If you want to take back control of the trajectory of your life, you’ll want to improve your self-management. What’s that? You’re not familiar with self-management? While, this consists of skills that guide us in making decisions, how we react, and control our thoughts and feelings. Self-management also keeps us accountable in that we know […]
Who wouldn’t want to accomplish more in the limited amount of time that we have? I think we would. But, since we’re only given 24-hours a day, the only way that’s possible is to manage our time and energy more efficiently. Over the years, I’ve found the 4 D’s of time management to be the […]
Last summer’s COVID-19 put a wrench in various summer programs for kids. This summer, keep your kids from feeling cheated by COVID, by using an online calendar like AnyDo Calendar or ClickUp Calendar to plan ahead with wonderful activities and events. Even if you are working full-time — if you do the planning and find […]
Many of us struggled with our mental health and productivity when the COVID-19 completely turned the world upside. Then, during the summer, we were guilty somewhat of easing up a bit — and who could blame us? Then winter came, and COVID cases started surging again — but it appears with the vaccine roll-out, we […]
When IBM unveiled the first smartphone, the Simon Personal Communicated and not the iPhone, in 1992, only 50,000 units were sold. Today, there are more phones than people on the planet. Back in the late 20th Century — we couldn’t wrap our heads around the potential of mobile phones. Obviously, we use our phones to […]
For many of us, it was a long and dark pandemic-riddled winter. But, it appears that we’re almost through it. The days are warmer and longer. The sun is shining more brightly. And, hopefully, the worst of COVID is in the rearview mirror. “Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April […]
There seems to be a misconception that both individuals and organizations must choose between being creative or being productive. In a way, that does make sense. “There is a fundamental tension between productivity and creativity, and managers won’t get more of the latter until they recognize it,” Art Markman writes in HBR. “Productive people move […]
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” — Michael Corleone Why would I quote a line from 1990’s Godfather: Part III? It is arguably, after all, the worst film in the iconic franchise. But, for some reason, it reminded me of the phrase “cancel culture.” Unless you’ve been completely disconnected, […]
I’ve been groggy the last couple of days. That’s expected — what with daylight saving time. However, it’s nothing to balk at. And I think COVID has made the “can’t sleep” worse. I recently asked a doctor about my non-sleep habits. Anxiety in the night — so I get up and work, play vid games […]
As a whole, we’re a stressed-out nation. In fact, Gallup reported that 55 percent of Americans are stressed-out during the day. That’s actually 20 percent higher than the global average — I’d suspect that stress has skyrocketed since the pandemic. While stress is a normal emotion, when not addressed, there can be serious repercussions. Stress […]
Deanna Ritchie
Editor-in-Chief at Calendar. Former Editor-in-Chief and writer at Startup Grind. Freelance editor at Entrepreneur.com. Deanna loves to help build startups, and guide them to discover the business value of their online content and social media marketing.