivity for December? Is managing your priorities and staying productive a struggle for you as 2020 comes to a close? The holiday season is upon us and now, more than ever, it might be a challenge. If you’ve noticed your motivation or productivity dipping, you’re not alone. Studies… Read more

Overcome Perfectionism and Start to Make Progress

When you strive for perfectionism, it’s easy to be disappointed. We’re all human. Some days (and especially lately), it is enough just to do a good job; striving for perfection can be exhausting and entirely unnecessary. Most of the time, “done” is better than perfect! Perfectionism: the #1 cause of procrastination Many people view perfectionism… Read more

Tell the Truth: How Are You Really Doing?

You’ve been on my mind.  It’s been quite a year, month, week and a moment. I’m checking in; truly wondering how you are doing. How ARE you? Honestly, authentically, really? Would you let me know? I really want to hear from you. Personally, I feel like I’ve been on a roller coaster this year. Are… Read more