No matter where you’re at, working from home can be quite productive.  You need a few tricks up your sleeve, like “Lab Days” and a way to track projects.  Join Brandie & Des as they discuss some strategies for working from home.

Show Notes:

Connect with Des:   Twitter: @deswalsh |  deswalsh.com |  xeesm.com/deswalsh

My favorite “tree killer” notebook & planners:  Moleskine

“To those whom much is given, much is expected.”
- John F. Kennedy, from The Uncommon Wisdom of JFK: A Portrait in His Own Words

If you’re building a business, is it more important than your family?  Do you have to put business before family?  Will they forgive you in your later years when you’re sitting around the fire at your house in the mountains?  Can you have it all?  Join me with guest, Marlynn Schotland as we discuss if you really have to love your business more than your family.

Show Notes:

Read the article from Entrepreneur Magazine: “Love Your Business More Than Your Family”

Connect with Marlynn: Twitter: @designmama |  The Power MOB |  Urban Bliss Design

Did you know that January is “Get Organized Month“?  I went to my local chapter event over the weekend, the Pacific Northwest Organizing Expo, put on by NAPO Oregon.  Some NAPO Oregon Members were kind enough to share their favorite quick organizing tips.  Also, this week in the news is Apple’s new iPad – it’s not a laptop and it’s not a phone either.  Are you getting one?  Lastly, my happy dance for the new Google Voice mobile interface.

Show Notes:

NAPO Oregon

Organizing Giveaway

Check out Apple’s new iPad

Google Voice

Did you know that organization (or lack of) is an internal and external issue?  Join me with guest, Peter Walsh as we talk about working in a home office, teaching our children the value of organization and using it as a tool.

Show Notes:

Peter Walsh Design

Martha Beck

Oprah’s “Live Your Best Life” Weekend Event in NYC

Peter’s Books:

Enough Already,    It’s All Too Much,   How to Organize Just About Everything

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Do you have guilt?  I’ll bet you’ve had it once or twice, especially if you’re a woman and a mom.  Victoria Cook joins me as we talk about how to live guilt-free.  Is it an emotion?  Come find out!

Show Notes:

TheGuiltFreeCoach.com

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Tasks: Recurring, the daily list and date specific.  How to keep track of it all?  Join me as I reveal what I do, and a few tips to help you get it all done.

Show Notes:

8 Days of Resolutions

Recurring Task Planner (coming soon!)

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Getting Organized in the New Year (TV segment on KOIN Keep It Local)

If you struggle to get the important things done, try another approach: a Focus Notebook.  I’ll tell you how I use it, and how you can customize it to work for you.

Show Notes:

Focus Notebook article on Sparkplugging.com

How to make label tags

Pocket Dividers

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Changing your habits…. it seems so daunting. My guest tells us ways to help identify what’s really behind what is holding us back from making real change.

Show Notes:

Holly’s Stress CD Offer

Can you really get more done by doing less? The key is focus and making some choices. Kinda like a box of chocolate…

Show Notes:

Todoodlist

The Home Office Organizer VIP Membership Preview

Startup Nation Article: Getting Projects Done, By Doing Less

If you work from home, you know it can be challenging.  If you’re a mom working from home, chances are you’ve got some serious juggling to do!

Join me, with guest Kelly McCausey of Work At Home Moms Talk Radio, as she shares what she’s been up to, and how she gets it all done.

Show Notes:

How to find Kelly:  KellyMcCausey.com

Some of Kelly’s other projects:

MomsTalkNetwork

MomMasterminds

In this show, I’m gettin’ my geek on! I have some tools that you would have to pry out of my dead, cold hands, and I’m sharing those with you.  These three tools are powerful by themselves, and even more if you use them together!  Come on, check them out and save yourself some time and frustration.

Show Notes:

Evernote:  A blog post I wrote about starting to use Evernote (on Evernote’s website)

SplashID:  My blog post review and links to download a free trial

ActiveWords :  Read more about it + download a free trial – you’re going to love it!

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You work from home, you know about the distractions, challenges and how sometimes it’s just tough to get things done. How about hearing how a seasoned pro does it? Meet Rich Sloan of StartupNation.com. He’s been there, done that… a few times. I had an opportunity to talk with him about how he does it… working from home. He had some great advice and perspective!

Show Notes:

StartupNation.com

(Also, be sure to read my latest article on StartupNation.com too!)

We’ve all got it: Email.  How do you manage it?  Are you an Outlook user?  Google Apps user?  Did you know they have some differences?  The differences are worth considering – and you just might switch when you know what they are.   Sometimes you just want stuff to work!

Show Notes:

ActiveWords

Google Apps