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Worth Repeating – March posts from New Leaf News

Some of the productivity challenges we deal with are brand new, while others are evergreen. For those perennial problems, here is a sample of favorite March  posts from years past. It’s a good time to review your team. Are you are spending as much time as possible in your “genius zone,” letting others help you…

Worth Repeating – November posts from New Leaf News

November is a time for looking back and looking ahead. Gratitude and future plans have been on my mind in Novembers past. Here are a few posts worth revisiting. Are your meetings short, focused, and productive? Take a tip from Laura van Galen’s jump-start meeting. Help your 2011 plans take shape. begin with the grand…

Worth repeating – June posts from New Leaf News

How can you create a deadline for a goal that doesn’t have one naturally? Try the Pink Poker solution. My father and various “father figures” have provided several lessons that I draw on to become more organized and productive. What have fathers taught you about the good life? How do we set big goals? Should…

What is focus?

by Margaret Lukens, New Leaf + Company LLC What does it mean to have focus? Simply, it means to do one thing at a time, while thinking about that thing. Focus is one of the most potent organizing techniques available. Few things equal the power of focus for helping us perform at a higher level….

Catching Incoming Items: quote

A quote for the day: Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. — Hector Berlioz, composer (1803 – 1869)

Speaking May 28: Mastering Follow-Through

by Margaret Lukens, New Leaf + Company LLC Later this month I’ll be speaking to Women In Consulting – San Francisco. Our topic for the evening? “Mastering Follow-Through — how to trick, coax, persuade and support yourself to reach the goals you set.” For more information, or to register, use this link. If you’ll be…

Welcome to New Leaf News

Produced by New Leaf + Company LLC, New Leaf News brings its readers ideas, products and news from the world of organizing and productivity. We see organizing as a tool that allows us to pursue the goals that really matter, so our organizing work often carries us into unexpected places. The causes of disorganization are…