How to Hire a Bookkeeper for Your Growing Business The question of whether to hire a bookkeeper or not has undoubtedly come into your mind as a business owner. Bookkeepers help keep your financial records organized and accurate, freeing up your time and reducing the chance of mistakes. I waited too long to hire a […]
Finding Time for Your Lifestyle
Finding Time is Relative to What’s Important to You You may think you do not have the time for the things that you need to do, much less for the things you want to do. But the truth is, you make time for what’s important to you. Let’s discuss the concept of finding time when […]
Work Expands to Fill Time Allocated for It
How Work Expands to Fill Time You Allocate for It – What You Need to Know About Time Did you know that smart people have studied the idea of time and work to come up with a law that you should know about? It’s called Parkinson’s Law and essentially states: “…Work expands to fill the […]
Productivity Formula: Entrepreneurs
Productivity Formula: Entrepreneurs Can Make This a Habit Do you have a productivity formula? Entrepreneurs tend to work best with funnels, systems, and formulas. I thought I would share my own productivity formula with you so you could incorporate my habits into what will work best for you. My productivity formula for success as an […]
Massive Productivity with the “Eisenhower Box”
Massive Productivity with the “Eisenhower Box” During the past decade I have become an expert in the areas of time management and productivity. This has resulted in my rise as an author, publisher, online marketing strategist, and entrepreneur in a manner and within a time span few have been able to accomplish. I attribute much […]
Productivity When Working From Home
How to Maintain Maximum Productivity When Working From Home My life changed dramatically when I began my online business in 2006. Instead of having a boss to keep me focused and on schedule as I went through each work day, it would now be up to me to ensure I maintained maximum productivity when working […]
Time Blocking for Massive Productivity
Time Blocking for Great Success At some point after coming online in 2006 I realized that I was somewhat of an expert with time management and time blocking for increased productivity. This was a great revelation to me, as I had never considered this to be an area of strength for me while I was […]
Productivity Challenge 2018
Welcome to the 2018 Productivity Challenge! This is the eighth consecutive year I have hosted the Productivity Challenge on my site. During the course of the next 30 days I will share my best tips and strategies for creating a profitable online business by taking steps every day to be more focused, intentional, and productive. […]
Productivity Tools: 3 Must Have Tools to Reach Your Goals Faster
3 Productivity Tools to Reach Your Goals Faster If you’re like most busy people, you’re always looking for ways to increase your productivity, and productivity tools will definitely help you with this goal. I’ve found some productivity tools that promise to make a difference for you and your business. If you can find a way […]
Time Management Tips for Entrepreneurs
Are Time Management Tips for Entrepreneurs Different Than for Others? When you think of time management tips what may first come to mind is the idea of trying to squeeze more time into every day. The interactive world we live in allows for plenty of distractions. There are distractions by our coworkers or our spouses […]
Bullet Journaling for Time Management and Productivity
Bullet Journaling – Is It Right For You? In today’s busy world, where we have to keep track of lots and lots of information, almost anyone can benefit from bullet journaling. This has been a hot trend for a little while in the planner and getting organized communities online, but it may not be something […]
Multitasking and Focus for Entrepreneurs
Multitasking and Focus in Your Business If you’re like many people you spend most days multitasking. You’re probably so used to multitasking that you don’t even realize when you’re doing it. After all, it’s a skill many employers look for in their employees. Many people believe multitasking saves them time. There are many reasons why […]
How to Improve Your Focus
Tips on How to Improve Your Focus Maybe you want to focus on a single task, but find yourself easily distracted. You find it difficult to focus on what you are doing because you find your mind wandering, you’re worrying about everything or maybe you just have way too many things you need to do […]
Self-Discipline and Productivity for Entrepreneurs
Improve Your Results with Self-Discipline and Productivity I did not grow up in a disciplined home, so it just made sense that I would not become a disciplined adult. It was just my mother and I from the time my parents divorced when I was three years old, and we had a more relaxed way […]
Daily Productivity for Entrepreneurs
