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How many times have you tried to leave work on time but it never works out? There always seems to be “one more thing” to do and what you think will take you 10 minutes ends up taking an hour and you still have . . . one more thing to do! But you know […]

Want to know the real reason you keep working long hours and not making your personal time more of a priority? Why you put high expectations on yourself to be there for your team and deliver, yet always feel like you are not doing enough? Or why you believe that you need to work harder […]

Do you secretly wish that you could be more confident in yourself? You want to speak up in meetings without your heart racing, feeling anxious or end up not saying anything at all. You want to feel sure in your decisions instead of always overthinking and second-guessing yourself. You want to come across as a […]

Life lesson #7: You can’t see how all the dots will connect YET. When I left my corporate career in 2015, I said it was because I wanted more fulfillment and flexibility – which was true. It was also true that, while I kept good boundaries, I had a VERY hard time mentally disconnecting from […]

Are you feeling overwhelmed with your life and that you just didn’t accomplish what you set out to do this year? You are not alone. The end of the year can leave us feeling inspired for all that is to come or, like many, feeling like we didn’t accomplish many of our goals! Perhaps, this […]

Find yourself so busy always ‘going, going, going’ and rushing from one thing to the next? You’re not alone! In this short video, you will hear about one story from years ago where I was SO distracted it led to something quite embarrassing (but trust me – it turned into something good . . . listen […]

If you’re like most people, you end the day or the week feeling like you didn’t do enough.  You might have the best of intentions when you start your day or week, but you end up getting side-tracked with last-minute issues and other people’s requests. Deadlines get delayed, piling up the work. And, you feel […]

People are often surprised to discover that I am “terrible” at organizing my email inbox. In any given mailbox, I might have more than 15,000 unread emails . . . . . . even though managing your email effectively to achieve “inbox zero” is a tried-and-true time management tactic. You see, even back in my […]

Last year, I worked with a Director from Microsoft who was feeling overwhelmed and overloaded. Sarah is mission-driven, wanted to create an impact in her work and world, and is a high achiever. When we started to work together, she was also feeling “scattered, disorganized, unfocused, tired, not enough time for value-add work” and so […]

So many busy leaders tend to focus on time management. While that can be helpful, what is even more helpful is when you focus on managing your energy. While time is fixed, your energy is variable. This means you can do things each day to increase your energy or actually drain your energy. How many of us do things that flex […]