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Parkinson’s Law and Business

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parkinsons-law-and-businessOne of the principles of Parkinson’s Law and Business is the use of your time.

‘Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion, without producing better results.’ – Cecil Northcote Parkinson

This means that the easiest way to create time in your business and life is to take control over your time and you can debunk Parkinson’s Law and Business for yourself.

So what do you do?

Have you ever noticed that when you aren’t feeling as pressured to get something done that your tasks seem to extend just to fill the expanded time frame.  Read more →

Do You Want More Unhampered Productivity?

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Unhampered ProductivityDoes your productivity ever get hampered by your desire to find the best possible solution?

You might be thinking that you need to wait to get it just right. Or, need to find the easiest. fastest way to get something started and done.

What usually happens is that you find yourself stopped entirely. Sometimes you may even do this on purpose, to keep from having to make a decision.

How do you take charge of your business – and get out of overwhelm and procrastination?

5 Rules to Increase Your Productivity

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Certified Business Coach, Intuitive Strategist ~ As a Social Media Manager and Coach, I do the work for you and/or train corporations and small businesses how to set up their blog and a Social Media Marketing Plan around their blog/website as their business hub. As a Social Media Marketing Expert, I teach Relationship Marketing and Social Media Mastery, consulting and speaking services for corporate, business owners, and conscious entrepreneurs around the globe!
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productiveDoes your productivity ever get hampered by your desire to find the best possible solution?

As you look for the easiest or fastest route to your goal, you may find yourself stopped entirely.

  • Sometimes you may even do this on purpose, to keep from having to make a decision.

However, there’s a work-around.

Maybe you’ve heard of the term, “heuristic.”

  • Heuristics are rules that allow a solution to be found more quickly. With a heuristic, a resolution can be found even when the entire path isn’t clear from the onset.

For example: If there were no roads, but you lived in New York and wanted to make your way to California, a heuristic might be…

1. Walk west as far as you can.

2. Walk around any obstacle, if possible.

3. If faced with a mountain range, walk toward the space between 2 small peaks.

4. Repeat until reaching California.

Does this heuristic give you the most efficient solution? No; however, it will get you where you want to go, and you won’t waste a lot of time trying to make up your mind.

Now try these behavioral heuristics to increase your productivity: Read more →