Category Posts: Productivity

Email, text, chat… OH MY!

Email is whooshing. A text is dinging. Facebook chat is chiming. The computer is beeping.  The calendar is flashing. A reminder is bonging. And, wait, is that the phone actually ringing?(How many of you actually had to think about what your phone sounds like when someone calls?) You can customize every sound to the point [...]

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Conquering Your Fears: Making Things Happen

What are you afraid of? What’s holding you back? Are you afraid you will bite off more than you can chew? Are you afraid to say no? Worse, are you afraid THEY will say no? Are you afraid to say yes? Fear can tremendously impact your success. Being able to plan, decide and move forward [...]

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Getting Faster: Multiple Monitor Setup

As a FileMaker developer with a focus on delivery of high-value solutions as quickly as possible, I always look for ways to enhance my development environment to optimize speed and efficiency. As you can imagine, there are multiple tools that I need immediate and reliable access to throughout my development day. Here are just a few [...]

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Don’t Eat Bon Bons and Get Fat – 7 Ways to Avoid Interruptions

I’m sure you’ve all seen the 2012 DirecTV commercials – they result in awesome lines like, “Don’t end up in a roadside ditch”, “Don’t have a grandson with a dog collar” or “Don’t re-enact scenes from Platoon with Charlie Sheen.” I love these commercials because they are about how a little thing (like arguing with [...]

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How to Tame Your Phone

(or at least prevent it from attacking your to-do list) Here’s the premise: your back is against the wall and you are fighting your way through the pressure of your lengthy to-do list. And, the PHONE WON’T STOP RINGING. How do you stay focused and not let the phone calls throw you out of the [...]

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