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5 More Things to Do So You Can Have More Time
By Marcia Francois
Want to get more of the right things done? These tips are sure to help you.
6. Stop multi-tasking
Yes, you read that correctly When you try and do multiple tasks, your attention is split and you lose focus. The lack of focus means that you end up spending a lot longer completing [...]
5 Things You Must Do to Have More Time
By Marcia Francois
One of the most common goals my clients tell me about is that they want more time.
If you can relate, I have good news for you – if you put just one of these tips into practice, you will save hours every week:
1. Learn to say no
Saying no helps you set strong boundaries.
What [...]
Tim Ferriss’s Secret to a Four-Hour Workweek
By Marcia Francois
Have you heard about Vilfredo Pareto? Maybe, maybe not.
He was an Italian economist who came up with an absolutely brilliant concept called the Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule, as most of you will probably be familiar with.
Anyway, Pareto’s Principle states that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts.
The lovely [...]
The 5 Minutes That Will Change Your Life
By Marcia Francois
How would you like to start every day off on the right foot? Wouldn’t you like to feel a sense of excitement as you start your day? You CAN if you do something for just 5 minutes a day.
This is not some crazy statement – it really is true. I promise [...]
Get more done by doing this ONE thing
By Marcia Francois
There is a little-known secret that, once understood, will absolutely change the way you run your life.
That secret is using your natural energy cycles, or playing to your strengths.
When you work with your energy cycles instead of against them, you save time because you do things faster, with more clarity and with greater [...]
5 Steps to Deal With Overwhelm
By Marcia Francois
So many readers write in with this question: “how do I deal with overwhelm?”
A few weeks ago, I was dealing with my own overwhelm.
I had many meetings day after day after day (which means you get behind on the office stuff), my normal business activities plus I had to re-write a LOT of [...]
5 Reasons Why You Should Have a Master To-Do List
By Marcia Francois
There is something so powerful about a central place to store all of your ideas, thoughts and to-do items.
You don’t feel distracted and scattered because everything is in one place.
Whenever I start feeling overwhelmed, I make a master to-do list of everything I need AND want to do.
My current list contains [...]
How to Menu Plan AND Save You Time and Money
By Marcia Francois
Do you menu plan?
Menu planning is probably the one thing I do that saves me the MOST time every week.
It is also going to save you money when you start using up all the food in the freezer and in the back of the cupboards.
Note – you must do this BEFORE you go [...]
Top 3 Time Tips to Manage Your Small Business
By Marcia Francois
Small business owners have so much to do every day – the business of your business (or what you’re actually paid to do), marketing, administration (emails, voicemails, etc.), bookkeeping. The list goes on and on…
And that’s only one part of your life!
In order to have a balanced life, you need to [...]
Quick! Organise your office
By Marcia Francois
It’s hard to be productive when your space is not only a mess, but also disorganised.
60% of people are visual (I am too!) so clutter and “stuff” strewn all over the place will just drive you up the wall!
Before we start, let’s get ready:
