Small Moves

What I noticed last week: A lot of people probably don’t need more discipline. They need a system that actually works for them. I’ve tried plenty of routines, productivity setups, and ways of working that seemed solid because they worked for someone else. Some were useful for a minute. Most didn’t stick. What’s worked better…

What I noticed last week… I have a tendency to build the infrastructure before I know if I need it. After a conference, I wanted to keep talking with a few people I met. My first instinct was to think about spreadsheets, recurring reminders, Zoom meetings, and a follow-up process. Instead, I sent one simple…

I spent a lot of last week doing bookkeeping. I know, I hear you groan! But it’s a necessary evil, right? I’m still relatively new to doing it in QuickBooks Online, and there were a few things I just could not seem to keep straight. Which category does this go in? Didn’t I already have…

Whew! Four days, 19 official keynotes, sessions, fireside chats, and a million conversations later, I’ve been trying to distill my notes into what might be useful beyond the conference. Here are my four biggest takeaways: 1. Our jobs are changing, not ending.The future of AI isn’t in better prompts, but in better coworking. It’s learning…

Things I noticed last week: I’ve spent a long time, probably years, trying to make time blocking work. To be fair, a lot of successful people swear by it, and I can absolutely see why. If your days are fairly predictable, blocking time for important work makes a lot of sense. The problem is that…

What I noticed last week: Sometimes the things that feel small to me are a really big deal to my clients. Last week, we updated a photo and created a simple graphic for a client event promotion. Technically, it wasn’t a huge project. But it gave her an easy way to share her event details,…