Every year, I have a goal to read the number of books for that year (e.g. 23 books in 2023, 24 books in 2024, 25 books in 2025).  I find that this goal supports me picking up a book instead of doing mindless doom scrolling on my phone, watching endless hours of streaming, or (heaven forbid) sitting bored in a waiting room. 

What are your biggest time wasters?  You know, the stuff you find yourself doing when you should be working on the high-priority project? 

Speaking of Netflix, have you ever thought about how many hours of content are actually on there? I often wonder that as I’m sitting down to choose something to watch (this mind works in mysterious ways).

If you think about our behaviors when we are stressed and overwhelmed, we often are in fight or flight mode.  This is the automatic...

If you’re reading this, I am guessing you also have to deal with expense reports from time to time. And that you likely dread doing them. That, or perhaps you lay the stack of paper-clipped receipts on your assistant’s desk and delegate the task onto them to handle (for an informative conversation about delegation, listen to Delegating for Rainmakers conversation with Scott Love from June 2025).   

On June 10, 2024, my family and I took off for Puerto Vallarta to live there for a month.  We leave to head back to the United States in two days.  I had every intention of writing this newsletter in the middle of the trip, and candidly, I never could make it a priority.  Which, as your productivity expert friend, I would tell you is A-OK! 

Time is one of our most valuable assets and something we can never grow or get back. To help you maximize your valued time, I’ve provided five everyday time-saving tips to implement into your routine (or continue doing with maximum efficiency):

Save time, stress less, and remember more when preparing for your next trip and updating your passport.

Hey Friend, The other day, I finished work and sat down on the couch. We had 45 minutes until we needed to leave for my son's soccer...

July 24, 2024 This morning, I attended a networking meeting where everyone had a chance to do a 30-second introduction. When introducing...

An amazing client recently sent me this HBR article, Productivity Skills to Help You Gain Time Back,  by Steve Glaveski.   The first...

Like many of you, this week marks a milestone event in my son's life: the end of elementary school. On Monday, my husband and I attended...

Hey Friend, Last week, I was presenting for the  CalCPA  Staff (who are truly amazing people by the way and all CPAs should consider...

Are you procrastinating on something right now?  The chances are high that you are since everyone procrastinates, and 20% of you are...

Don't think about a pink elephant. Recently, I was reading  Mr. Cooper is Super  to my sons.  In the book, Mr. Cooper told his class that...

I’d like to give you a gift. The secret sauce of how to get more done and how to get the right things done.   " Productive people are...

Have you ever looked at images of ‘Procrastination’ on Google? I have. When I was researching for this article. I’ll be completely...

When You Say Yes Because You Don't Have Time (or the Guts) to Say No

The following articles are available on Linked IN: ​ Stop Wasting Valuable Time with Inefficient Email, November 12, 2019 ​ The Day I...

Let’s talk about email.  If you’re like most attorneys and legal professionals, you probably have a love/hate relationship with email.  Let’s face it...if you’re like most Americans, then that Loe/Hate relationship with email exists.   (Or maybe it’s more of a Hate/Hate Relationship). The convenience of email has gifted us with the ease of communicating quickly and effectively with multiple people without having to get out of our chair, write a letter, or pick up a phone. How