by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
I tell my clients that the tools of time management have not changed in thousands of years. The first and most important of these tools is a calendar. Whoop Dee Doo. A calendar. Is that the best you’ve got, Dr. Melissa? Maybe, but stick with me. It’s going...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Doctors that smoke cigarettes… Attorneys who are poor record keepers… Accountants who don’t know how to use a spreadsheet… Productivity specialists who waste time playing Candy Crush… These are people who are not practicing what they preach. Allow me to...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
I have a Ph.D. in psychology, and I love working with humans. We are such fascinating creatures who carry our strengths and quirks with us as we enter the workplace. One of the quirkiest quirks I see among my clients is a belief that we can be in two places at...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Guest post by Mary Kleim, professional freelance writer Nowadays everyone is striving to be more productive, but productivity is all about good organization and efficiency. Because we live in such a fast-paced world, where life flies by with a blink of an eye, we’re...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
The purpose of setting goals is to achieve them and usually realize an even greater end result. However, obsessive pursuit of a goal to which you have committed your time and efforts in the past is not always the best plan going forward. Below is a list of options to...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
As a coach who focuses on productivity and workplace behavior, there’s one topic that’s almost always guaranteed to lead to heightened emotions: email overload. In my work with a number of corporations, I’ve consistently found that the average number of emails people...
