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The Secret to Consistent Productive Progress on Your Goals

Are you struggling with finding the motivation to move forward on the goals or intentions you set for the new year? If so, you’re not alone. Research suggests that approximately half of all Americans make New Year’s resolutions yet only 8% actually achieve them.  Common mis-steps include setting too many resolutions, selecting something that someone else thinks… Read more

How Gratitude Can Help You to be More Productive

“The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” —Zig Ziglar Who was the last person you thanked? Do you remember how it made you feel? When we pause and reflect on someone or something we are grateful for, that brings a shift… Read more

Workload Management and Productivity

Have you heard the term “workload management”? We define it as having systems in place to ensure that teams or individuals get priority work done efficiently and effectively.  Systems help people do their best work and get the best outcome. Through strong workload management, employees gain confidence in their abilities, take greater joy in their… Read more

How to Reframe Habits for Better Productivity

We all have habits in our lives; some we conscientiously think about and others that happen without much thought because we’ve been doing them for so long.  Maybe you never skip a workout, even if it’s extremely early in the morning or brutally cold outside. Maybe you pride yourself on always meeting deadlines at work or… Read more

Hacks to Effectively Juggle Priorities in Life and Work

We’ve invited guest blogger, Jessa Bright, to share her thoughts on how  to effectively juggle priorities in life and work for increased productivity. Thank you, Jessa, for your contribution.  Life and its many demands can be more than a little overwhelming. Fulfilling each obligation – at work, at home, and in relationships – is difficult… Read more

How to Have a Productive Commute

How much time do you spend commuting to work each day? Each week? Each year? Studies show the average resident in the greater Seattle area will spend will spend a total of nearly 10 days commuting in 2019.  Is your commute getting longer? Don’t stress. Try to reframe the definition of your commute and look at it… Read more

How to Increase Productivity and Get More Time Back In Your Day

If you were given an extra hour in your day, how would you spend it?  Debbie was recently a guest on RealTalk with Dan and Brian, a weekly radio talk show on 1150AM KKNW, with a focus on real estate in the Greater Seattle area. Listen as they discuss productivity, the myth of time management and… Read more

Five Strategies to Overcome Multitasking

Do you multitask? We all have demands on our time and often things are coming at us from more than one direction. Yes, maybe you can walk and chew gum at the same time, but when you are trying to do more than one cognitive task at a time, you’re attempting to multitask.  Why multitasking doesn’t… Read more

Six Simple Strategies for an Organized and Productive Day

We love sharing tips and strategies to help people incorporate organized systems and productive habits into their lives and work. Recently, a post from the Simply Placed blog was featured on an episode of the My Organized Life podcast, by national office supply and organizing product company, Smead. Listen as they share our six simple… Read more

Organization and Good Study Habits are the Key to Success for Students

Organization is a life skill. If taught early, kids will be better equipped to apply practical skills for the future. Whether it is time management, or the ability to plan and prioritize, these principles can be applied in many ways throughout school and beyond. As a student, being organized means finding what you need, when you… Read more

Organize For School Success: You Got This!

Will your Daughter be in Middle School? Like we help busy professionals learn to work smarter, not harder, through organized systems and productive habits, we also love to help set teens up for success in school!  We invite you and your teen daughters to join Simply Placed Professional Organizer Megan Russell on Saturday, September 28th… Read more

Help Us Celebrate our Sweet 16th!

Simply Placed is thrilled to have celebrated 16 years in business last month!  Over the years, we have helped many successful, busy professionals make more time for what matters most to them. Whether through a productivity workshop, a one-on-one consultation, or hands-on organizing, we are honored to have helped to take away the overwhelm in so… Read more

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