Get more done, eliminate your piles, make more money and live your favorite life! Tips, Tactics & Strategy for Coaches, Consultants, Service Professionals & Small Businesses from Stephanie LH Calahan the Productivity & Get It Done Specialist.
Does your entire business match the brand you really want to communicate? Listen in today as I talk about branding with a big "B" and how you might have brand leaks
Does your business support who you really are, or is it keeping you from living the lifestyle you want?
Each of us has resources/assets that give us an advantage when used strategically. They can give us positional advantage or increase our productivity. Leverage used properly in your business can give you a bigger reach and a bigger opportunity to get your message out to a broader audience.
There are many things that we do in our day that can create profit leaks in our business. Today I share some simple strategies that you can do right now to begin to identify yours.
Being always on the go can help us feel important and needed. Being “busy” can be a way of feeling productive. Are you productive or are you passing the time being busy? Today, I share 20 true/false questions that I ask my private clients to help them see where their profit is leaking.
Peter Drucker says "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." As you get ready to roll into the next year, here is an exercise to make sure you are focused on the right things.
Concluding my series of tips from my expert panel on how to avoid and overcome procrastination.
We’ve all been there. In that world of “I’ll do it later.” However, if you procrastinate too much, your business can really be hurt. Today, I continue my series of tips from my expert panel on how to avoid and overcome procrastination.
We all do it sometimes – PROCRASTINATE – put off for tomorrow what we should be doing today. But you can avoid procrastination and for the past few days I have been sharing tips from my expert panel and I’ll share some more today.
Do you have items on your todo list that consistently get moved from day to day? Then you might be suffering from procrastination! Today, I’ll share a few more tips from my expert panel.
Procrastination is the #1 reason business owners find that their business stalls. Today, I’ll share a few tips from my expert panel to help you overcome and avoid procrastination
Recently, I described myself as an extroverted introvert in one of my blog posts. A reader commented wanting to know if that was really possible. So, today I’ll share a bit more on that personality type and why it is important to your business to understand yours.
Many people think that they need to create new and unique content for every web site or social media platform that they participate on. The good news is that you don't have to create unique content for each platform! Today, I'll share my quick tips to share your brilliance anywhere you want with ease.
Have you ever paid attention to the way that you breathe? Listen to this podcast to see how your breathing patterns can affect the success of your business!
Have you ever wanted to start a podcast, but don't know where to start with content? Here is a beginning for you! Today I’ll share some tricks that my clients and I use when recording our podcasts.
Live conferences are a fantastic way to gain actionable knowledge for your business, rekindle former relationships and make new relationships. Yet, many people don't take advantage of the investment like they could. Today I'm going to share part 2 of my secret tips for how you can triple your results from attending live conferences and events.
Live conferences are a fantastic way to gain actionable knowledge for your business, rekindle former relationships and make new relationships. Yet, many people don't take advantage of the investment like they could. Today I'm going to share my secret tips for how you can triple your results from attending live conferences and events.
Sometimes when you are working solo, you find yourself in your office having difficulty focusing. That blog post or client proposal is just not getting written and maybe you are staring at a blank page. Today, I’ll share a quick tip for how to jolt your productivity back into working order.
Just because you can do something, does not mean you should. Today I’ll share a story about why one of my private clients decided to turn email off on his smart phone and some things you should consider to determine if that is the right thing for you and your business.
Distractions can cause all kinds of havoc on your business. Some are unavoidable, but others are self-created. Today, I’ll share 3 tips for self-created distraction.
Powerfully authentic business owners are also powerfully authentic communicators. For the past few days I’ve shared communication tips that will help you really “juice up” your communication. Today, I’ll share an active listening technique using strategic questions.
Powerfully authentic business owners need a number of tools in their toolbox in order to run a great business. One critical skill is great communication. Today I share 2 techniques that will ensure that your clients, prospects and team are engaged in the conversation.
Do you listen to understand or are you waiting for an opening to get your point across? If you don't have good ways to communicate in your team or with your clients or prospects, you could fall flat.
