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Work Life Management Planning System
Focus on What’s Most Important: Optimize Your Time, Energy &... read more
Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease
Rosalind Joffe, MEd. & Joan Friedlander. Women, Work, and Autoimmune... read more
‘Tis the Month to Forge Ahead – or Not
‘Tis the month to forge ahead, fa-la-la-la-la, la-dah-dee-dah. Yes, I know Christmas was so last week but the impact lingers on. Frankly, I think the narrator of “The Night Before Christmas” had it right. “And Ma in her kerchief and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap.” Let’s pause the story right there. When the days are at their shortest and temperatures continue to drop, wouldn’t it make sense that we, like many of [...]
The Power of One
You might think that this is about your singular ability to affect change, but today it is not. It’s about how you approach planning your day. Years ago I was trained in a program called Work Less, Make More®, developed by the late Jennifer White. Jennifer talked about the “Power of Three” as an organizing principle for establishing priorities around the unending list of tasks most of us work from. With an aim to combat our tendency to over extend [...]
Empowered by Limitations
Most people think of limitations as problematic. The word is most commonly – and mistakenly – associated with lack of freedom, pending failure and inadequacy. To the ambitious, highly motivated entrepreneur, the idea that there may be limitations in what they can accomplish is somewhat terrifying and most certainly frustrating. Specifically, they have difficulties dealing with: Limitations in time Limitation in energy Limitation in capacity Some respond with downright rebellion, as if limitations are a personal affront to their freedom. [...]