http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz To an outsider, watching my day might be completely confusing, as I do plenty of tasks that don't appear to have anything to do with my work. I know, though, exactly why I'm using my private 80-20 formula: 80 percent o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_655616_15.html 06th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Mark was certain it would be six months before he'd be able to break into a new market. He 'knew' the people he wanted to get to would view it a priority to make time for him. Donald was absolutely positive that his... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654815_15.html 02nd October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz If you're like most of my clients, you've been working to smooth out the kinks in your business. You've put your time into systems for streamlining activities and installed processes that make the work flow efficient. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654504_15.html 01st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Every week I'm asked the question. Every week it feels like the first time I've heard it. And every week I have a fresh "Ah ha!" reaction to it and a feeling of relief sweeps through me as I notice a new answer to the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654456_15.html 01st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I'm a voracious reader. There have been some years when I read nearly 400 books... and worked full time and slept fewer than 4 hours a night. I love reading. That was then... And now my body wants more sleep, and my... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654083_15.html 01st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz All too often our progress in business plateaus. You know, it levels off at the point you achieved when you last gave it attention. Very often we settle into 'habit' mode and forget to look at the long view for our bus... http://www.articlealley.com/article_640427_15.html 17th September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Taking a long cruise can shift it all! On day ten of a 12-day sweep around the Mediterranean, I was reminded of one of the critical success factors behind creating High Payoff Results in business and in life. I p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_617577_15.html 03rd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz One of my favorite times in my consulting and coaching is when a light bulb goes off and the person I'm working with has an 'ah ha!' moment and spots a new opportunity. Very often when I'm working with established p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_616652_15.html 03rd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Does Your Business Need Shaking Up? For many people it takes sudden shocking external events like the earth shaking under their feet to cause them to pause and refocus on what's important in their lives. For others,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_614978_15.html 02nd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz What was once a 'perfect fit' has changed, several times in fact. I was reminded of that when I joined 250 colleagues at our annual get together this week. That's 250 of over 1,000 members of the ProVisors organization... http://www.articlealley.com/article_614413_15.html 02nd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Who knew I'd get a lesson for creating successful teams and productive organizations in a Paris Metro station? I got it loud and clear, and I'd hate to keep it to myself when it could change your life in High Payoff... http://www.articlealley.com/article_605758_24.html 21st August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Every once in a while, things simply pile up. Like luggage for a long trip. Take me for example. I'd been 'planning' a trip overseas for six weeks. People started asking me "Are you ready to go?" two months before m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_604577_24.html 20th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz If you're like most people who are running a business, as an owner, an executive or an independent professional you get so immersed in the doing you miss your own graduations. Two of my clients are graduating this w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_600704_15.html 16th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz When is 'too much to do' finally enough? I mean enough to have you reach out and slap your personal and business 'reset' button? I was working with my client, Brenda, last month when she looked me dead in the eye an... http://www.articlealley.com/article_598286_15.html 14th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I have a problem with procrastination. I have clients who say they're stalling because "It's so easy to do it later...or tomorrow...or next week." For me, the issue is a different one. If I clear the decks, what'... http://www.articlealley.com/article_594754_15.html 12th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I learned for myself years ago that I have "Poof, Gone!" Syndrome. Many of my clients do too. If you're like most busy professionals, the thought of sitting in meetings with consultants, or in day-long workshops to ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_588268_15.html 24th July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I got an email recently from someone saying, "I don't have time to read your newsletters. It's stressing me out. You need to turn them into quick tips." If you're like me, your in-box is constantly 'pinging' you tha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_584845_15.html 22nd July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz We each face the same issue when we're immersed in a topic or a challenge: We get lost in a forest of low payoff ideas that show up and lose sight of the High Payoff choices right in front of us. And the more lost we f... http://www.articlealley.com/article_580382_15.html 18th July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz What do you do with your passion? Ralph passed his on through his art and through the skills he taught his students. Ralph Bacerra passed away at age 70 this week. His death has had me thinking about passion and ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_578869_15.html 17th July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Have you ever had "one of THOSE days?" You know--the kind where you want to hit the "pause" button, then rewind and start over? I was 'gifted' with one of them this week. It snuck up on poor unsuspecting me. Well... http://www.articlealley.com/article_575695_24.html 14th July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I had a conversation with one of my clients last week. We'll call him Dan. All my clients know that I focus exclusively on consulting to and coaching business owners and professionals who have a vision they're trying t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_568101_15.html 01st July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz This past week I spotted a trend among my clients. You might call it the 'dash'... everyone is sprinting to prove they're making changes in their business's productivity as if that is a badge to earn all by itself. