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8 Things the Most Productive People Don’t Do

8 Things the Most Productive People Don’t Do

by Marie Leslie

Productivity is a hot topic these days. Everyone seems to want to know how to be more productive. If you do a Google search for productivity tips, or how to be more productive, you’ll get about 200 million results. That’s a little overwhelming. With so many people suddenly working remotely or trying to juggle work …

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How to Declutter Your Business for a Strong Start in the New Year

How to Declutter Your Business for a Strong Start in the New Year

by Marie Leslie

Have you ever thought about how decluttering your business can start your new year strong and successful? It’s a new year, and it’s time to firm up our plans for the months ahead. To start strong in the new year, you should get ready now. One of the best things you can do to prepare …

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How to Do a Digital Declutter and Boost Your Online Productivity

How to Do a Digital Declutter and Boost Your Online Productivity

by Marie Leslie

Have you ever thought about how to do a digital declutter? Are you a neatnik or a clutter bug in your physical space? Have you cleaned every closet, sorted every drawer, straightened out the spare room and alphabetized your spices? Even if you’re clutter-free at home and office, there is one place that most people …

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When Did You Last Back Up Your Important Data?

by Marie Leslie

Do you have a backup system for your computer? When did you last back up your important data? If you don’t know the answer to that question, if it was more than a month ago, or if you don’t have a backup system—you need to read this. Digital backups have always been a hotspot for …

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How to Use Impostor Syndrome to Your Advantage

How to Use Impostor Syndrome to Your Advantage

by Marie Leslie

When I was 19, I decided I would start a photography business to pay my way through college. I enjoyed photography and I took a photography class in high school to fill a gap in my schedule.  Based on all that experience, I began photographing friends and family, and when someone suggested I should be …

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8 Ways to Make Your Home Office More Inviting

8 Ways to Make Your Office More Inviting

by Marie Leslie

Your home office can start to feel cluttered and confining, especially when you’ve been so busy working in it that you haven’t paid much attention to your surroundings. It doesn’t have to stay that way, though. There are many things you can do to make your office more inviting, whether it’s a home office, or …

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5 Habits to Position You for Success This Year

5 Habits to Position You for Success This Year

by Marie Leslie

The holidays are over, the kids are back to school and now it’s time to get back to work and get focused on your business. Are you ready? If you haven’t already set yourself up for success, take some time this week and put into place these five habits to position you for success this year. …

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5 Ways to Recharge Your Creativity

5 Ways to Recharge Your Creativity

by Marie Leslie

This post was originally published in 2013, and updated with new ideas in 2022. Are you in a rut? Is your job starting to feel like, well, a JOB? Do you feel like things are just dragging along? No new ideas? No spark? It just might be time for you to find some ways to …

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Improve your WorkSpace, Increase your Productivity

Improve your Work Space, Increase your Productivity

by Marie Leslie

Having trouble keeping on task at your desk? If you improve your work space, you can increase your productivity, with a well-organized and comfortable workspace.

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6 ways to make time to enjoy the holidays

6 Ways to Make Time to Enjoy the Holidays

by Marie Leslie

This time of year can be crazy busy, especially for entrepreneurs.  It’s easy to get so wrapped up in filling orders, serving customers, holiday shopping, family obligations, and planning for the New Year that all the fun and meaning of the winter holidays, including Christmas and Hanukkah begin to seem like an impossible chore. It’s …

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How to Be Successful in Your Business & Still Have a Life

How to Be Successful in Your Business & Still Have a Life

by Marie Leslie

One of the biggest challenges for most entrepreneurs, especially when first starting out, is how to be successful in your business & still have a life. Balance is not always a skill that comes easily when we are following our dreams and building businesses. I used to own a retail photography studio. For the last …

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Step Away from the Computer

Step Away from the Computer

by Marie Leslie

Spending long hours at the computer is not good for your health. Make a plan and regularly step away from the computer to take breaks and improve your productivity & health.

