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Smarter Work-From-Home Eating

April 8, 2021/2 Comments/in Fitness, Food, Health, Home, Reduce Stress, Saving Time, Tool for Success/by Paula Rizzo

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Picture this: it’s 11 a.m. and you’re feeling a little grumbly after an early breakfast. You’re working from home, so you wander into the kitchen and eat a handful of chips.

You make a quick and boring sandwich for lunch. An hour later, you’re hungry again, and you snack on some candy this time. Dinnertime rolls around, and you’re too tired to cook.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

Three Ways to Change Your Relationship with Stress

March 27, 2021/1 Comment/in Happiness, Health, Reduce Stress, Tool for Success/by Paula Rizzo

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Stress expert Heidi Hanna has a saying: stressing is a blessing. If you feel skeptical about that, keep reading — Heidi convinced me, and her ideas have allowed me to take advantage of stress and make it work for my benefit.

Stress is often framed as a bad thing, but Heidi knows that there are ways to take advantage of stress to improve your mood and productivity. In her work as founder of Synergy, a consulting company that works with companies to improve performance through brain-based strategies, Heidi has developed actionable ways to change your relationship with stress.

Growth Mindset for Work From Home Productivity

November 5, 2020/0 Comments/in Learning With a List, Reduce Stress/by Paula Rizzo

Working from home isn’t going anywhere — Biz Journals reported a few weeks ago that Microsoft is giving their employees the option to work from home some or all of the time, even after the pandemic ends!

We’re eight months into the pandemic, so now is a good time to take stock of where you’re at with WFH, especially since this is the normal for lots of people. In fact, I created a LinkedIn Learning course called “Optimizing Your Remote Office for Maximum Productivity” to help you out.

“Thimble List” vs. Bucket List for Joy and Mindfulness

October 23, 2020/2 Comments/in Beauty, Happiness, Reduce Stress/by Paula Rizzo

You know the phrase “stop and smell the roses?”

I always thought it sounded a little cheesy. But now that we’re in the seventh month of quarantine (wow!), I’m starting to think that whoever thought of that phrase has the right idea.

I used to be all about bucket lists, but I want to introduce you to the “Thimble List” — AKA “the stop and smell the roses list.”

Stop Multitasking and Practice Kotsu-Kotsu

October 10, 2020/0 Comments/in Increase Productivity, Reduce Stress, Saving Time, Tool for Success/by Paula Rizzo

Do you ever find yourself answering texts or emails during Zoom meetings? If you do, you’re not the only one.

Multitasking seems like a great way to get more done in less time. But it’s actually undermining your productivity and causing more stress if you do it all the time.

Why? Because humans are just not wired to multitask.