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10/31/2025

🎃 It’s Halloween and I've got a few tricks up my sleeve to help you manage some scary stuff: Feedback.

The truth is, doesn’t have to be frightening. 👻

✨️ Great feedback builds people up. It doesn’t leave them feeling gutted.

Try these strategies to deliver feedback that's actionable, forward-looking, and most importantly - encouraging. That's - and it's welcome anytime of year!

Let’s learn from each other. Please share your best (or worst!) feedback moments. ! 🍭🍬

10/29/2025

🕰️ Feel like time is flying by? This is why...

Our perception of time is totally subjective — and science backs it up. ⏳

Time perception studies prove that we aren’t great at accurately quantifying the passing of time. When our mind is constantly navigating distractions or when we’re overstimulated, time feels like it’s speeding up. 💨 (And yes, this sounds like a typical workday.)

Suddenly, the day’s gone and we’re left wondering where it went.

🏓 The fix? Stay focused on one thing at a time. No multitasking and no mental ping-pong.

✨️ Staying present on our current task helps us feel like we have more time. And we also get more DONE. ✨️

When I’m struggling to stay focused, I’ll set a timer for 20 or 30 minutes, and gently coax my mind to stay focused on one task. (Scroll my feed for a post about using the ). Once I get over my mind’s temptation to jump here and there, I get fully engrossed in my task. Then before I know it, I’ve made the progress I crave.

💭 What are some of your tricks to stay focused?

10/21/2025

Are you commuting into the office more regularly?

With so many organizations calling people back to the office more regularly, I wanted to share some strategies to make your more productive.

Here are my top 5 tips:

🚉 Take public transit (instead of driving). I used to drive all the time because I liked the flexibility. But once I committed to working around the commuter train schedule, I realized how much easier it was! (Thank you Metrolinx). I’m no longer battling traffic. I can pop open my laptop to get a jump start on some tasks, catch up with my friends on social, meditate, or snooze. Plus, I figure I’m getting bonus points from Mother Earth🌎️ with less time in my car.

🚗 Stagger your commute time. Where possible, try to avoid busy rush-hours. If you’re an early-bird, can you start your workday earlier? If you’re definitely not an early-bird (I like to press snooze), can you do a bit of focus work at home and then commute into the office when the roads are less busy?

🎧️ Invest in your learning by listening to something inspiring. I'm an avid fan of Audible books and amazed with how quickly I can power through books this way. I also love listening to podcasts. Some of my top picks include Laura Vanderkam’s Before Breakfast, The Mel Robbins Show, HBR Women at Work (which is now wrapped up, but there are several gems in their archives), The Mindset Mentor, and my friend and colleague Ron Monteiro’s Love Mondays.

💻️ Can you lean into the power of AI to have your devices read key documents to you? This works whether you’re walking or driving or riding a unicycle to work.

💤 Claim your commute as extra “me” time. If you’re not driving, consider taking a nap or watching your favourite show (using headphones of course to avoid disturbing your fellow commuters).

Bonus tip: If you're driving, park a few blocks away from your office. You're getting extra steps and you may be able to avoid paying outrageous parking fees.

What other ways are you using your commute time? Please share in the comments. We could all use some inspiration to make these commutes more productive (and even enjoyable).

10/10/2025

Yesterday marked a true milestone for my team and me. 🎉

When I launched 21 years ago, I missed the magic of working with colleagues 🤝.

I’ve always loved the work I do at Clear Concept, but those early years were a tad lonely.

I missed the banter, brainstorming, shared goals, and friendships that come with being a solopreneur.

Fast forward to today—and one of the things I love most about my work is the joy of collaborating with so many amazing colleagues. 💡

Yesterday we led 3 (!!!) simultaneous workshops in 3 (!!!) different cities 🤯:

💥 Marla Warner led a session (one of my favourites!) for Navacord in Toronto.

📈 Kelly Peace and Charlotte Verbiest each led engaging productivity workshops for McCabe Promotional Advertising in London and Ottawa.

Participants always love our practical strategies that make their days a little easier. 🗂️

I’m sitting back in awe as I watch my colleagues shine. 🙌

I’m so humbled to work with such an incredible group of smart, hard-working, and fun professionals.

Do you have colleagues who make your work that much better?

Share this post and give them a little shout-out. 💙

We all love to feel seen, heard, and valued.

10/08/2025

Overwhelmed by your ?

Get back to the core 🍎 and focus on what matters most this fall.

There will always be parts of your workday that sit beyond your control, creating uncertainty and stress. The key is to stay focused on what you CAN control.

✅️✅️✅️ One of the best ways to reclaim control of an overwhelming to-do list is to group your work into categories.

Grouping your work helps you prioritize and avoid the feeling of being pulled in multiple directions.

It's like using a container for your work. It helps you feel more focused and strategic, so you can direct your energy into doing rather than non-stop recalibrating.

You’ll be able to make better decisions about what comes next. And THIS is what allows you to make progress on your most essential goals.

