Processes

Change 1 Distraction And You Can Change It All!

August 26, 2007

Have you spent more time thinking about a task that needs doing than actually putting the work into getting it done? Burst through what’s got you distracted by focusing on one, just one task. Ask yourself and your team “What single activity on the list would create the Highest Payoff?” Once you have your answer, [...]

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5 STEPS TO MASTERING YOUR DISTRACTIONS

August 23, 2007

By Linda Feinholz, “Your Success Catalyst” Have you ever had one of those perfect solo-preneur days… Your To Do list is crystal clear, prioritized and focused on all the High Payoff activities that will get you the results you dream of. The phone is nice and quiet and no emails are peppering your computer. You [...]

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Change 1 Habit And You Can Change It All!

August 19, 2007

Are you using the same business systems and processes you’ve used for years… or new ones? If it’s been more than three years in your successful business, then it’s time to look for High Payoff changes you can make to boost your productivity. You don’t have to take on everything at the same time. Pull [...]

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High Payoff Lessons From Luggage – Time to ‘Let Go’

August 16, 2007

By Linda Feinholz, “Your Success Catalyst” Personal productivity is a topic that we all explore, sooner or later. Pick up any magazine or newspaper, tune in to your local radio, and you’ll receive a flood of material on work productivity. Get on an airline and the articles will be slanted to luggage productivity of the [...]

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3 Steps To Break Through Overwhelm!

June 14, 2007

By Linda Feinholz, “Your Success Catalyst” Every once in a while, things simply pile up. Like luggage for a long trip.  Take me for example. I’ve been ‘planning’ a trip overseas for six weeks. People started asking me “Are you ready to go?” two months before my plane was due to take off. I cheerfully [...]

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Change 1 Habit And You Can Change It All!

June 11, 2007

What about you? What ideas have you been clinging to out of habit, perhaps for months, without moving forward into your new High Payoff focus? Ask yourself “What is one piece of information that I’ve been needing to know?” Now take action on getting that information. Decide if you’ll do it or delegate it. If [...]

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5 Fresh Steps To Get Focused On Your HIGH Payoff Activities!

June 7, 2007

By Linda Feinholz, “Your Success Catalyst” If you’re like most people who are running a business, as an owner, an executive or an independent professional you get so immersed in the doing you miss your own graduations.  Two of my clients are graduating this week. “Judy” has been studying how to run her professional services [...]

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5 Steps Get Low Pay-Off Out of Your Life

May 24, 2007

By Linda Feinholz, “Your Success Catalyst”We each face the same issue when we’re immersed in a topic or a challenge: We get lost in a forest of low pay-off ideas that show up and lose sight of the High Pay-Off choices right in front of us. And the more lost we feel, the less certain [...]

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Change 1 Tool And You Can Change It All!

May 14, 2007

Forget what you’ve invested in time and money in a system that isn’t working for you. That’s a sunk cost and it’s wasting your time and attention in frustration trying to fit yourself to the tool. Let’s get back to basics. Do you know how you do your best work? Think back over many situations, [...]

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How To Fix the “Poof, Gone!” Syndrome

May 10, 2007

By Linda Feinholz, “Your Success Catalyst”  If you’re like most busy professionals, the thought of sitting in meetings with consultants, or in day-long workshops to learn How To Be More Productive is not the highest item on your priority list.   You’d rather explore new ideas, create products and services, develop a new relationship, or [...]

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