Posts in Productivity
Eliminate Decision Fatigue and Find More Time

Having to make non-stop decisions all day every day, no matter how small or insignificant they seem can really grind us down over time. And eventually what happens is we reach a point of 'decision fatigue', which can be characterised by things like low energy, procrastination and eventually burn out. In this post I share some ideas for how to avoid decision fatigue.

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Email Productivity: 7 steps to Inbox Zero

As someone who is running a business that has thousands of students in it - I get A LOT of emails. I would estimate around 100-200 each day across the 6 inboxes that I manage for my business. Here’s a brain dump of the tips and tricks that I use to manage my email, without letting it sidetrack me from other important work.

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Why your design business isn't growing

In this post I share some ideas on why your design business may not be growing and why you may not be as profitable as you would like. This is a problem that I see time and again with designers. Perhaps you aren't getting enough clients or perhaps you have enough clients and lots of work but you aren’t seeing the financial results that you feel you should (or would like to!) have. Here are four reasons why that might be the case…

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How to design your business around your life (5 questions to ask)

There is no point running a business you don’t love to work in. Running a business is stressful and you have to enjoy what you’re doing or you may as well go and work for someone else. For me running a business is all about freedom and enjoyment. And in order to achieve that I proactively design my business around the life I want to live by regularly taking time to answer five specific questions…

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