by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 31, 2013 | Books, Productivity
The other day, I wrote a post about How to Set Life Goals in 2013. In the post, I walked through the SMART goals framework from Paul Meyer’s Attitude is Everything (which I’ll recommend again — it’s just $2.99 for 144 motivating pages.) As I walked...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 29, 2013 | Business, Productivity, Uncategorized
By now, I imagine you’ve realized that the truth is staring you in the fact: It’s a new year. (Cue: So, what are you going to do about it?) For me, a new year is about new goals. Whether you got a chance to do goal-setting over the holidays before 2013...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Dec 4, 2012 | Business, Productivity
My girlfriends and I are in the midst of planning our annual reunion, and once again we’re using a nifty tool called Doodle to schedule it. Doodle is one of those cool little planning things I take for granted ever since I was introduced to it, but I realized...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Nov 18, 2012 | Business, Productivity
This weekend I was on a great run while listening to a new-ish episode of The Simple Mom Podcast. In the podcast, my friend Tsh interviewed Arianne of To Think is To Create, and at one point asked Arianne if she was a morning person or a night owl. Arianne’s...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jun 15, 2012 | Books, Productivity
One of the most commented on aspects of my blog is my reading habit. For the past five years or so, I’ve been setting a goal to read 100 books a year, and handily breaking it each year without pushing myself — usually coming in around 115 or so. (See a...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jun 13, 2012 | Books, Productivity
Source: clairediazortiz.com via Claire on Pinterest When I read an article a few weeks back stating that, on average, people reportedly read 30% more thanks to electronic reading devices like the Kindle, I was speechless. Not in the shocked...