Jul 2810 Times When Saying No is More Responsible Than Saying YesSo many times, we say yes because we’re trying to be good people, be helpful, serve others, show we’re part of the team, step up when others haven’t, be liked, etc. While those may be good reasons to say yes sometimes, consider the times when it’s far more responsible to…Saying No4 min readSaying No4 min read
Mar 10Sweep Time (Viewing, Listening, Waiting For, i.e., Unfinished Business)Welcome back and here we go for our final article in this series that is specifically designed to get you to sweep. Just so you know, now that you are a “sweeper,” you will never go back to being a non-sweeper. Rest assured! We are focusing on specific prompts (which…Mindsweep5 min readMindsweep5 min read
Feb 20Mindsets to Support Your Sweeping (Travel, Surgery, Telling Others)It’s time in our series about mindsweeping to consider some mindsets to support your “sweeping, based on four questions that I have received when people are sweeping. You might have even sent one of them in to me! You have been a sweeping star, I know! …Mindsweep8 min readMindsweep8 min read
Feb 17Sweep Time (Transportation, Vehicles, Travel, & Upcoming Events)In this article, which is part of our series on conducting a mind sweep, we are going to focus on prompts related to transportation, vehicles, travel, and various upcoming events. You have handouts, which are available for easy download here: https://meggin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mind-Sweep-SPSS-Module-13-Sweep-Time-Prompts.pdf If you’ve been reading through the whole series (probably…Mindsweep3 min readMindsweep3 min read
Feb 10Relatively Small Health Actions with a Positive ROI (& this is not about exercise!)Busy professionals often take their health for granted (like the rest of the healthy people do!) We do that because we think, ‘I’m fine. Nothing will happen to me.’ If you’ve learned nothing else in the last three years, I’m sure you’ve learned how precarious health is and… …how few…Productivity Tips3 min readProductivity Tips3 min read
Feb 3Mind Sweep Time (Services Needed, Skills, Learning, & Technology)More mind sweeping, anyone? We are continuing with our series of articles intended to help you with prompts for looking around in your mind for tasks, projects, commitments that you may not be acknowledging but are cluttering up your mind. And who needs that? This article’s foci (which always sounds…Mindsweep6 min readMindsweep6 min read
Jan 20Sweep Time (Projects, Reading, Repairs & Upgrades)It’s time for another set of sweeping prompts. The categories for this set are Projects, Reading, Repairs, and Upgrades. As always, these categories are both specific and broad at the same time. That’s intentional. To access the prompts to use, you’re welcome to download the materials that accompany this article…Mindsweep4 min readMindsweep4 min read
Jan 19Form New Habits for Peaceful ProductivityYou may have heard the quote from Mike Litman: “People form habits and habits form futures.” If you would like more peaceful productivity in the future, consider these 10 tips to help you form your new habits — and thus, your future. Choose one habit to replace. It may be…Habits4 min readHabits4 min read
Jan 15Reduce the Time, Energy, & Attention Loss from Drop-In Visitor ThievesWell, now. The following tips are to help you get people out of your home/work space (which is counterintuitively even harder now that many more people are working from home — all at the same time). Arrange your office/work space so you don’t get or make eye contact with people…Productivity Tips4 min readProductivity Tips4 min read
Jan 910 Tips for Professionals: Voice Mail MessagesWe all know how frustrating it is to listen to a message that has been left on our voicemail but that doesn’t give us the information we need. We may re-listen to it and still have to call the person (if they even left the number clearly) to determine what…Voicemail4 min readVoicemail4 min read