Tag Archive for: productivity

6 Friends Who Help Your Productivity

friendsFriends are great. They make you laugh, they listen to your problems, they help you when you need it.  But believe it or not — friends are also great for your productivity. Whether it’s a sounding boards for your ideas or projects or holding you accountable for your goals — there are lots of different things we can learn from our friends. They all help us be more productive in different ways.

Here’s my list of the types of friends and how they help you: Read more

3 Steps to Overcoming Your List-Writing Addiction

listsI got an email this week from a regular reader of this blog asking me for some help. She writes:

“What should I do if I’m spending more time writing out lists than crossing off tasks on those lists?”

Given that we make the most lists around holiday season I imagine a few of you might be suffering from this same problem, so I thought I would share my advice with you. Read more

Meet My VIP Launch Team

Listful Thinking VIP Launch TeamThe past couple of weeks I’ve been scouting for readers of ListProducer.com to join my VIP Team to help me prepare for the launch of my book “Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed.” I’m really looking forward to working with them and getting to know some of the regular readers of this blog!

Here’s the list of the fabulous people who were chosen for my team:

 

 

Garette — Hackensack, NJ

Irene — Setauket, NY

Frances — Chicago, IL

Darcie — Brooklyn, NY

Eileen — West Roxbury, MA

Arianny — Lynbrook, NY

Elka — Homestead, FL

Jason — New York, NY

Joni — Lincoln, NE

Shing — Queens, NY

Kate — Canton, OH

Ann — Ontario, Canada

Shelagh — Andover, MA

AnneMarie — Forest Hills, NY

Katie — Green Bay, WI

Bianca — Hermosa Beach, CA

Kathleen — Topsfield, MA

Sandra — East Elmhurst, NY

Laura –New York, NY

Susan — Aldie, VA

Barbara — Nanuet, NY

Shari — Austin, TX

Kathy — West Chester, OH

(PS If any of you didn’t receive the welcome email that I sent out on Tuesday – please shoot Matthew (matthew@listproducer.com) an email and we’ll find out what happened to it!)

5 Ways You’re More Productive Than You Thought

sucessOn this blog I write about the things you can do to be more productive. But what about the things you are already doing? Whether you realize it or not you’re always improving. Don’t believe me? Think back to the person you where a year ago, or five years ago. You’re probably doing a lot better than you thought.

Today I encourage you to take a moment, think about all the productive things you do and give yourself a pat on the back. Here are some productive things you might do without even knowing it! Read more

I Want to Give You My Productivity Course for Free!

paulaI’m excited to announce that in December I’ll be offering a productivity course called “Listful Thinking” on PopExpert.com. Pop Expert creates online video workshops to help you live a more fulfilling and connected life.

I had such a blast shooting this course in September with the Pop Expert team.  We filmed in a fabulous loft in Brooklyn and spent a whole day talking lists and productivity.  It didn’t feel like work at all! Read more