I have written previously about using checklists to maximize my efficiency in class planning. The Chronicle of Higher Ed has had posts regarding this topic,…Continue Reading this Entry

“If you set your bar at ‘amazing,' it's awfully difficult to start… The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great…Continue Reading this Entry

I'm preparing to give a session on productivity for our faculty in the Fall. The first challenge I have is trying to come up with…Continue Reading this Entry

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know…Continue Reading this Entry

I'll be giving a session for women on life planning and goal setting at the upcoming Limitless Conference on May 10-11. Their website provides a…Continue Reading this Entry

“Acting on what matters is the act of making change in the world through a set of personal values that define who we are.”Continue Reading this Entry

Everyone enters the “contest” of who is the busiest at some point in their lives. As someone who is a Mom of a 14 month-old,…Continue Reading this Entry

When you love your work that much… the only way to get out of trouble is to go deeper in. We must enter, not evade,…Continue Reading this Entry

A long-time professor at the university where I teach once shared with me something we both had in common. I had thought for the first…Continue Reading this Entry

Michael Hyatt's recent podcast on the tools that he uses to support his work inspired me. After almost ten years in higher education, I have…Continue Reading this Entry