I can do the splits. Not an astounding statement for some but for me it’s huge. I’m no bendy youngster. I’m in my early 40s and it’s been a couple of decades since I last attempted to do the splits. What has been my secret to being able to complete this feat of...
Have you heard of the Pomodoro Technique? If you hoped it has something to do with pizza you’re about to be disappointed… The technique is a time-management method developed in the 1980’s (such a good decade. Big hair. Shoulder pads. Indiana Jones. Blade Runner. The...
Have you ever had the thrill of a potential client contacting you dulled by a string of emails going back and forth, back and forth until you can find a time to talk that suits you both? I know I have! This can be especially frustrating if you are working across time...
I’ve been a corporate lawyer for 17 years and these are some of the mistakes that I made, especially in my early days. Mistake 1: Multi-tasking I used to have all of the files that I was to work on that day on my desk. I even had them lined up in the order that...
Have you ever looked at your diary for the week and wondered how on earth you were going to get everything done? You can feel the stress creeping in and it’s only Monday morning! I’ve had that feeling too. I made a conscious effort to rearrange my days so that they...
It turns out I’m not as disciplined as I thought; in fact I have a lazy person inside simply dying to take over. While I was working as a lawyer I was ultra organised (scarily so, I’ve been told), worked well to deadlines, for the most part worked well under pressure...
I have been thinking for awhile (okay, make that procrastinating) that I haven’t been as productive as I could like to be in my work day. This is especially important as I am working from home on my business so there is no one that I need to be accountable to at the...
