by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 2, 2014 | Business, Goals
Interested in setting goals? Every December, Michael Hyatt opens up his popular course, Best Year Ever. I highly recommend it. Watch three FREE videos from him about goal-setting here. New year, new goals. My inbox seems full of folks talking about what they want to...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Nov 14, 2013 | Business, Productivity
It’s an age-old question. And one even our forefathers puzzled over. Are those emails you spend hours writing each day really work, or are they a horrific distraction from the real work you need to get done? Here are two perspectives. Amazingly, I believe both....
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Oct 25, 2013 | Business, Uncategorized
Be forewarned: This post is not one in which I (attempt) to impart the limited wisdom I have gained from my life. Instead, it’s a post in which I ask for wisdom from you wise ones. The Background: My friend Adam Grant is the youngest tenured professor at...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Oct 24, 2013 | Business, Productivity
Like many of you, I get a lot of emails. And, like many of you, a lot of those emails are asks or pitches for things. Some are good, some are not so good. This week, I got one of the latter kind. It wasn’t no-good-terrible-bad, but it had some key flaws. In...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Oct 10, 2013 | Business, Goals, Productivity
“Every single Thursday, I quit something.” – Bob Goff My friend, Bob Goff, is crazy. In an amazing way, of course. He is one of the most accomplished people I have ever met. He runs a law firm and a non-profit organization (yes, both), serves...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | May 7, 2013 | Blogging, Business
{Have you checked out the free 7-day Start Your Blog Challenge? Sign up here. Want a free PDF ebook of these instructions? Go here. Starting a blog is one of the very best things that ever happened to me, and I love to share with folks why blogging is a great...