Articles on: Productivity

Productivity – how to get off the wheel

Most of us are running pretty hard…but the question is are we getting anywhere?  Productivity is a tricky business – no matter how much you upgrade the wheel or add shiny attachments to it – running faster (working harder) won’t move you forward.  If you really want to be productive, you ultimately have to get […]

What are you going to stop?

One of the biggest challenges of owning your own business is trying to fit everything in (Who needs sleep?).  On a typical day you’ll probably spend a few hours dealing with current customers, a few hours trying to land new customers and a good chunk of your time managing your employees and worrying about money.  […]

Can a habit lead to success? 3 ideas to help

I’ve got a weakness for chocolate.  In fact, I’ve developed a bad habit of finding something chocolate to eat pretty much every day.  It could be one of those Ghirardelli squares (love the ones with caramel), a cupcake…even a few M&Ms will work. As habits go, this one is fairly harmless – sure it’s not […]

Slow week? 5 things to make it great!

Every now and then you get handed a slow week – usually the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, but sometimes you’ll get a quiet week other times during the year.  Maybe you’ve officially taken the whole week off – which is great!  However if you’re like most business owners, you’re ‘working’ this week, […]

15 ideas to make you Super productive

The world is moving faster every single day.  In fact if you want to keep up with it, you need to start developing some super powers…super productivity skills just to keep up!  Everybody faces different arch enemies – for some it’s the dreaded interruptions, for others it’s that evil villain technology…for most it’s dealing with […]

Only 29% of biz owners know the Cloud?

Apparently a lot of small business owners are not familiar with ‘The Cloud’ – at least when it comes to Cloud Computing as a technology solution for their business.  According to a recent survey (May of 2011) done by the Small Business Authority, only 29% of small business owners are familiar with the term Cloud […]