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Take an Information Vacation
Are you an information addict? A news junkie? A Facebook frequenter, a Twitterer or devotee of other social media? A slave to your PDA or fancy phone? The costs of this information addiction are...
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Putting the “prod” in Productivity – how to beat procrastination at its own game
If procrastination is a chronic issue for you (and I’m not judging; this blog post was scheduled to go up yesterday), rather than trying to beat procrastination, a smarter solution might be to learn to...
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Five Ways a Timer Can Help You & Your Talents
There is a remarkably versatile tool that virtually everyone possesses and yet very few use to full advantage: a timer. When used appropriately, a timer can improve your work, play, health and...
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How to really see yourself in your vision
When creating a vision board, do you sometimes feel, as I do, that all these pictures you’re cutting out or downloading just don’t have a whole lot to do with you? For me, the images and goals can seem...
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Balance Rx for DaVincis: Simple Pleasures
You’re a creative, multi-talented person. To what extent are you enjoying your life? If you’re feeling more burdened or stressed than delighted these days, ask yourself: what simple pleasures can...
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An Easy Way to Manage your Money: The Joy of Jars
A key part of putting your finances in order is to ensure you are balancing your financial activities — making sure that you are devoting funds to all the important aspects of your life. Financial...
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Are you a “Spender” or a “Saver”?
In my coaching practice, I find most DaVincis (i.e. multi-talented people) are either ‘spenders‘ or ‘savers‘. How you spend money — or don’t — affects your finances, of course. By recognizing if you...
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Overcoming Derailment — How to Reboot Yourself
Have you been thrown off track? Derailed? Are you having trouble getting back on track? I know what you’re going through. When my mother passed away unexpectedly a few months ago, my professional...
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Create a ‘Do Call’ List for Fun & Profit
The thing about the national ‘Do Not Call’ List is that it’s focused on what you DON’T want: phone spam. Why not take the concept and flip it around to positive ends? One technique my coaching...
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Be Your Own Best Friend
In my opinion, the saddest thing about DaVincis — smart creative people juggling many ideas, projects and talents — is that we can be very hard on ourselves. We tend to scold ourselves for what’s not...
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Finishing — Four Common Challenges and Their Solutions
DaVincis — creative people juggling many different ideas, projects and talents — are much better at starting things than finishing them. Once you do decide to finish something — to push through until...
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Wanna Play?
image via commons.wikimedia.org Every morning, my Labrador prances into the kitchen with his favorite toy in his mouth. He pounces up and down, wiggles his butt and wags his tail. Without words, he is...
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How Balanced is Your Life?
image via commons.wikimedia.org Balancing different aspects of life — work, play, family, friends and more — is difficult for many people. It’s significantly more challenging for DaVincis — creative...
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Take an Information Vacation
image via commons.wikimedia.org Are you an information addict? A news junkie? A Facebook frequenter, a Twitterer or devotee of other social media? A slave to your PDA or fancy phone? The costs of...
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Put Yourself First – Yes, Really
image via commons.wikimedia.org Do you put yourself first? If you’re like most multi-talented people (a.k.a. DaVinicis), you don’t. You run around, juggling too many projects and random life demands....
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Financial Fears Part 2: Take Action
Are your finances causing you worry, stress and strife? The first step to overcome money anxiety is to recognize and address the precise source of your financial fears. Once you know why money...
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Five Ways a Timer Can Help You & Your Talents
image via commons.wikimedia.org There is a remarkably versatile tool that virtually everyone possesses and yet very few use to full advantage: a timer. When used appropriately, a timer can improve...
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Take Breaks To Get More Done
By Joakim Berndes [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia CommonsWant to get more done? Most multi-talented people have so much to do, we throw ourselves at...
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Stuck? Seven Ways to Get Started
By Matthew Bargo [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia CommonsProcrastination is painful. Perhaps you’re...
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How to Stay Motivated on Long-Term Major Projects
Richard Webb / Open road, B6355, via commons.wikimedia.org The first week on a major projects is like love — exciting and new. Your motivation is sky high. Maybe the second week too. But if you’re...
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