Ways to Sleep Better

We are all very busy here in WA trying to balance our professional lives, family responsibilities, maybe starting a new business, writing blogs, and taking care of everything else.It is very tempting to take hours away from sleep to invest them in our business. One word (OK, maybe two) for those who have fallen into this trap:Don'tIf you want to live out your days in health, one of the most important things you can do is to get enough sleep. It turns out sleep deprivation increases your odds

Making Your Website Just Right

There are many ways to build a Website. Some of these ways take longer to learn than others.There is no "right" way to build out a website, only the individual builder can decide such issues.Part of the problem is what exactly do you want?Free ThemesThe easiest way to build a website is through free themes. For example, there are very good theme builders that have free versions such as Astra and OceanWP. These two are rated at the top for free page builders which have free pre-built themes a

Go for the Extraordinary in Your Life!

The prior blog talked about being proactive in life - about trying to plan for the future and not just react to the events around us.This means we have an active role in trying to make the future for ourselves, those we love, and for society in general as positive as possible.We do this through planning and trying to be intentional throughout the day.About Being IntentionalWe all have the same amount of time in a day - 1440 minutes. How we spend or invest that time will to a large extent deter

Choose to be Proactive - Not Reactive

Who has not heard about Pavlov's dog! it refers to a learning process where food (stimulus) is presented to a dog and at the same time a bell is rung (neutral stimulus). The dog will then salivate at the sight of food. When repeated enough times, the dog will then salivate (stimulus) at the sound of the bell (neutral stimulus is now a stimulus). The stimulus causes a response./People start out their life like this - you can see it in full display in many teenagers. The boy gets kicked off

What's Your Quadrant?

Stephen Covey wrote one of the best time management and efficiency books of all time: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Even though Covey is long gone, his management principles have been proven by the test of time. I go back and reread parts of this book and have given it to my children to learn from. It is so popular because it is a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. Quadrants of ActivitySometimes the simplest concepts are the most profou

Don't Forget the Roses

Most of us here at WA work hard at trying to establish our businesses. We spend long hours writing SEO-friendly blog posts tied to keywords in an engaging writing style. We try to be good neighbors in WA answering questions and learning new techniques with WordPress Sites.We establish a working routine, try to develop good habits, use time management techniques while keeping track of everything else that is going on in our world.There is life outside of WA - hard to believe sometimes but there

How is a Toothbrush like a Blog Post?

You get up in the morning and go through your morning routine. This means doing a bunch of activities more or less every day in more or less the same order.The morning routine is usually in a certain order; you do one thing after another. This way, you don't forget anything significant - like brushing your teeth, shaving, comb your hair, get your car keys, etc. Doing one thing after another makes it more difficult to forget to do something, but it also makes it easier to do something. Let's

Reward Yourself!

You wake up in the morning and just do not feel like doing anything that day. You have several alternatives - do nothing that day, or try to accomplish your goals just like you normally would.or ...So you have just worked hard to get a goal accomplished - or at least partially accomplished. You have spent concentrated efforts on your goals and have done well.How do you make doing the right thing (working to accomplish your goals) the more likely choice in the future?You reward yourself, of co

Time-Blocking Efficiency Technique

My most recent blogs have shown how multitasking is a bad time management technique for several reasons. First, because it plain does not work. Studies show people are about 40% less productive when try8ng to multitask compared to single-tasking. The other reason is that it might actually cause adverse permanent neurological changes.We should also follow the example of world-class managers of large companies - they do not multitask. So what do they do?Single-TaskingMillions of executives an

Multitasking Can Hurt You More Than You Think

OK - so I got some pushback on my recent blog concerning the practice many driven people use every day - multitasking.Car RadiosMany of us multitask without even considering the consequences. For example, listening to the car radio while driving. It may seem strange that just the distraction of listening to the radio could affect how you drive - but it does. Car radios are the leading cause of distracted driving accidents. It is not the most dangerous activity while driving - that would be