When It’s Bad To Be Good At Something
Last month my husband and I were in Florida to celebrate his grandmother’s 90th birthday. What a milestone! The whole family flew there from all over to celebrate together.
In between trips to the pool and cocktail hours…we found ourselves decorating the house for the festivities.
Everyone was given a job: Balloon blowing, hat making, ribbon twirling…oh and there was a list to be made too!
And guess who was called to make said list. That’s right — yours truly.
It always feels nice when you are recognized as being good at something. I like it when people ask me for list-making tips because it’s fun to help people, but it’s also gives me a little confidence boost to be an expert.
But then it hit me.
Being good at something can actually be bad! Read more
Get a Stopwatch — You Need It!
The most common excuse for not being more productive is saying that you have too much going on.
“I’m too busy.” — you often say.
Am I right?
I’m going to let you in on a little secret — no you aren’t!
The thing with productivity is that it’s not how much you do, but how you do it. Do you get the most out of the time you have? Or are you so busy because you fill your day with stuff you don’t really need to be doing. That’s precious time you could be wasting!
The easiest way to find out is to track your time.
When I started making a note of how I spent my day I had a few surprises. For example, that thing I thought took only five minutes, actually took way longer than that. It’s never just five minutes in the end.
There are a few apps and techniques to help you track your time. You can find them in the Entrepreneur.com article I wrote on time management.
Also if you want to know more about tracking your time, my friend and fellow author Laura Vanderkam is giving away her time tracking guide for free! Laura’s written several books including What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time. If anyone knows how to manage time it’s her!
What’s Happening in 2016
2015 was a very exciting year for me. In January my book Listful Thinking came out! I got to meet so many interesting new people at book signings and at Book Expo America plus I got to meet some of you — the readers of this blog! What an incredible opportunity.
In 2015 I also created my first online course, Take Back Your Inbox: Stop Drowning in Unread Messages, Respond Quicker and Finally Achieve Inbox Zero. I designed the course to help you feel less overwhelmed by your email. Something I struggled with big time but found some smart solutions to fix!
I also took some exciting vacations to Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico and San Francisco — with a visit to the Google headquarters!
I have a lot of exciting plans in mind for ListProducer.com in 2016. I made a video to share them with you. Hopefully this is the start of a new trend and I’ll be sharing more videos this year!
Click here to watch it.