Systems can save your butt, but only if you work them as they were intended. What needs to get done that isn’t? For example: You’re not updating your contacts database often enough. Every time you go to send a mailing, you have to spend a couple of days adding names. →You need an efficient system for collecting
Are Your Business Systems Flawed? Read
If you’ve been procrastinating something, identify it. Give it a name. After you’ve confessed, you can trick yourself into completing it. Here are some tricks that have worked for me.
Trick Yourself into Getting Things Done Read
Stop saying you don’t have enough time. It’s exhausting to hear that excuse over and over again, and you’re wasting time just thinking or saying those words. They’re unproductive. You have just as much time as everyone else. It’s up to you what you do with that time. It’s also up to you how you
The fall art season is just around the corner. Imagine how nice it would feel to get your business in order before the rush begins. Why not spend August clearing out, cleaning up, and making room for your success? Susan Wells snapped these Before and After pics of her office space for the last Get
Make Room for Success: De-clutter Read
If you’re not overwhelmed by too much email, you’re one of the few. If you’re fed up with hundreds of messages in your inbox or if you find that you’re not responding to very important messages, it’s time to get a grip on your email. Here are my top time-saving tips for email. 1. Turn
8 Time-Saving Tips for Your Inbox Read
What advice would you give other artist-mothers who might be struggling to find time for their art or feeling guilty about spending time on their art and away from their families?
Guest blogger Sandhya Manne says, “When you love something, you will make time for it — whether “it” is children or art.” She shares how she balances her roles as mother and artist.
Balancing the Roles of Artist and Mother Read
A Creativity Brief can help you make any creative project more successful. Caution: It’s hard work! In his book Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, Josh Linkner, founder of ePrize, shares an outline for a Creativity Brief that you can use for any project – a major installation, an exhibit, a workshop,
Support Your Goals with a Creativity Brief Read
Accomplishing a lot of work is easier and more pleasant when you have the right tools and systems in place. I thought I’d share with you two of my favorite productivity tools: 1Password and Evernote. Whatever tools you choose to increase your productivity, don’t get caught up in the technology. Make sure they are easy to use, quick to learn, and aren’t more complicated than what you need.
2 of My Favorite Productivity Tools Read
Imagine how productive you could be in just 5 minutes. Inspired by a recent book-marketing newsletter from John Kremer, I decided to come up with a list of what you can do in 5 minutes to promote your art.
5-Minute Self-Promotion Tasks Read
