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Netflix is calling … Some days it’s so tempting to sleep in, lounge on the couch, work in the yard, or binge your favorite TV show all day. That doesn't help your work from home productivity. What do you do to stay motivated and hold yourself accountable to get stuff done? You start by setting goals for yourself. If you don’t know what you want or need to get done today, this week, and this month, it’s easy to piddle around, get distracted, and have little to show for at the

Your biggest productivity enemy when working from home is distractions. You’ll be distracted by that pile of dishes in the sink, the kids playing in the next room, or coming in and asking for a snack, and your mom stopping by for a chat since you’re at home. Your number one goal to increase the amount of work you can do is to cut out distractions. Here are three solid tips to help you accomplish that goal. Make A List It’s easier to stay focused and not get distracted by othe

Sometimes you might not want zero (0) values showing on your worksheets, sometimes you need them to be seen. Whether your format standards or preferences call for zeroes showing or hidden, there are several ways to make it happen. Hide or display all zero values on a worksheet Click File > Options > Advanced Under Display options for this worksheet, select a worksheet, and then do one of the following: To display zero (0) values in cells, check the Show a zero in cells that h

Working from home when you’re used to having your own office, or at the very least a cubicle, can be a bit of a challenge. All of a sudden you are in a very different environment that includes your fridge, your washer and dryer, and your TV. There’s a pile of dirty dishes in the sink and the carpet could benefit from some vacuuming. In other words, you’re out of your regular work environment, and thus out of your routine and everything you do to stay productive. Often your su

Properly allocating your time is never an easy task, especially if you've never been the type to make the most of your time. However, there are a lot of ways in order for you to start up and slowly integrate your whole system into practicing effective Time management methods. Here are a few tips in order for you to successfully initiate your time management skills. Keys To Successful Time Management Before you can use some time management strategies in your schedule, there ar

As an entrepreneur, we can never predict what will happen from one week to the next. Perhaps clients need a bit of extra time, or a product launch experienced some hiccups and you need to invest more time into fixing issue and getting things back on track. While we can never anticipate what will happen in our business, one thing we can do is try to be predictable in those unpredictable situations. What I mean by that is you need to learn to prioritize your time and assign val

I GET IT! I've been there. For years, I woke up with a large To Do list that I put things off and only completed the easy, small tasks I thought I could do that day. It got me nowhere. That's when I discovered this framework for productivity, and I want to share it with you. The truth is, it's not your fault! It seems now more than ever, we are expected to have so much productivity and be great at time management and project management, but no one helps you figure out a syste