by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 5, 2015 | Business, Productivity
Every year, I do a few things. First, I review the year behind me (that would be 2014). Then I set annual goals for the year ahead (2015 is what we’re calling it, apparently). In that process, I choose a word of the year. This is my third year on the...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Sep 17, 2014 | Productivity
My pal Erik Fisher of the Beyond the To-do List podcast (see my recent interview with him here), has a great new book out called Hit the Mark that’s all about one of my most favorite topics: Productivity. {Yes, I’m the biggest productivity hack...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jul 24, 2014 | Business, Productivity
I’m a mindfulness junkie. And by junkie I mean that because I’m not a naturally mindful person, I surround myself with mindfulness-related things (books, blogs, conferences, apps) in order to encourage myself in a direction I’m not otherwise inclined...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jul 21, 2014 | Business, Inspiration, Productivity
We’ve all felt it. The overburdened overwork of a life gone mad. The week where everything and the cat got away from you, and all the kids and all the work and all the papers went out the window screaming and crying and huffing and puffing and making you blue in the...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Mar 18, 2014 | Business, Productivity
Every time I listen to music I like while I work, I think of my old work colleague and friend, @mutgoff. Maggie was already at Twitter when I started in 2009, moving and shaking and doing cool stuff. One day, at some point during the years we worked together, she sent...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Feb 20, 2014 | Business, Productivity
I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity of late, especially after recently having one of the most productive days I’ve had in a long time. Although I love everything related to productivity: from understanding how to really rock it, to making...