Managing your tasks is a personal thing. There are many fantastic systems out there. Today, I share the last two tips from my expert panel as they share their favorite ways to manage their ever growing list of things to do.
One of the questions that I frequently get when I work with clients is "What type of to do list should I use?" And I often answer: "It depends!" Your To-Do List should match your working style. Today, I’ll share two more ideas you can explore.
One of the questions that I frequently get when I work with clients is "What is the best way to ensure that I get things done? What type of to do list should I use?" And I often answer: "It depends!" Your To-Do List should match your working style, so I’ll share 4 different ideas you can explore.
Sometimes when you experience a lack of focus, it has nothing to do with your tasks and everything to do with your environment. Today I’ll share how to figure that out.
Today, continuing the conversation: Can you go from creative and productive in a corporate job to a mess working for yourself? Coming from the perspective of someone that had this happen to her, I’ll share my story as well as some of what I have observed with my clients.
Today, I'm going to address a question that I hear often in networking meetings and was expressed to me recently in a reader email. Can you go from creative and productive in a corporate job to a mess working for yourself? Coming from the perspective of someone that had this happen to her, I’ll share my story as well as some of what I have observed with my clients.
Friday night I learned that one of my favorite pod-casting sites was shutting down. The news hit me like a lead brick. Sure, shutting down is something that can happen when you use a 3rd-party tool. It was a real let down though, considering I had invested time linking to them and growing 1014 followers and creating 284 recordings. I was hit by the lack of customer service too, but we can certainly learn from this story; so that is what I'm going to share today.
We go to work every day with the intentions of getting things done. Some days that works great, while other days it is not as successful. No matter if you own a business with 1000s of employees or are a solo-entrepreneur trying to figure out how to get everything done, asking for help can be tough. Today, I'll share some thoughts on how to get yourself out of that rut and an example of how I saved 2.5 hours a week with one simple change.
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3 Words to Remove from Your Vocabulary to Get More Done Today - Great Ideas today from Julie Henderson of Expect Success Be Unstoppable
Sometimes we get stuck in our thinking. New ideas simply stop flowing. Today I share what worked for me recently and how you might apply it to your business.
Is Your Business on the Verge of Something Big? Can You Feel Things are About to Change? Then this is the Next Thing to Do.
Micro-managing will not allow you to grow your business. Today I share 3 simple ideas to get moving towards building a “away system” for your office.
Procrastination keeps us from living our full life! Today I’ll share a few more tips from my expert panel on how they make sure to take action and move their business forward.
Procrastination can be a business killer. Today I share a few more tips from my expert panel.
Procrastination is one of the top reasons businesses fail! Don't let that be your business. Today, I share four quick tips that you might consider trying.
Do you sometimes feel like you can't get to your tasks because you are always focusing on what others want? Let's start changing that today.
Every small business needs a plan for their technology – do you have a 1400 plan? Today I’ll share a story and explain why this is important for you.
Do you know how to figure out your hard and soft dollar costs to disorganization and lack of productivity? Figure it out today!
Delegation/Outsourcing is a really hard thing to do for many people. Today I share how I saved 2.5 hours by delegating just ONE task and how you can too.
Time blocking does not work for everyone. Today I share what time blocking is and an alternative.
Sometimes, we take an action that does not move us forward. Discover how to evaluate your actions so you can move forward!
Fabulous productivity tool for finding anything in 5 seconds or less - document management and more audiocast
Does your to-do list fail you- Try This Instead
Does music make you productive-Whats on your to-do list playlist
Today, I’ll share a few more tips from my expert panel on how they keep themselves and their staff motivated. Pick one or two and put them into place today.
Today, I’ll share a few more tips from my expert panel on how they keep themselves and their staff motivated. Pick one or two and put them into place today.
What do you do to stay motivated? Did you know that the more motivated you are the more productive you are? Yes! Productivity starts in your mind. Today, I’ll share a few more tips from my expert panel on how they keep themselves and their staff motivated.