Archive for the ‘Productivity’ Category
Monday, July 19th, 2010
How we spend our time is essentially how we spend our lives. It’s a very big deal.
For those of us that have busy lives, time is incredibly precious. Sometimes time can feel like the biggest thing you are fighting against. It’s that feeling of rushing to get things done, or confusion and inactivity from having too many things to do and not enough time to do them, or feeling dissatisfied because your life isn’t in alignment with your heart.
Know what I mean?
One of the most common mistakes that I see people make when trying to create balance, time, and energy in their life stems from not being clear on their priorities.
Each and every day, we are presented with endless possibilities of things to do, see, and hear. Often, we aren’t clear on what is more important to do and what is less important to do - both in terms of our Overarching Priorities and Day-to-Day Priorities. This lack of clarity leads to ...keep reading
Tags: better decisions, business, efficiency, lack clarity, priorities, Success, time management
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Today I want to share with you an important piece of information that may seem very obvious. The truth is, though, most people don’t utilize this incredibly effective tool for moving forward and getting unstuck instantaneously! The powerful tool I’m talking about is the mini-action step, as I like to call it.
Without mini-action steps, it’s very easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer size and extent of your dream goals. While dream goals can create excitement and enthusiasm, if you aren’t sure how to make those dream goals happen, or don’t know what your next steps are, you can end up very stuck.
In contrast to the enormity and greatness of your BIG Project or dream goal, the mini-action step is ...keep reading
Tags: activate mini-action steps, big project, dream goals, examples mini-action steps, joanna lindenbaum, mini-action step
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Each December, many of us begin making our New Year’s resolutions – lists of juicy and not-so-juicy goals we’d like to achieve over the year. We promise ourselves things like “lose 10 pounds,” “create a loving relationship,” “take a trip to Costa Rica,” or “eat less sweets.” Often we accomplish these resolutions, yet many times they remain nice thoughts that were quickly forgotten by the end of the first week of the year.
Does this sound familiar?
How many New Year’s resolutions have you made and broken - or worse yet - made and forgotten?
For the last few years I’ve found a fun, intuitive way to help create meaningful resolutions and stick to them. I do this by first creating a personal theme for my year and then by allowing resolutions to naturally flow from that theme or way of living and experiencing the world. This article focuses on creating your personal theme for the new year.
By creating a theme for the year, you will be able to feel more fulfilled and stay aligned with your deepest desires. Once you uncover your theme, ...keep reading
Tags: abundance, create your personal theme, creating a personal theme, creating meaningful resolutions, desires, heart-centered, new years resolutions, personal theme, soulful coaching, yearly goals, yearly theme
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
In my coaching practice, I hear it time and time again:
“Ugh, it’s wintertime. It’s cold and dark…and I feel stuck!”
Entering into the winter season can bring up a lot of fear, anxiety, and struggle for you if you “fight” against it. Most of us are naturally drawn to the energy and feel of spring or summer - these are times when the weather is nice, there is plenty of light out, people are feeling sociable and energetic, and they’re very excited about the renewal and growth happening in the natural world (and then mirrored in their own lives).
Winter, on the other hand, can be seen as a really tough time of year when projects are suspended, enthusiasm is low, and things move very slowly. However, if you can honor that winter is supposed to have a different energy, feel and look from the spring, summer or even autumn, then the dark season can become a beautiful time of rest, renewal and creativity.
The trick is to be able to understand and honor that the wintertime, and the lessons and experiences it brings, are just as important as the summertime lessons and experiences.
Here are a few ways to make your winter experience work for you: ...keep reading
Tags: anxiety, barebones, be bold, fear, great creativity, honor winter, honoring your body, inner experience, joanna lindenbaum, mother nature, observe nature, pump higher energy, sometimes less is more, soulful coaching, winter experience work
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
It’s that time of the year again - holiday season! Next week, many of us will begin a dizzying six weeks of traveling, eating, partying, spending, and being with family. It can be a lot to handle, even for the most balanced and prepared individuals.
Often, by the time the New Year emerges, you can feel drained, exhausted, bloated, and ready to hide out from your friends and family for a while. That’s not the best way to start the new year!
