Is Multitasking really the devil it’s made out to be?

After a recent Masterclass delivery, I received an email with the following question from a participant: What are your thoughts on multitasking? I’m very much one to have many pots on the go at once. I find I can be really productive like this but perhaps there are some downsides that I’m not thinking of. […]

Have you got too many tools?

In the last round of my four week course “Four weeks to get your life under control” one of the participants expressed a desire. Their desire was to have one thing to look at to track all big projects and see their day to day. The bones They had a wall planner, a paper diary, […]

Upping the calendaring game once again!

I love calendaring! And it’s not just a one time thing. How I use mine and interact with it is always changing. I was recently reading a newsletter from Kiah Worling (tech genius!) and she had the following suggestion: Create time to rest and recharge, strategise and plan by having “refresh weeks” blocked out in […]

Realistic balance over beating ourselves up

Recently a client of mine was beating herself up for having not got things done fast enough. She felt behind. I assured her that it’s something we all experience as humans. Even very good time managers have days like that. For me personally, there are days that flow so well and leave me feeling very […]

Which key productivity question aren’t you asking yourself?

Life is full of many things to do. And we all have 168 hours a week, four weeks a month, 12 months a year, in which to fit it all in. So when a new task or opportunity comes up, I recommend that my clients ask themselves the following questions: Which of my big-picture goals […]

Ever feel like you’ve done nothing?

I wonder if you can relate to this? The other day I had a break at 1pm and I felt like I had achieved nothing. I was thinking back over the morning and my inner critic was loudly telling me that I was behind on EVERYTHING. Which simply wasn’t true. My tasks for the day […]

Calendar Booking Etiquette

Confession time! I find the process of booking meetings or arranging when someone should call me, stressful. I did as an Executive Assistant and I still do running my own business! For that reason, I like to have processes in place that minimise stress at any opportunity. Here are some of my processes that NOW […]