Let’s be honest. Being an entrepreneur can be one of the most challenging things in the world. You’re a self-starter, with no one telling you what to do, when to do it and how to get it finished. You don’t have the security of being supervised by a manager or being accountable to a boss....
Since I was a child, I've lived a digital life. Prodigy, AOL, Mosaic, dial-up modems, Casio Databank Watches, Sharp Wizards and more. I've been digital for a long time. However, I always carry a notepad and pen with me, to take notes, capture thoughts, doodle. I find that no matter how digital my life is...
In a recent Main Street Pulse Report published by OnDeck, 86 percent of small business owners identified time management as a critical component of running a successful business; 61 percent of them said: “…they constantly feel like they are racing against the clock.” If this describes you, I think it’s safe to say you’re...
Recently I was organizing an event and needed some help.Sure I could have reached out to Adrian's Network, Craig's List or any number of networks to get help. I could have also posted a cry for help on Twitter or Facebook, but instead, I used TaskRabbit. In about 10 minutes (or less) I had secured the services of...
There's something magical about booking an appointment to work on a project. The date is confirmed, you protect the time - work gets done. Nice. But what happens when it’s just you - the deadline is looming, and procrastination could rear its head? Simple: block time. I stumbled across this simple time management hack years ago, and...
Managing your work and business affairs gets easier when you don’t need to go to a particular computer or location to access your files. When you forget to bring specific files with you on your computer or portable storage device, remote data access eliminates the extra effort otherwise needed to retrieve them. In the...
When I teach time management, there is one lesson that always gets my audience leaning in - how to create boundaries to protect your time and be more productive. Like a lot of lessons about productivity (see my article on creating a Stop Doing List), this one is also counter-intuitive - doing only one thing...
It’s 10:30 AM and your day's already falling apart. Sure you had a plan, a to-do list, mostly carried forward from yesterday. But interruptions, emails, and colleagues needing “just a minute” hijacked any semblance of what you thought your day would look like. It’s déjà vu, in the worst way. Experts have been writing, blogging, making videos,...
As a mom who also has a full-time job running your own business, you likely have more things to do than the time to do them. You might feel as if you can barely handle being a mom and running your business. Because time management can be a challenge, you can use these strategies...
We’ve all heard about how important company culture is. From retention to revenue, there is no doubt that culture plays a huge role in a successful company. The question really isn’t, “Why should I invest in culture?” but rather, “How do I create an environment in which my team members love to work?” So how...
