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 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 17, 2013 | Productivity, Uncategorized
Usually, we don’t see the peace around us. Instead, we bury our heads in work and play and family and life-life-life and sometimes – only sometimes – do we raise our head and really see the world around us for the calm that it really offers....
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 | Oct 1, 2013 | Books, Goals, Productivity
Interested in setting annual 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. It’s no secret that I love me some productivity hacks. So last year, I...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jul 22, 2013 | Books, Goals, Productivity
It’s no secret that starting is one of the hardest things you can ever do. My friend Jon Acuff says it well in his great book, Start. “You don’t need to go back in time to be awesome; you just have to start right now. Regretting that you didn’t start...