You can categorize your work as:

🗂 Core Priorities - More on these below.
🗂 Future Priorities - These are on hold while you focus on your top priorities.
🗂 Supporting Tasks - Operational and administrative work.
🗂 Personal Tasks - These items have to get done. You know those cats won't book their own vet appointments. But you can fit them in around your essential work.

Starting with , these are your top 3 initiatives or types of work. 🍎🍎🍎

Consider all of your projects, initiatives and responsibilities. Of those, what are your top three priorities? Your most important goals? Your most essential work? These aren't tasks, but rather three project-level initiatives or recurring streams of work, such as serving clients, leading your team, or championing a large change initiative.

Focusing on three priorities allows you to concentrate your efforts and make progress on your most important work. This keeps you in your zone of brilliance, where you do your best work, and achieve results.

When you try to tackle too many priorities, you dilute your impact, delay progress, and you're back to square one: feeling overwhelmed.

What comes next after you identify your core priorities? We'll have more on that in another post.

If you would like some guidance to establish your Core Priorities, we're here for you. We have lots of practical resources on all of the strategies we share, and we are committed to your success and .

💭 Questions? Ask away!

10/02/2025

Feeling snacky? Let's talk about the Feedback Sandwich. 😉

Have you ever tried this approach to giving feedback?

This is when we sandwich constructive feedback between two compliments. 🥪

In our program, we talk about the trouble spots with this approach:

1 - Your key message is buried.
2- It's often focused on the past, instead of what they can do going forward.

✨️ A clear message is much more effective. I'll tell you why (and how) in this video.

Have you been delivered a feedback sandwich? What would you do differently?

09/30/2025

September 30 is recognized as Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This is a day to honour, reflect, and respect the dignity of residential school survivors, their families, and to remember those children who never came home.

, we are committed to listening, learning, and collaborating today - and always.

09/26/2025

My friend and colleague Monteiro shared an inspiring video about feedback by the epic coach, Marshall Goldsmith. (I've linked to it below).⁠
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Here are the lessons that resonated most with me:⁠
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✨️ Focus on the future, not the past. The past can't be changed, so focus on actionable ideas they can use next time.⁠
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✨️ Treat others' feedback like a gift. Say thank you for this gift, even if you don't agree with all of their ideas.⁠
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✨️ Keep feedback simple, fast, and positive. Focus on one or two improvement areas at a time.⁠
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✨️Listening without getting defensive or preparing your rebuttal.⁠
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✨️ None of us need to be superior to help others.⁠
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✨️ Valuable ideas can come from anyone, even strangers. What matters is mutual support, not hierarchy or expertise.⁠
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✨️Sharing our common struggles helps to connect us. It is powerful to say, "I'm working on this too."⁠
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In our program, we share practical strategies you can use to empower and strengthen your team, and all your feedback conversations, whether you're delivering or receiving the feedback. This is what elevates performance and engagement on our teams and helps all of us do our best work. ⁠
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🥪 Next up: Feeling snacky? ☺️ Stay tuned for a video on the good 'ol sandwich next week!⁠
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⤵️ Watch the Marshall Goldsmith video here:⁠
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlVZiZob37I⁠

09/22/2025

~ Autumn shows us the beauty in letting things go. 🍂

Welcome !

What is your favourite thing about this time of year?

09/19/2025

Behind every bright idea are a few crumpled drafts. 🔆🔆🔆

If you're working toward a goal, setbacks are inevitable. 🌿 Let them be a reminder that you are growing and working toward something meaningful.

While it’s easy to feel discouraged, how we approach these moments makes all the difference.

We tend to assume a challenging task or problem requires relentless focus, but in truth, we need a relaxed mind—open to possibilities and new ideas—in order to perform at our best. ✨️

Every great idea starts somewhere. Your breakthrough might be hiding behind a few tossed-out drafts, so let the messy beginnings lead you to the idea that sticks.

09/17/2025

When you're running flat out, it's tempting to keep on running. 💨

But this path only leads to burnout. We struggle to solve the smallest challenges. We dread even simple tasks like email. And we lose our excitement and sense of purpose.

💭 What's the solution? Sometimes you need to slow down, so you can speed up.

📌🧾 When we protect time for our priorities and we build, and stick to, a , the resulting benefits are not limited to our productivity.

In (the book and 😉), we talk about the importance of keeping a routine as a key contributor to our overall health AND wellbeing.

Protecting time to eat, to move, to sleep, and to rest means allowing ourselves to thrive at work - and in life.

How does your routine help you? If you need help building your own Proactive Routine, we have sample templates we can share. Get in touch.

We love helping people create winning routines! ✨️

09/09/2025

I am almost always ready to embrace the change in scenery and the increased energy Fall brings. 🍂

But if you happen to feel a little less “spring” in your step as we dive into sweater weather and pumpkin spice everything☕️, it may help you to invest in some key strategies to help you lift your spirits, recharge your day - and reset yourself.

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I've put together 5 timeless principles of productivity (link in the comments), and I'd love to hear what works for you.

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