by Deanna Maio | Nov 10, 2024 | Marketing & Sales
Do you find yourself in a quandary when a networking acquaintance call and invites you for a coffee? Do you answer yes, simply because you have been led to believe that networking is crucial in building relationships? Do you also wonder if the meeting is...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 9, 2024 | Goals & Motivation
Burnout can often come when you are so overwhelmed with information, possibilities, reasons and ideas that you have no idea where to go next. It’s like planning a vacation, but you’re not sure where you want to go, when you want to leave or return, how you...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 8, 2024 | Goals & Motivation, Productivity & Time Management
So you feel like you’re making progress, and you regularly take breaks to let your batteries recharge, but you still feel a general malaise and a lack of motivation. What gives? The answer may lie in your end goal. You may think, “I know why I’m working...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 7, 2024 | Goals & Motivation
Last week I started a 5 part series on Burnout and how to avoid it or stop it in its tracks…Here’s part 2 Burnout Cause #2: Lack of Progress There’s a reason that a hamster running on a wheel inside a mesh cage has become western civilization’s...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 6, 2024 | Goals & Motivation, Productivity & Time Management
By this point, you’ve read a lot of causes of burnout and many suggestions for combatting it. Are you still wondering why you get a headache every time you think about working on your goal? Sometimes our goals seem fine. They’re measurable, we put a...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 5, 2024 | Goals & Motivation, Productivity & Time Management
shoothead / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-NDWhat Is Burnout and Why Is It Bad? Burnout is like pornography; you may not be able to define it, but you definitely know it when you see it – or feel it! It’s that general malaise that has you pulling the covers over your head...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 4, 2024 | Goals & Motivation, Productivity & Time Management, Video
Video Transcript: A lot of entrepreneurs fail for the simple reason that they have no clear direction. If you go to work and don’t have a plan for what you want to achieve, chaos is inevitable. This is how you end up simply answering hundreds emails or phone...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 3, 2024 | Productivity & Time Management
Working from home takes a lot of self discipline. It is important if you are going to be working from your home and running the business yourself that you understand how to stay focused with your home business. Tip #1: set aside a period of time to work One of the...
by Deanna Maio | Nov 2, 2024 | Goals & Motivation
Where do you begin when addressing a performance problem? So many managers begin in the wrong place by putting the employee on the defensive. Here are some easy ways to begin that process on the good foot and hopefully keeping the ball rolling in the right direction....
by Deanna Maio | Nov 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
The idea of a team is for everyone to work together. When one team member is having an issue, the entire team, by extension, is having an issue. As a project manager, deal with errant team members as soon as the problem is brought to your attention. Meeting Team...