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Stop wasting time talking about being “busy.”

How much time do you spend each day thinking about, worrying about, talking about, or planning for being busy, overworked, and not having enough time? I suspect it’s more than you think. It can actually cause us to lose up to 2 hours of time each day.  How?...

Is Overworking Your Employer’s Fault?

Over the next few weeks, I will focus on the problem of overworking.  There is much to unpack for this problem. I’ll share it a little at a time over the next few weeks. I like to start with a definition. Definition of overwork 1: to cause to work too hard, too long,...

Don’t Be a Traffic Jam

You’ve had a productive day, and it is quitting time. You need to be home by 6:00 so you can cook, eat, and get the kids to their school event that starts at 7 PM.  You decide to leave at 5:30 to achieve that goal. It is 5:30.  You hop in your car and head off...

Do you say, “They should” and call it a boundary?

What is a boundary?  From Merriam Webster Definition of boundary: Something that indicates or fixes a limit or extent. Many of us think that trying to limit how someone else should behave when they are around you is setting a boundary.  You...

Set Schedule Boundaries

Many of us who do corporate work, have a lot of autonomy in our work schedule.  For example, In my last job, I was told that I could flex my schedule around standard core hours.  I shouldn’t start my day after 9AM, and I needed to make sure I was available...