Archive for the 'Work Life Balance' Category

Tip: Do a Little Quality Assurance on Your Own Work

If you really want to make an impression with the work you submit to clients or managers or other team members, spend a little time doing a little Quality Assurance (QA) on your work before sending it over.  Make sure your work is of the highest quality, regardless of how insignificant you may think it [...]

All Work, No Turkey?

So Thanksgiving is just 2 days away. I was hoping that I could kind of ease into it throughout Wednesday, by having an easy workload. Ugh, I was very, very wrong! Total opposite. I have a tight deadline to complete an eLearning course that is butting right up against turkey day on both sides (Wednesday [...]

Tip: Create SMART Goals

Have you ever just felt that you keep working and working, but nothing gets finished? Well the trick to feeling “accomplished” is to create little goals for yourself. Now, when creating goals, you can set lofty ones like buying a new home, or smaller ones like completing one chapter in your next ebook. But whatever [...]

Heading Into the Weekend

“So what are you plans for the weekend?” When people ask you that, do they really want to know?  I’m not sure if they are sincere in their asking. I do know that when I have something exciting planned that I’m eager to tell them.  But when I don’t have anything planned (like this weekend), [...]

Tip: Spend Your Time Wisely

Do you often feel that there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get everything that needs to be done – done? Be sure that you spend your time wisely. We make budgets for our money, so why not budget our time as well. Not every activity that you have planned every day is [...]

What’s My Motivation?

If you have done any kind of acting (or maybe seen a movie about acting), you have probably heard your acting teacher to tell you to ask yourself “What’s my motivation?” Well, what’s good for actors, is good for the rest of us. Have you ever taking a minute or two to simply reflect on [...]

Tip: Give Yourself a Simple Reward

I would like to say that I feel very accomplished today! I completed an eLearning course that I have been developing ahead of schedule (it’s due to be completed tomorrow). So I rewarded myself with a little goofing off time surfing the web. I find that just “allowing” myself an hour or so of play [...]