Are you getting everything done on your To Do list? No? Join the crowd. Self-employed entrepreneurs complain that email, phone calls, social media, and their beeping-buzzing smart phones are constantly causing interruptions, increasing stress and reducing productivity. These interruptions are costing you productivity -- and ultimately …
44 Tips for Dealing with Overwhelm: The Ultimate Guide for Entrepreneurs Who Do Too Much
As a small business owner, there are often too many ideas, too many tasks and projects, and not enough time or resources. Entrepreneurs are a creative bunch of people and we're always thinking of new ideas! But are you dealing with the overwhelm, or letting it slow you down? I don't know anyone who isn't time-constrained. We all have busy lives, …
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Eeek! Shiny Object Syndrome!
It seems to be a trend that's growing: small business owners are getting distracted by too many ideas or the latest fad, going off in a million directions and never completing anything. This loss of focus is costing you hundreds of hours each year in lost productivity, lost hours, and lost dollars. It even has a name: SOS - Shiny Object …
7 Tips for Managing Information Overload
Do you ever have that disturbing feeling that trying to squeeze one more piece of new information in your brain will render you senseless? Information overload causes stress and a loss of productivity. We're so busy gathering information that we never get into action around implementing all these great ideas. And we can't seem to put our fingers …
Think Small and Accomplish Great Things
Mary was ready to create huge changes in her consulting business. How exciting, having a big dream! She had a million ideas and a solid, well-planned task lists to back up the big plan. Except there was one small problem – Mary's dream was dying on the vine. By thinking big she was overwhelming herself. She was paralyzed. Mary asked me, …
Self Sabotaged by Research
A woman in one of my mastermind groups posed a question recently: Why did she spend all her time doing research and never actually get on with doing the thing she was researching? She loved looking up information, finding resources, interviewing people, gathering facts. But taking these facts and applying them to her business seemed to …