I want to make sure this doesn’t happen to you this holiday season, and you start 2010 with clarity, vitality, and balance. Here are my top seven tips for thriving and enjoying yourself between now and the end of the year (and beyond!): ...keep reading
Tags: anxiety, balance, energy, family, holiday dinner, holiday season, holiday travel, holiday wellness guide, joanna lindenbaum, soulful coaching, time
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
I have been talking a lot lately with women who are telling me that they are working hard, quite often achieving their goals, and yet still not feeling successful, accomplished, or good about what they are doing. A typical story goes like this:
You decide that you want to accomplish a big project, for example, writing your book. You work on it for six months. You create your action plan, you meet all of your mini-goals or milestones, and you finally finish your book. You have a completed manuscript! And yet, you don’t feel all that accomplished for putting the final edits on it. Instead, you start brainstorming how you are going to get your book published. So, you work hard to find an agent, and then to get your manuscript published…and all that happens! And yet, you still don’t feel satisfied. You still feel like you’ve got more to do, and you start thinking about working on your next book.
Know what I’m talking about?
It’s as if no matter what you do, no matter how small or how big, no matter what you complete, you are constantly thinking and maybe even stressing over the next big accomplishment, the next milestone. You find it hard to simply take pleasure in your process and in your achievement. You feel hungry for the next success all the time.
When enough never feels like “enough” ...keep reading
Tags: drive vs. passion, energize your life, fear, joanna lindenbaum, motivation, soulful coaching, understand drive, understand passion
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
In our Modern World, life can get really busy and really fast. We spend a lot of time and energy running around, and also place a lot of importance on our left brains - our rational minds.
Despite all this, somewhere, deep in our souls, we know the importance of slowing down and connecting to our inner wisdom, connecting to our right brains - that place of deep intuition and creativity that holds so many answers and so much richness for us.
Here is a list of my absolute favorite top 5 ways to really settle in and listen to the treasury of wisdom that your heart and soul has for you. None of them need to take up a lot of time or effort! Connecting to your inner wisdom can be easy and flowing.
1) Journaling: To cut through the mind’s chitter chatter and get straight to your inner wisdom, journaling works best if you write fast, without stopping, without worrying about grammar or language, or even full sentences. The name of the game is here is to write quickly without judgement or even thought, and see what comes up for you. It helps to start with a provocative phrase like: “I am a woman who…..” or “I am here….” ...keep reading
Tags: connect, dancing, joanna lindenbaum, journaling, wisdom
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
By now, you probably know that creating a solid Action Plan and Blueprint are key to envisioning and following through on any BIG project, from building your business to publishing your book to reaching your health or fitness goals.
If you plan correctly, you will have not only a juicy vision of your BIG project; you will also end up with a thorough and easy to execute day-by-day and week-by-week plan of how you will get from point A to point B, while still having plenty of time left over to enjoy your life.
But did you know that if you create the details of your plan before being clear on your bigger vision, you usually end up wasting a ton of time and energy?
While you don’t need your 100% completed idea in place in order to plan and move forward, you do need to have a pretty good idea of what you want your vision to look like.
Think of it this way: imagine you live on the East Coast and want to take a road trip to the West Coast. You pack your bags, buy your road map, buy your local attraction guide, get in touch with your friends on the West Coast to let them know you’re coming, and then get in your car to go.
Where are you going? To Los Angeles? To Seattle? To Portland?
If you were driving from NYC to Los Angeles, you would pack a different set of clothing and take a very different driving route with particular rest stops than if you were driving to Seattle. Your plan would be completely different. ...keep reading
Tags: Add new tag, big project, bigger vision, clarification, plan, soulful coaching, Success, vision
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Email is a fantastic tool that helps us communicate quickly and efficiently. However, often we get stuck in a habit of incessantly checking our emails or using email for personal instead of professional use at the office. This can add minutes if not hours onto our work days.
- Eliminate Personal Emails from Your Work Day: Send all personal emails to a separate personal email account that you check either outside of work hours or once during the day. This goes for social networking on sites like Facebook that don’t directly relate to your business.
- Limit Your Professional Email Usage: Instead of checking your email each time a new message appears in your inbox, set aside certain times during the day that you read and respond to emails. You’ll be surprised at how much time you gain!
Tags: business tools, email, email management, organization, Productivity, time, time management
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
I am a firm believer that each of us, no matter who we are, has a deep and sacred desire to be BIG and be seen for the positive impact we are making on our families, friends, communities and the world. Even if you know yourself to be the most modest person out there, you still have, somewhere inside, an authentic and beautiful desire to fully show up for your life, do amazing things, and be recognized for it.
This could take the form of having a super-successful business, becoming a performer, writing a bestselling book, receiving accolades at work, creating a website that provides resources and information on a topic you’re passionate about, becoming the President of your PTA or Co-op Board, or excelling as a leader in your volunteer organization or family. We each carry within us the desire to be big and seen because there is so much to be gained from it ...keep reading
Tags: balance, big, business, career, coach, entrepreneur, family, impact, leader, lifestyle, passion, positive, process
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