Before you settle in to tackle a project, study session, meeting or any task that requires your attention, spend a few minutes strategically stimulating your brain in order to improve your ability to focus and increase your productivity. By stimulating your prefrontal cortex you essentially prime the part of your brain that supports activities like… Read more
Perhaps you’ve heard about the benefits to health and well-being and productivity from taking regular breaks throughout your workday. Your brain has a limited amount of energy for intense focus and direct attention. Working beyond your brain’s capacity results in mental and physical fatigue, an increase in stress and overall reduced productivity. Two recent studies*… Read more
It’s happened to all of us at one point or another. You sit down to the computer, prepared to concentrate on the task at hand but before you know what happened, you’ve wasted the whole day surfing your favorite web sites and updating your Facebook status. If dragging yourself away from your favorite celebrity fashion… Read more
This is the third post in our series about goal setting success for your New Year’s resolutions. Its also tied in to our Tuesday Ten Minute Toss Challenge. Double dip! Our second tip was about visualizing success. The road to achieving your goals can be a long journey, especially if you have big goals. In Goal Setting Success for… Read more
Yesterday I read two interesting blog posts about the dangers of multitasking. They seem in line with what I’ve written before about the Myths of Multitasking. One, written by my Accountability Partner, Jan Wencel, of Spark Productivity, references a statistic that equates the effects of multitasking while driving to that of driving under the influence with… Read more
ARE YOU READY TO GET ORGANIZED TO OPTIMIZE? What if you had the tools to optimize your productivity with organized systems and productive habits? Like most busy professionals, chances are you’ve encountered productivity challenges at one time or another. Whether it is procrastination, an Email inbox that is out of control, or struggling with setting… Read more
Like most busy professionals, chances are you’ve encountered productivity challenges at one time or another. Whether it is procrastination, an Email inbox that is out of control, or struggling with setting your priorities, these things can cause stress and hinder your ability to work effectively. Our goal and one of the things that brings us… Read more
What would happen if you or the people you work with had the organizational skills to reduce wasted time, the discipline to focus, and systems in place to increase productivity? What if you could learn to manage your Email instead of letting it manage you? Whether it is through group training or individual implementation sessions, we… Read more
Build a solid foundation of productivity and time management habits to transform your team. GET ANSWERS We design our immersive workshops to instigate change and build core competencies from the ground up. Leaders who offer this training regularly see the greatest return on investment, allowing them to: Create a culture of focus, organization, and productivity… Read more
Are you under the impression that you have to multitask to “get it all done”? Well we’ve got news for you, it doesn’t work – not as well as you think it does. If you try to do two things at once, you won’t do either of them well. Multitasking is not an effective productivity… Read more
On May 4, 2010 from Noon to 4:30pm the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce will be Celebrating Women in Business. The keynote speaker, Liesbet Trappenburg will present “You are Not Your Job! Creating Sustainable Work/Life Balance.” Debbie has been asked to be one of three break-out speakers for this exciting event. Debbie will be teaching “Multitasking Makes you Stupid.” Learn why… Read more
Did we catch your attention? Are you under the impression that you have to multitask to “get it all done”? Well we’ve got news for you, it doesn’t work – not as well as you think it does. Come learn more on February 23rd, 2010 ,from 4:30 – 5:30 pm in our Open Enrollment class Multitasking… Read more
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