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Find the Real Bottleneck: A Prioritization Framework for Teams
Are You Solving the Real Problem or the Visible One? A few months ago, I was in Atlanta going through TSA. Long line. Really long. The checkpoint...
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Someday is my Four-Letter Word
I’m a natural goal setter, but sometimes we set goals for the future so we can make an excuse not to take action right now. Someday has become a four-letter word in my vocabulary if I can’t think of a reason why I can’t do it now. Someday we will start...
Is Your Coffee Drink Killing your Productivity?
I’m Marcey Rader, and I’m a former sugarholic. I used to eat a treat every night after dinner, couldn’t board a plane without a Frappuccino in my hand and wouldn’t start work without a mocha latte. In my family, sugar was a food group and greens weren’t even an...
3 Ways Good Sleep Can Make You More Successful at Work
Wake up, sleepyhead! It’s not even lunchtime yet and you’re fading fast on us. Guess you shouldn’t have stayed up until 2 AM binge watching that one show you found on Netflix you can’t seem to remember the name of right now, huh? Why is that, anyway? Because you’re...
Is your boxed frozen delicacy making you fat?
Did you know that your chemically-concocted, boxed frozen delicacy that says it’s healthy is setting you up for sabotage? What the heck is a whole food anyway? Isn’t it just a grocery store chain? The terms whole foods and clean eating are...
Freedom Journal goal setting is not for the weak.
Marcey, Todd Rader, and Lilly Ferrick at Bean Traders in Durham, mapping out their 100 Day Plan over Habanero Mochas Last year I reached my 100 day Freedom Journal goal on day 98 and wrote about how it tripled my income. My friend Lilly reached hers on day 97. Lilly...
Are you a Vacation Martyr?
Are you a liability to your company and to yourself? Are you a vacation martyr who feels like even a few days off will be too much to catch up on when you get back? Project: Time Off discovered half of Americans leave vacation time on the table. Americans forfeited...
How to Hire a Personal Assistant
Does the term Personal Assistant feel fancy-pants and out of reach? Do you think having a House Manager is overkill to help you work in your line? If you said yes to either, I’m writing to help you realize not only can you wear department-store or athletic pants to...
Shrink Your Inbox with the OHIO Method
Did you know every time you reread that email, you’re wasting willpower on a microdecision? Stop wasting your time and OHIO. Only Handle It Once. We don’t wake up every morning with a neverending bucket of willpower. Instead, willpower gets depleted throughout the...
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