Do you need a dedicated office to make waves in your business? Not necessarily. In my article in this month’s Nevada City Advocate, I wrote about the basics of home office needs. Hint, it’s not about the latest and greatest technology, either. You can read the full article here: Ways to make your home office [...]

Why all the hoopla about a task manager? Because it’s your time we’re talking about. You ought to be spending your valuable time getting done what needs to be done, not piddling it away perusing your task list repeatedly and hen-pecking out items. When you get methodical and use a system that supports your intention [...]

Love it or hate (or both within 15 seconds) email happens. Whether we think email is new wonder of the world or the bane of our existence, developing good email habits is crucial for our sanity and well-being. As I see it, the goal is to keep email in the category of “Communication tool” and [...]

You’ve got a monthly meeting coming up. It’s with a good group of people to discuss something you are interested in. The meeting part is easy. the question is, how can you stay in your ideal Natural Professional zone when you know you’ll walk out of that meeting with a big ole list of things [...]

While researching emergency disaster kits, I found the following from FEMA. You can download the 4 page pdf here. I’m impressed by the thoroughness of the list which concludes with a section called: Create a Family Disaster Plan on the fourth page. This includes things like pre-determined meeting places and out-of-state check in people. The [...]

In each Toastmasters meeting, we are asked to answer a question for our introductions. On Tuesday morning, the question was: “If you could only grab one thing before evacuating your home, what would it be?” This question came from our club President whose home is 4 miles away from the Yuba fire (as reported on [...]

Mosaic socks Originally uploaded by Aine D A local organization, Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy (APPLE) is assembling a Task Force to come up with a report for Nevada City’s City Council. (The council passed a resolution last fall theoretically supporting actions that would reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.) The president of [...]