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How Quantum Therapy and Fear Mastery Improve Productivity

When Justus Zeemann first approached me about being a guest on my podcast to discuss fear mastery, he said he has a different twist on time management. Boy, he wasn’t kidding! He calls himself a Quantum Therapist because he dives down deep into the smallest pieces of your life, brain and emotions and gets to…

Critical Legal Documents All Adults Should Have

Of late, I’ve been a part of several conversations about loved ones being incapacitated, or having to make medical decisions for a partner, or family members disagreeing over what next medical steps to take for their mother. If legal documents that gave directives and permissions had been in place, that could have alleviated a lot…

A Game-Changer for Retention & Improved Performance: Invest in This!

If you understand that improved performance is critical, then you’ve probably heard that “development” is extremely important. If you’re a leader, we’re talking about developing and supporting your team. Whether or not you’re a leader, we’re also talking about developing yourself. To develop and improve performance, there must be some sort of quality learning that…

How Better Decision-Making Boosts Your Productivity

One of the fundamental time management skills that I teach to my individual clients and workshop participants is decision-making. Specifically, we discuss the decision-making skill of prioritization. In my conversation with Dr. Somik Raha, he explained that in decision science, there are two parts: 1) how do we actually make decisions and 2) how do…

Time, Freedom and Fortune: What Is Childfree Wealth?

Before meeting Bri Conn, Chief Experience Officer of Childfree Wealth®, I had never heard the term childfree wealth. It seems pretty straightforward: financial management for people without kids. But there’s a bit more to it than that. If you do not have children and don’t plan to have any, there are different specific strategies you…

Work-Life Balance: The Perfect Ratio for Spritzes

One of the benefits of improving your time management is that you have more time for fun. One of the things that I like to do for fun is enjoy a spritz. A lot of different regions in Italy are famous for their own spritzes that they created. Some people think it’s really complex to…

Time Management Boost: Create and Nurture Authentic Spheres of Influence

Brad Englert wrote a book called Spheres of Influence: How to Create and Nurture Authentic Business Relationships. Everything he discusses in his book and during my podcast interview with him aligns with what I teach about time management. When you nurture your relationships and communicate openly with those you work with, you can save an…

Save Time and Sticker Shock When a Hospital Buys Out Your Doctor’s Office

I’d like to share a little something with you about health care and health insurance. Hopefully you never need this information, but my fear is that you might indeed need it for yourself or for a loved one. Of late there have been a number of hospital systems that are buying out individual doctor’s practices.…

How to Make Hotel Beds More Comfortable

  A client of mine told me that she was going to skip out on a reunion trip because she can never sleep while on the road. Hotel beds are just not comfortable. Escaping from work and enjoying some R&R is an important part of keeping your time management and productivity skills sharp, so I’d…

A Lack of Hugs Affects Your Health and Productivity

Occasionally I like to browse my blogs from four or five years back to see what’s changed and what’s stayed the same. The title Missing Hugs Affects Your Health and Productivity from an April 2021 post caught my eye. It was all about how many people were feeling the negative effects of not hugging fellow…