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Five Ways to Reduce Stress and Increase Productivity

5 Ways to Reduce Stress and Increase Productivity

by Marie Leslie

Do you have too much to do and not enough time to do it all? Are you constantly overworked and overstressed? Does it feel like you just can’t ever catch up? There is a solution—and it doesn’t involve adding more hours to your day or cloning yourself. The real solution is to quit overworking yourself …

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How Keeping a Business Journal Can Boost Your Success

by Marie Leslie

Do you keep a journal? You should. Keeping a business journal can boost your success. Keeping a consistent, regular record of your business growth helps you keep track of new ideas, measure your progress, celebrate your successes and analyze your flops. What is journaling? Journaling is simply the act of putting thoughts or ideas onto …

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Trade Time Management for Priority Management to Boost Success

Trade Time Management for Priority Management to Boost Success

by Marie Leslie

Priority management and time management are not the same thing. Do you know the difference? Have you fallen into the “Time Management” trap? Are you always trying to maximize your time, working on different systems to manage it, control it, and try and make more of it? Stop. Time doesn’t need managing. Time is the …

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Taming the Email Monster 4 Ways to Manage Your Email Inbox

Taming the Email Monster: 4 Ways to Manage Your Email Inbox

by Marie Leslie

Is your email inbox like mine? If I don’t keep a close eye on mine (meaning every 12 minutes), it somehow seeks revenge and its contents multiply faster than the hangers in my closet. Since I don’t want to spend my day babysitting the inbox, I’ve developed a few strategies that allow me to handle …

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Simplify Mealtime and Save Money with Menus

Simplify Mealtime and Save Money with Menus

by Marie Leslie

Are you a victim of the dreaded 5 p.m. fridge stare? You know—the one where you stare blankly into the refrigerator desperately hoping for a little dinner inspiration? There is a solution. This simple solution will not only end the nightly fridge stare but will also free you from having to stop by the store …

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4 Simple Ways to Get Organized for Fall Now

4 Simple Ways to Get Organized for Fall Now

by Marie Leslie

Fall is nearly here. We’ve already had our first snowfall here in Colorado. Thankfully, it confined itself to the high mountains and we are not yet a winter wonderland. But it was a good wakeup call. It’s time to get organized for fall. The days are getting shorter and the weather will soon be getting …

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How to Be More Productive with Time Blocking

How to Be More Productive with Time Blocking

by Marie Leslie

Are you tired of feeling like your calendar has been hijacked? Do you constantly feel like you never have enough time to finish tasks and projects? Do you start on projects only to be interrupted by things that feel less important? Does your lack of progress on your to-do list or toward your goals frustrate …

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How Saying No Can Make You More Successful

How Saying No Can Make You More Successful

by Marie Leslie

Once upon a time, my calendar was bursting at the seams. With four active children, a retail photography studio, church service, and community volunteer work, my color-coded calendar looked like a rainbow threw up on it. I was busy 24/7 and the word “relax” was not a part of my vocabulary. I felt like I …

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12 Free Apps to Increase Your Productivity

12 Free Apps to Increase Your Productivity

by Marie Leslie

Business apps are an essential for all entrepreneurs today. Subscriptions and purchases can add up quickly, though, for the solo entrepreneur. How do you choose which apps to use for your business and which are the best value? I recommend looking for free apps to increase your productivity, as a starting point. Whether the app …

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5 Reasons to Stop Being a Perfectionist Now

5 Reasons to Stop Being a Perfectionist Now

by Marie Leslie

Are you a perfectionist? Does it bring joy to your life? I’m pretty sure if the answer to the first question is yes, the answer to question number two is definitely a great big NO. How do I know that? Because I am a recovering perfectionist. I spent way too many miserable years trying to …

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8 Easy Ways to Organize Your Kitchen

8 Easy Ways to Organize Your Kitchen

by Marie Leslie

If you can organize your kitchen it’s a beautiful thing. Having a place for everything—and being able to find it—makes cooking more enjoyable and less stressful, especially after a long day at work. But sometimes, especially after those long days at work, the thought of coming home and spending your evening on an organizing project …

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8 Ways to Make Your Home Office More Inviting

8 Ways to Make Your Home Office More Inviting

by Marie Leslie

Your home office can start to feel cluttered and confining, especially when you’ve been so busy working in it that you haven’t paid much attention to your surroundings. It doesn’t have to stay that way, though. There are many things you can do to make your office more inviting, whether it’s a home office, or …

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