Entries by Paula Rizzo

Four Ways to Replace the Watercooler When Working From Home

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Boosting Productivity with a Virtual Assistant

There’s a type of debt that I’d bet you didn’t know you had. It’s the debt you accrue from pushing tasks back into times you had reserved for other things. My friend and colleague Melissa Smith calls this “time debt.” Melissa is the founder of The PVA, a firm that matches personal virtual assistants with […]

Beating Email Overwhelm

Sometimes small productivity shifts are actually huge.  That’s the case with emails. Especially now that so many people are working from home, there’s an expectation that everyone needs to respond to emails and messages immediately. That expectation of being constantly “on” is actually harming your productivity! It’s a hard one to tackle because email overwhelm […]