Resist distractions and "be all there" with these tips: 10. Write With Write Room Microsoft Office is excellent for a lot of things. Staying focused, however, is not one of them. With so many button available to push, it's easy to be constantly interrupted. Write Room is
Hone your attention and get more accomplished with these distraction fighters: 7. Your Best For The Day’s Worst When the workday “does it's worst”, tackle it with your very best. This means you should leave the emails for later and pound out the proposal now. The earlier
Here are four more ways to continue owning your attention and resisting distractions. 4. The Golden Rule Of Attention This is the golden rule of attention: Interrupt Others as You’d Like to be Interrupted — which is never while you’re hard at work. Though we all like exchanging
Quick. Check your pockets and your purse. Take a look all around you. Check under the cushions and retrace your steps, because something very valuable is being stolen from you. It's not your wallet or your phone, your credit cards or your identity. It's something worth
Business is too often about fear: fear of the bottom-line, fear of competition, fear of being enough. But, as Maya Angelou said: “Have enough courage to love.” As we see it, love trumps fear. It’s time for us to bring love out of the corporate
Many women in the workplace have a deep set of underlying beliefs that cause a great deal of frustration, tension and inner-struggle. As a coach who has worked with hundreds of highly-driven female executives, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects that these deep-seated beliefs
Founder of the Huffington Post, president and editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and author of 14 books, Arianna Huffington is a worldwide leader who empowers women to achieve their goals and aspirations. Prompted by a series of personal health-related events, Thrive
For most of us, we’ve had the thought a time or two (or three or four). Months following the giddiness of starting a new job and learning the ropes of the position, difficulties and struggles that went unrecognized slowly begin to surface and come to
When you work hard to accomplish your goals, do everything in your power to achieve a milestone and earn a leadership position, you have every right to be proud of your successes. However, it’s also just as important to remain gracious and treat your team
We've teamed up with SoulPancake yet again to discuss what it means to bring femininity to the workplace. Do women need to become like men in order to achieve power and status? Are there ways we can be unique leaders in the world without dismissing
A Note From The Editor: Here at Darling, we value the voice of every woman -- regardless of her age. We want to bridge the gap between old and young, believing that there is much to be gained from the perspective of every generation. For
I recently found myself surrounded by over thirty women, in many different stages of life, but who all shared my chosen career of physician. As a fledgling medical student, it was quite the honour to have been invited to the annual female physicians Christmas party.
It’s been only about a month since the season three finale of Showtime’s Homeland, but critics of the show, both of the professional and homespun variety, remain divided. While some argue that the narrative managed to get (and stay) off track somewhere in the middle
Balance. A word we comprehend, yet seldom practice. In a world that screams at women through this advertisement or that blog on how to be the perfect fill-in-the-blank, miniscule allowance is dedicated to learning how to be your best self. The workforce today is a demanding
“Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.” -Author Peter McWilliams At age seventeen I found myself the oldest person riding the bus to school each morning. Ashamed, I would
Wearing a stylish blazer, a pair of black pumps, and an innocent smile that said “Hire me, I’m nice,” I walked into a local coffee shop to inquire about a barista position. I worked as a barista at a university coffeehouse for three of my
There is no onboarding process to ease you back into work after bereavement leave. No pretty HR girl sits opposite you in an oversized boardroom with a box of chocolates, a Kleenex box and a stack of helpful papers explaining what's appropriate to share with
Editor's Note: The subject in the photos below is Allison Rhee, creator of Flower Crown Society. She epitomizes the idea of "doing what you love" to the author of this piece because she is someone who is working hard to pursue her passion. At first glance,
I’m haunted by the woman I’ve always wanted to be. She floats through her days, always smiling and laughing and making others feel at ease. She never needs anything but is always willing to help, a selfish thought never crossing the threshold of her perfectly
This is continued from Time’s Up: Busyness & Balance
Time’s up! There just aren’t enough hours in the day! At what point did we accept, or even worse begin to justify, our false conviction that we need more time. There has always been twenty-four hours in the day—and we can be rather certain this
I love my job. I work at an organization that is run by a group of killer top executives — professionals who took the road less traveled and invented a new way to drive. They're idea people, well connected and inspiring, drawing excellence from everyone
When a high school teacher found out she was pregnant with her third child, she did what she had always wanted to do: she quit her job to stay home with her kids. Armed with an idea of what life as a traditional housewife looked
I don’t know about you but at times I feel the pressure of quantity over quality. Am I working enough hours? Am I producing enough articles? Do I have enough speaking engagements lined up? And if I do, how many people will come? I have
There is never enough time in the day. No matter how well the day is planned, some things won't get checked off the list before your eyelids grow heavy and it's lights out. Time is life's most precious commodity. Figuring out how to spend it
With the first month of 2012 behind us, how are those resolutions going? Do you feel guilty because you’ve decided that it’s just too much to organize your whole house, take up yoga, get promoted at work, journal every day, AND lose at least 10
I have been sitting in the coffee shop for several hours, a chai latte on my left and a stack of books on my right. This is a charming little shop, with wrought-iron chairs and big windows welcoming the sunlight. The room is full and
This morning, I got up late and started jamming my children’s assorted legs and arms into jeans and hopefully clean shirts. Food was shoved into mouths, dogs were yelled at for throwing up on the carpet--for which one sulked and the other ran away. We
She walks with a slight hop in her step, shoulder blades back, concentrated. A nutrition bar in her purse in the case of no lunch break, she truly, “has it all together.” Some women stand out in grade school as future CEOs. You find them telling
In a world that constantly demands our energy and attention, productivity can feel impossible at times. As women, we find fulfillment in living with a purpose, but the task of squeezing purpose in alongside work, exercise, groceries, laundry and relaxation feels daunting. How do we