The people in your network can help you, they can teach you, they can take you along paths you may not have considered before, introduce you to more people who can help you.

So many people are so concerned with the go-go-go of their lives they don’t slow down enough to consider the importance of stop-stop-stop. Sometimes people need a brain break.

No matter what your goals, big or small, you’re going to have to take concrete steps to get them out of the wish zone into the fulfillment zone.

No matter what the size of your task, whether you’re prepared to do it or would rather put it off indefinitely, there’s a little trick that can completely change your perspective on it.

The words you choose speak volumes about you and at the same time influence how others perceive you.

Everyone knows the importance of To-Do lists for keeping themselves on track and ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks. Often lost in the shadow of the powerful To-Do List is the less recognized but also important To-Don’t List.

Sometimes feeling invisible stems from inside ourselves. In the course of trying to keep up with the day to day of life we forget how important it is to give ourselves a break. A walk outside at lunch, or an evening or morning stroll, can do wonders for clearing the mind and changing perspective.

Thinking about doing something is always harder than actually getting down to doing it. And the longer you spend thinking and putting off doing, the harder it is to get down to business.

We all know that by forming good habits and following through on them everyday, we can get a lot more done and feel better about ourselves. Sometimes before we can form those life changing good habits, we have to break some bad ones first.

If you want to achieve anything you need to have a very clear idea of what you want to accomplish and why.

Life doesn’t bend its will according to effort or the good intentions of the people living it. Sometimes, a lot of the time there’s someone else more qualified or with better connections or who just happened to be in the right place at the right time to grab away that thing you were trying so hard to get.

Unless you’re trying to do something no one else on the planet has ever accomplished or even conceived of, then you are not the first.

There are lots and lots of things you can do everyday to lighten your load and make the going easier. Getting enough sleep, eating right, keeping a positive attitude, and remembering the importance of gratitude are all important.

If you’ve got a great new idea that you want to present to your boss the last thing you want to do is explain it over email.

So often we hear It’s not what you say, but how you say it. Generally that’s taken in the context of tone of voice and body language, but oftentimes the specific words you use to express yourself are just as important.

Instead of always being at the beck and call of the email beast, feed it your time and on your terms

If you climb ten flights of stairs you will be fatigued (most of us anyway).  We all know about physical fatigue because it’s so easy to see the cause and effect. Spend twenty minutes on a treadmill and there’s no question what tired you out. Did you also know you can get decision fatigue? 

Stress is good in small doses. It’s important too.

Why do you exercise?  To get in shape? To stay in shape? To improve your health? To become stronger, live longer? The myriad of physical benefits are all outstanding reasons to exercise. As a side benefit exercise also helps with just about everything else, including your professional life.

Here are three tips to help you focus and get on with the task turning a mess of to-dos into an ordered set of accomplishments.