When you enter the workforce, few days become nearly as exciting as payday. While it feels good to get paid for your hard work, you only get paid for the results you produce when you have a business. Hourly and salaried employees are often guaranteed pay even if they had a few days that weren’t […]
It may be tempting to blame others when we feel crunched for time. The reality is that how we spend or waste time is of our own choosing. You can certainly choose to binge-watch TV all day instead of working on that assignment. That’s all you, and no one else. Learning how to manage your time doesn’t […]
Never underestimate the power of time management. Without it, you’ll miss deadlines, deliver sub-par work, gain a bad reputation, increase your stress levels, and fail to achieve a work-life balance. But, isn’t time management a personal responsibility? As a leader, you’re in charge of getting your team to do their best work promptly. So, time […]
Freelancers are the kings and queens of time management. While office workers play the 9-to-5 game and founders juggle everything from board meetings to product launches, freelancers strive to maximize the ratio of dollars paid to hours worked. Founders might be the busiest people on the planet, but that doesn’t mean they’re the best at […]
Entrepreneurs lead busy lives — often, busier than they should. In an opinion piece for the New York Times last year, Dan Lyons argued that the focus on “hustle” in startup culture is both unnecessary and dangerous. As new information continues to mount, smart entrepreneurs schedule differently. But it is also worth a look at […]
From regulating your mood to increasing alertness and productivity, getting a good night’s sleep is crucial. By developing the right bedtime habits to help you fall and stay asleep, you’re setting yourself up for success in both work and life. And these habits can be as simple as taking a shower or turning down the […]
I recently spotted a Gallup poll that reported that 41 percent of Americans feel that they don’t have enough time to do everything they want to do. From the CEO to any employee, to the stay at home mom/dad — if you don’t feel you have enough time to get all of your things done […]
Everyone defines self-care in their own unique way. Your form of self-care may be working out 3 times a week and doing yoga on the weekends while another person’s form of self-care could be a weekly date night with their significant other or binge-reading a whole book in one afternoon. Regardless of what it means […]
Through outsourcing, you can pay other people to do tasks that would otherwise bog you down. If you had sufficient funds, you could hypothetically pay people to do anything, ultimately handling all your responsibilities so you could do whatever you want—but of course, when you start a business, your funds will likely be limited. On […]
Whether you’re feeling stressed about a never-ending list of to-dos or worried about a fast-approaching deadline, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed, overworked, stressed and even anxious. Don’t you let the work pile up. These feelings get out of hand, it’s easy to find yourself in a state of burnout. However, rather than allowing […]
