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How to Hire a Personal Assistant
This article was originally published in Money, Inc. Does the term Personal Assistant feel fancy-pants and out of reach? Do you think that having a House Manager is overkill to help you work in your line of genius? If you said yes to either, I’m writing to help you...
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Shrink Your Inbox with the OHIO Method
This article was originally published in Money, Inc. Did you know every time you reread that email, you’re wasting willpower on a microdecision? Stop wasting your time and OHIO. Only Handle It Once. We don’t wake up every morning with a neverending bucket of...
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Can a personality type trigger Hashimoto’s Disease?
Ready for some controversy? I take responsibility for triggering my Hashimoto's Thyroid Disease, Raynaud's Disease, Osteopenia, early menopause at 36 and pernicious anemia. Yep. I did it to myself, and I have no one else to blame. Autoimmune diseases occur when the...
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Email Extinguisher Case Study
Virtual Training Success Story When a team decides to invest in themselves, they shrink their inbox with an Email Extinguisher course and work in their line of genius. The Situation A team of nineteen people from an international non-profit wanted to learn how to...
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Respect Yourself with Better Quality Food
Those cage-free, pastured eggs are 50 cents per egg! I can get an entire burger for a buck! How much logic do you put into choosing what goes into your body? When I go to a restaurant that serves giant portions, it is an immediate turn-off, because I believe they...
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Ways to Manage your Time Wisely
This infographic about ways to manage your time wisely is speaking my mind. I plan out my top tasks the night before, but always start my day with a meditation and the 5-min journal app. I use Focusboosterapp.com to track my time because most people underestimate how...
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Is it work-life balance or lagom?
Recently I came across a great word in the Swedish language - Lagom. Lagom means just the right amount, enough, in moderation or in balance. I don't use the words work-life balance because I think work and play are more like a teeter-totter or...
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Why Eating Clean Can Boost Job Performance
What's this eating clean thing all about? We all have certain goals at work. Maybe you want to knock a presentation out of the park. Or perhaps you want to score a big new client. Or you might just want to get through the day and feel better about work—mentally,...
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Shoeboxed Trick for Reimbursable Expenses
Are you your accountant's worst nightmare? Do you know you are leaving money on the table that could be deducted from your taxes? I love Shoeboxed to track my receipts and reimbursable expenses. Here’s a quick video showing how I use it so I don’t miss out on any...
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Tips for Restorative Sleep Infographic
Far too many of us are trapped in a vicious circle with no restorative sleep and we don’t even realize it. If you’re one of the nearly 50 percent of American workers kept awake at night by anxiety over work, you’re most likely feeling the effects. When anxiety about...
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How my cheap wallet set me up for failure
It cost me $4 at a consignment shop. The zipper had been broken for about six months, and the wrist strap fell off a year ago. This cheap wallet was subconsciously bringing me down to a poverty mindset, and I am vowing right now, never again, to let that happen. I've...
read moreThe Secret Shame of High Performing Professionals
High Performers can produce, no doubt about it. The amount of productivity and results that comes out of a high performer is impressive. Crank it out and getter done. Boo-yah. Drop the mic. But like most things, there’s more to the story and something always deeper...
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