Admin Day- Dealing with the Dirty Dozen

Here is my latest column for the St Croix Courier…enjoy!

Admin Day- Dealing with the Dirty Dozen

In to each life a little rain must fall…and in the case of an Entrepreneur that would be the dreaded administration work. When you got into business you had a dream….a dream that included energy filled days where [...]

10 Tips to Ensure a Great Day at Work

Over the past seven years I have been fortunate to have had Christel Seeberger in my life, she is a great friend who is also an Occupational Therapist . Christel is an amazing person to say the least. In her practice she has helped my son who has sensory issues, my grandfather who wanted to spend the last [...]

Back to Business Basics

As our small province is dealing with the recent transition of government and our friends to the south are heading to the polls. It seems that the state of the economy is the same whether you are chatting at a coffee shop in rural new Brunswick or on Wall Street in the USA. 

With a pile of debt [...]

Daily Kaizen – Have a Well Stocked Desk

Daily Kaizen…Change for the Better

Make work, less work!

Keep everything that you need to do your specific job at your fingertips.  

And only what you need…eliminate the useless clutter.

Motivation in the Home Office:Having Daily Rituals

Working from Home can pose its own set of issues…

One of the things that you can do to keep you in the flow and on your game is the daily rituals. Daily Rituals like the morning java jolt and enjoying the daily paper can be the catalyst to get your day off to the [...]

Motivation in your Home Office on a Rainy Day

What do you do when the spring rain puts a damper on your motivation?

Staying focused can sometimes be challenging when you are a solopreneur. Working alone in a home office can be lonely at the best of times however when you add some gloomy weather it can be paralyzing.

Time to pull out your [...]

A little Office Fun on Friday

Yahoo it’s Friday….

Feeling a bit frustrated….trapped in the office on a lovely Friday….perhaps it’s time to get out of the office…..and head to Walmart to purchase some Nerf guns…..want to play?

Your Top 5 The Most Awesome KICKASS Business Tip Ever!

Over 5 years ago I learned one of the most valuable KICKASS Business Tips ever… No really I am not kidding.

I learned it from Cameron Herold who read it somewhere….and used the concept for himself with some…OK lots of success…check out his bio…and, at that very small conference that he happened to be [...]

Does it need to feel good and look good?

Organizing Philosophy…

“Organizing is not about how it looks but about how it functions and feels”

Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting my “Clutter to Clarity” workshop at a Lunch & Learn to 7  amazing women. They love what they do, they love the company they work for and they admire their leader….to be [...]

The 5 Minute File..AKA…the Crappy Paperwork that never gets done

I challenge you right now to take 15 minutes to gather up all the bits of paper currently cluttering your desk, floor, chair…etc, and put it aside…together…in a folder…to work on at a time that is more convenient. By convenient I mean when you can take some uninterrupted time to Git-R-Done!

This gathering of the [...]