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_564021_15.html 26th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Just like my solopreneur coaching clients, I know that it's always a challenge to fit in all the activities you dream of for building your business. With work, family and a home to keep up, let alone trying to stay fit... http://www.articlealley.com/article_562066_15.html 24th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz The common element everywhere in life and in business seems to be Persistence. My clients are using their new management skills to create different results. My new MasterMind buddy Maritza Parra is getting her book ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_550421_15.html 04th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Still Stuck? Not making any progress on that To Do haunting you from the top of your list? Our minds are very clever at running through the same ideas over and over, like a needle stuck in a groove on a vinyl record... http://www.articlealley.com/article_539317_15.html 15th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Is this you? You have customers to satisfy, professional goals to deliver on and your personal goals shoved to the back burner...and you and your friends, colleagues, clients and vendors are already talking about 'this... http://www.articlealley.com/article_538555_15.html 15th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz There are times in business when it gets complicated sorting out why a team gets stalled. I've had clients who were facing so many competing issues they couldn't figure out where to start: their strategy, their capabil... http://www.articlealley.com/article_534334_15.html 09th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz The question I posed to the room full of financial advisors was "What new ways have you used in your marketing in the past twelve months?" I was really eager to hear the answers, and for other people in the room to hea... http://www.articlealley.com/article_532890_15.html 08th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Take a look at your clock. Mark 10 minutes from now and let me show you how to grab the gold from High Payoff sources available to fuel your efforts. We live in a world full of ideas and information. Some of it's fl... http://www.articlealley.com/article_526833_15.html 30th April 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Suppose, for a moment, that building a business was as easy as... - Clearing our your distractions - Setting your focus - Pulling your team together - Focusing your attention on your high payoff activities "Well, of... http://www.articlealley.com/article_525615_15.html 29th April 2008 Are your decisions indecisive and your solutions long in coming? Grab a piece of paper and write down your top 10 issues that still are unresolved, undecided, unmoving. (Go ahead. Hit the 'pause' button and do it now - I'll wait for you.) I had a me... http://www.articlealley.com/article_511407_15.html 07th April 2008 Gary was Vice President in charge of his company's marketing division. He worked for an enormous multi-national corporation that spent millions on marketing to other corporations. He had his Business Development style down pat. Big meals, in fancy restaur... http://www.articlealley.com/article_504156_15.html 02nd April 2008 I sat through a meeting that went nowhere this week. Everyone on the management team claimed they were there to identify changes that would improve business profitability and individual productivity. No one could agree on the steps that needed to be taken... http://www.articlealley.com/article_496274_15.html 26th March 2008 I'll let you in on a secret... I've recently been enjoying yoga! Enormously! For years I've been surrounded by friends and colleagues swearing by it, and encouraging me to do it and I kept saying "Thanks! Yoga's not for me!" All my exposures to yoga... http://www.articlealley.com/article_493705_24.html 25th March 2008 Everyone around us was waiting with baited breath, leaning forward in their seats, watching as if to see if the lions would eat the gladiators in the arena. Well, it was actually a more modern version of that moment - A presenter at a conference posed ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_488950_15.html 11th March 2008 You know that task sitting over there, on the corner of your desk? Yeah, the one you've been avoiding... Or should I say, the one that's been pre-occupying your mind, distracting you from getting anything else done effectively... The one you're not gettin... http://www.articlealley.com/article_487089_15.html 08th March 2008 Start-up entrepreneurs, independent professionals and business leaders may be equally deeply passionate about their product or service model. Despite, or in fact because of that passion, their success may be at a stand still. In the late 1990s I worked... http://www.articlealley.com/article_483300_15.html 28th February 2008 There's nothing so marvelous as being able to look back at the end of a day, a week, a month or a year and see everything that's been achieved! I don't mean crossed off of a list, but rather put on a 'done' list that lets you appreciate what's been accomp... http://www.articlealley.com/article_480898_15.html 25th February 2008 At dinner this week with a corporate client, she talked about the fine line between 'overwhelm' and 'upset.' When she's upset about something, she's churning and distracted and unable to focus or concentrate on things she needs to get done. When she sorts... http://www.articlealley.com/article_479282_15.html 22nd February 2008 As you look at last year, do you ever feel like there wasn't enough time in the day? Did entire afternoons...and sometimes days...slip by without your even noticing? Were you "too" busy? And when you look ahead this year, does it feel like you might reliv... http://www.articlealley.com/article_475288_15.html 15th February 2008