You’ve probably been there. You’re checking your email and see something from a client and you’re sooooo tempted to open it. You tell yourself that you’ll open it, but whatever the need is can wait until you’re “working” again. So you open it, but the request is so simple, right? It’ll just take a second. [...]
In the pursuit of more & more business, make sure you bite off only what you can chew…and make sure it’s work you WANT to do. I’ve made the mistake, in the past, of accepting work I didn’t really want, and paying out the nose for it in time and effort. It’s OK to decline [...]
OK so maybe not better, but different in a very good way. I was drafting a status e-mail to one of my clients tonight, and it was amazing the clarity that came as a result of it. When I sit down to write a to-do list, it always fills up with junk! When I sit [...]
If any of you are like me, you start off the day with SO MUCH TIME. You know – plenty of time to drink coffee slowly, visit MySpace a few times, read forwarded email nonsense a bit…just taking it easy. This relaxed attitude may last until lunch, or even for a bit after lunch. But [...]