If you’re planning a vacation from work, here is a quick and easy suggestion for making the most of your time off. It’s scandalous. Blasphemous. Heresy. Your first thought will be, “I can’t possibly do that.” Trust me. You can, and if you do, you’ll realize what...
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The Perils of Squeezing In “One More Thing”
Ahh the holidays. The time when we not only wrap up year-end projects and make grand resolutions for the future, but many of us also spend every free minute shopping for the “perfect gift.“ Or cooking things we normally don’t, planning big, expensive, sparkly parties,...
Top 3 Tips for Productive, Stress-Free Holidays
An unfortunate side-effect of all the merry-making, partying, giving, and time with friends and family, is the rapid rate by which our to-do list seems to grow in December. It often makes for increased stress, when this should be one time of year that we can just...
Top 6 Tips for Fighting Holiday Stress
In addition to managing stress by being in control of the details of your life, yesterday we had the first half of a guest post from Dr. Harvey Kitzman, explaining exactly what stress does and how it affects us. Below he shares his top 6 easy and inexpensive ways to...
How Stress Hurts
I think the best way to deal with the stress of our busy lives is to be in CONTROL over the details, having everything out of your head where you can see it and manage it effectively. That’s why I teach people the Empowered Productivity System, to turn chaos into...
