I know I am not alone in thinking that our world is now full of constant distractions, mostly digital (even as I am sitting here there is the distraction of the email notification indicator, a Roomba doing its thing, and the noise of a TV in the distance).

At the end of the chapter “Start” in Effortless, McKeown says, “In recent years neuroscientists and psychologists have found that the ‘now’ we experience only lasts 2.5 seconds. This is our psychological present.” While I had some understanding of our present moment only...

I think the general thread I will follow until I’m done reading Effortless is going to be centered around time management and procrastination. One of the main takeaways I had from the reading today is about the concept McKeown introduces around microbursts. He describes it...

As I’m sure I have mentioned already, I am always on the lookout for new time management techniques to try out. A few of the ideas I have tried over the past few months have centered around lists. If you know me, then you know I like my lists—especially ones that I can...

Procrastination—oh, your song is so sweet, and we all fall for it now and again (some more often than others). But how do we combat your siren song?

I am always looking for new methods to improve my time management. It is almost to a level of fascination to me when I find a new tip or trick that saves me time—even if it is just a small amount. So when I found Dave Crenshaw’s training videos on LinkedIn, I was hooked!

It’s common to feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done.

You have an endless task list and hope that you can cross off more things than you add. 

It may help to think about whether you are trying to be efficient or effective. Here is a quick...

So many of us get to the end of the day and wonder where the time went. We feel like more should have gotten done and that there are more tasks on the list than when the day started. We’re also not making any progress on things that matter (i.e., growing the business,...

Having a business can seem like a never-ending cycle of too many things to do.