Daily Productivity: Achieving Your Goals Since coming online to work exclusively in 2006 I have been obsessed (in a good way!) with my daily productivity. It is my goal to feel accomplished at the end of each day to ensure that my business keeps moving forward. When I mentor entrepreneurs I like to instill this […]
Productivity Tips: Triple Your Personal Productivity
Triple Your Personal Productivity and Add More Hours to Your Day I’ve hosted a Productivity Challenge online every spring for the past seven years. I thought I would share my thoughts on personal productivity with you here in preparation for the next one. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done. Actually, […]
How to Eliminate Procrastination in Your Life
Eliminate Procrastination and Accomplish Your Goals I intended on writing this article sooner, but I put it off. That is my lame attempt at making the idea of how to eliminate procrastination a funny one. The truth is that putting off, delaying, or postponing anything you deem to be important in your life is not […]
How to Manage Your Time More Effectively
Manage Your Time and Change Your Life We all have the same twenty-four hours each day, so why do some people manage time more effectively than others? Let’s explore this concept more fully to understand how it works and to make a plan of action that will work. Once you are able to manage your […]
Productivity Challenge 2016 – Please Join Us!
Productivity Challenge 2016 [To Download A PDF of This Entire Productivity Challenge 2016, Scroll To The Bottom] It’s almost the summer of 2016 and I would love for you to take this opportunity to jump in for this Productivity Challenge 2016. Take it at your own pace and ask me anything in the comments section. […]
Entrepreneurial Success Factors: Adopting the Mindset of Mastery
Entrepreneurial Success Factors I’ve been reading The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan and making some changes in my thinking about my own business. In Chapter 16, entitled The Three Commitments they explain the three commitments required in order to achieve extraordinary results in your life […]
Using Dropbox Effectively
Dropbox is a service that allows you to store your content in the Cloud. I started out with the free version, which you may access here, and when I realized how simple it made my business I upgraded to the paid version. In a recent post at their blog, the good people at Dropbox explained […]
Time Management Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Recently my friend and colleague Leslie Cardinal asked me to write a chapter for her new book, I Hate Being Late. Knowing that I am an expert in the area of time management strategies for entrepreneurs and even have a book on this I co-authored with Geoff Hoff, Leslie wanted me to share some insight […]
Time Management Tips: Making The Most Of Your 24 Hours A Day
Time management tips are appreciated by all of us who work on the Internet and constantly feel pressed for time. I learned long ago that it was more about managing our time in order to reach optimal performance and productivity, because we all have the same twenty-four hours in our days. People continue to tell […]
21 Day Productivity Challenge 2012
Welcome to the 21 Day Productivity Challenge for 2012. This is a continuation of the challenge I did in 2011, and this time it is meant for the advanced beginner or intermediate online marketer. If you are still at the very beginning of getting your online business started, take a look at the 21 Days […]
Change Your Life With Time Management And Productivity Tools
Time management and productivity tools will change your life for the better. Taking massive action to be productive in all areas of your life will ensure that you have the very best chance for great success. If you have read the life stories of successful people, from the beginning of recorded history through our present […]
Productivity – Challenge Yourself to Achieve More Goals
A productivity challenge is an excellent way for you to jumpstart your online success. I did this in 2007 when I challenged myself to write 100 articles in 100 days. I didn’t write those 100 articles in one hundred days…it only took me 78 days! I have gone on to challenge myself in many different […]
Work From Home And Build Your Online Business
Working from home is the dream of many people, and it has been my lifestyle since 2006. If this sounds like what you would like to do, think about what types of work you could do from your home computer to earn a full time income. You must be willing to increase your skills, have […]
21 Day Productivity Challenge
Welcome to the 21 Day Productivity Challenge for building your online business. I believe that it takes at least 21 days to acquire new habits, so that’s why I chose 21 as the number of days for this challenge. Online marketing success takes hard work and dedication. If you would like to join this challenge, simply […]