In 1954 President Eisenhower cited the juxtaposition between importance and urgency in his famous quote, “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not import...
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SMART Goals Are so 2019… Do This Instead
Dec 29, 2022
SMART goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Google “Goal Setting,” and this is the first thing that comes up. It is the standard for how everyone from your boss to your pe...
How to Make Yourself Indispensable as a Freelancer
May 06, 2021
I approach my work in a way that makes me indispensable to my clients so that I become an integral part of their team. And becoming an integral part of their team makes me indispensable because they d...
5 Rules for Effective Meetings
Mar 15, 2021
Meetings have been a big topic lately. It seems like everyone is trying to figure how to have less of them so that people have time to focus on the actual work.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve s...
How to Brainstorm
Feb 01, 2021
Have you ever had a client who hired you to complete a project, but it turns out they actually have no idea what they want?
Often people will go straight toward a “goal” without actually doing the wo...
How to Make Sure Every Project is Good Fit Upfront
Nov 28, 2020
Have you ever had an introductory meeting with a client where you walked away feeling great about the project and then…
- your proposal falls flat?
- you get the job but the client’s expectations are ...
Project Planning 101
Mar 01, 2018
Orient around the goals
Always start your planning process by making sure that you and your stakeholders are clear on the goals of the project. As you are making programmatic and logistic...