by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
It’s 2017. Ten years ago, I took a leap of faith and quit my upwardly-mobile corporate job to become a professional organizer. If you watched HGTV or TLC at the time, you probably saw a dozen shows about people cleaning up their houses. I wanted to clean...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Setting a goal is one of the most powerful ways to change your life. Why? Because goals help direct your actions toward a desired target. Goals create a gap between who you are and who you want to be. A goal to which you are committed will motivate you to...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
At the beginning of the year, I sat down for an interview on goal setting with Brandon Lewis, Founder and Mentor-in-Chief at The Academy for Professional Painting Contractors and publisher of Painters Weekly, a magazine for painting contractors. Dust off your...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
At a productivity seminar I delivered for a client recently, a man approached me afterwards with a question. Those of us who facilitate training courses understand that these post-class conversations are often the most rewarding parts of being a public speaker....
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Don’t let the time slip away. Have you set your goals for the year? If not, there’s no time like the present. Here are some articles that may help… Goal Achievement: Join the Successful 12% One of the most common annual goal setting exercises is the New Year’s...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
New Year’s Eve is a celebration of time. A year of your life is about to pass. Another year is queued up. What are you going to do with the final days of this year? Don’t waste this time. Yes, the year-end is in sight, but think about an athlete...
