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Mar 13th, 2014
Maintenance Day?! Yay! OK – I heard that! For all you grumblers out there groaning, who think I’m talking about the chores your spouse, you...
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Mar 13th, 2014
“Catastrophizing” is a fancy, psychological way of saying “making mountains out of molehills.” Our drive to do things well (to ...
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Mar 11th, 2014
Professors love words.  Maybe I’m making an assumption, but at least I am hoping we can agree that almost all professors love words.  Here’...
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Mar 11th, 2014
If you have taught for any length of time, you’ve heard it. In the middle of a lecture you ask a question, expecting that among the eager faces i...
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Mar 11th, 2014
Part of the reason we don’t focus as much as we need to (and want to) is because there are all kinds of distractions that pull away our physical,...
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Mar 11th, 2014
Life becomes anything but productive (in a hurry) if we are forever shunting tasks that need to be done.  Shunting is not the same as simple procrastin...
By meggin@meggin.com
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Mar 11th, 2014
The cycles of academic life help us stay fresh and allow us to refocus.  The beginning of a new semester (trimester, term) is a time to renew our commi...
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Feb 26th, 2014
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ~ Thomas Edison So, you are searching for a n...
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Feb 26th, 2014
Goodness, gracious–email can cause a great deal of stress and it can also be a fabulous productivity tool. I hear this in my workshops and in con...
By meggin@meggin.com
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Feb 26th, 2014
Sometimes, it’s worth announcing to others (or to remind yourself) that you are trying to be more productive.  You can make your own signs for th...

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