Grandma-Style Productivity

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I LOVE the TV show The Golden Girls. I love it so much it’s become a part of my morning rituals because it puts me in such a good mood.

I even got to meet Betty White once!

She was promoting The Proposal and I was working as a producer at Fox News. When my co-workers and I heard she’d be in the building, we stalked her in the green room. One of the anchors saw us and said, “You have to be in the segment!” We were wearing “Stay Golden” t-shirts as you can see.

And senior ladies are having a major moment right now with coastal grandma style trending. But older women have way more to offer than great TV and cool style…

They’re also productivity masters!

Here are four old-school “grandma” techniques to save yourself time and money!

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What’s REALLY Hijacking Your To-Do List

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It’s time to declutter your life. I’m not talking about cleaning up your desk. (Although that has a lot to do with the kind of focus that you can give your business.)

I’m talking about those things that hijack your to-do list. The things that get in the way of what you really want to get done in your business (and your life).

These are the things that get in the way of what you really want to get done in your business (and your life). The first step is to think positive. If you believe you can have an uncluttered business. You can make it happen.

And I’ve got three practical tips to help you declutter your business.

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How to Stop Doing Busywork

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Busywork is the worst. But we all have those tasks on our lists.

Somehow we all get trapped in the cycle of tiny tasks that eat up our valuable time. And while we can’t avoid every single one of those tasks, we can learn to work smarter instead of harder.

Podcaster and author of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Jenny Blake, joined me on Inside Scoop, to help us move from friction to flow with smarter work systems.

Here are three tips to help streamline and simplify your workflow.

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