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Blame is everywhere these days.  I’ve seen articles blaming doctors for people’s addictions to pain medicines; blaming the food industry for the obesity epidemic; blaming Congress for everything. If that doesn’t cover you, you can blame genetics, your parents or an ex-lover.  We’ve all done it – I’ve blamed Krispy Kreme’s hot doughnuts light for […]

In my time management workshop, I have a big section on e-mail. When I recommend not checking it constantly, people get e-motional. I’ve never seen so much resistance to anything. (I’m not talking about people whose job is to deal with e-mail. Certain customer service jobs pretty much revolve around responding to e-mail. I get […]

I don’t know where the time goes. It seems like I just got out an issue of this newsletter, but it’s been 6 months! So there was a hip replacement in there – that hardly counts as a reason not to execute. And yeah, I sold my home (myself) and moved, but life happens. I […]

These tips will help with all your relationships – with clients, friends, and loved ones. They sound easy, but…. Don’t bring up things when you can’t control your emotions. Wait for calm. If you aren’t calm you won’t hear anything the other person has to say. And they will be freaked out by your fury/upset. […]

Don’t we all read newsletters hoping for solutions to our problems? Well, here goes: Problem 1 – I don’t have enough money for _____ or I can’t get out of debt. Solution – you have to earn more and/or spend less. I know it sounds simple, but most of the people I know who have […]