Time Management Tip #2 – Take Breaks

Tip#2.  While many of my tips are not numbered in order of importance, this one is.  I believe this to be one of the most important and certainly most neglected time management tips. Perhaps it is because of the counter-intuitive nature of the tip that people don’t think of it, or often believe it.  Okay […]

What You Need to Know This Week

“What does not challenge you, will not change you.” –Chelsea, Team Ride instructor (www.team-ride.com) Truth. Go out and get it this week! Find the challenge and lean in. Or jump in. Dive in. Dance in. Just find it. And let it change you.

Time Management Tip #1

Tip #1. In order to figure out what time to leave (or start a project), count back from the time you need to be there (or to finish the project). This will give you your start time. If it is a project, figure out how many hours it will take and then decide when you […]

The Meaning of “Time Management”

“Time management” is a common term that has been used for a long time. I use this term a lot because it means something to people. But in the end, I feel it is a misnomer. There are 24 hours in a day. And while you can manage a lot of things, I don’t know […]

You Want it? You Gotta Reach for it! S-T-R-E-T-C-H

I was reminded by one of my new clients this week that everything you want is outside your comfort zone. How do I know this? Because you would have it if it was comfortable. This is not always easy to hear. Many of us work hard, often unconsciously, to become as comfortable as possible. I […]

Commit!

“Until one is committed, there is a hesitancy, the chance to draw back. The moment one definitely commits oneself then Providence moves too. All sort of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” […]

Keeping Agreements – What Best to do When you Don’t

We have covered a number of points in this blog series. We have noted the importance of keeping agreements; that the more you keep them, the more you will stand out to other people and the more you will get what you want. We have noted the importance for trust-building to recognize when you have […]

Keeping Agreements With Yourself

In this blog post I want to make a distinction about agreements. Often when I talk about making and keeping agreements, most people assume I am talking about agreements with other people. And I am. But there is another category of agreement that is equally powerful to look at and that is the agreements that […]

What Happens When You Keep Your Agreements?

What is going to change when you start keeping your agreements on a regular basis? We have been talking over the last couple months about making and keeping agreements.  If you have not seen all the posts, here is the first one:  http://www.mclarencoaching.com/set-yourself-apart/ You can scroll through to see all the posts in this series. […]

On Making and Keeping Promises

Quotes That Make the Point In the midst of our blog series on making and keeping promises, here are historical quotes that speak to our point: “Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.” ~Jean Jacques Rousseau “The best way to keep one’s word is […]