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Time Management: Pick your Top 5 with Teamly

By Elena · Comments (4)
Thursday, October 28th, 2010

I’m always on the look-out for the next great tool that can help me be more productive. With two businesses and two kiddos to take care of, my to-do list gets longer every day.

And I’ll admit, when I reflect back on my day, I find at least 4 or 5 things that I did that weren’t high priorities, like cleaning up the files on my desktop. These unimportant “busy” tasks are also the things that prevent me from doing the tasks that will move my business forward – like writing a client proposal.

So I’ve started using Teamly and have found it to be an incredibly simple and powerful tool for managing my productivity.

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Tackling Fears

By Elena · Comments (6)
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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“I’m scared,” said my two year old. “Scared of what darling?” I asked.

“The Vacuum!”

Although he is quite a daredevil who likes to challenge himself physically, I noticed that my son has started to develop fears.  Besides the vacuum, he fears that he will go down the drain with the bathwater, and he is starting to get fearful of the dark.

It may seem silly at first, but I realized at this age, his fears are still primal – something in him is triggered and he literally fears for his life.  Having fear is a natural survival mechanism and serves an important role in our self-protection.  Fear is the emotion that comes up when your mind feels your physical safety is threatened.

At two, my son doesn’t know that a vacuum or a bath drain can’t possibly suck him up!  So I started thinking of my fears, and the fears of my clients and although it comes in many shapes and sizes, most of our fears are not really life-threatening.

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Ask For What You Want

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
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Travel has always been a big part of my life. It honors my values of adventure, challenge, connection with different cultures and fun. It began in my 20′s with a backpacking adventure, and even now with a family, we rent out our place and go somewhere for several months at a time.

In a matter of weeks, I can find a tenant, enroll clients and associates into my new schedule and have our support network of friends and family look after things such as pets, plants and paintings. We leave with nothing planned except the first few days’ accommodations, and technology has allowed my work to continue from Europe, Asia and even the most remote places in Africa.

I let everyone know what I am doing, what I want and need and somehow

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10 Ways You Can Say No (without the guilt)

By Elena · Comments (11)
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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I find it extremely difficult to say “No”. First of all I’m a Libra and like to keep things in harmony (often at the expense of my own well-being). In business, I tend to have the shiny-object syndrome – you know, where everything looks cool and so I get worried that I may miss an opportunity if I say no. This ends up taking a lot of my time and scatters my focus.

Tell me if this sounds familiar – you’re asked to do something you don’t really want to do or have time for, but you would feel guilty if you said No. Whether it’s a church fundraiser, a committee at your child’s school or participating in a project, it’s important to learn to say No if you don’t want to get overwhelmed, stressed or resentful. It’s about self-protection – people who are able to say No have more free time, energy and feel more in control of their lives.
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Get Off The Island of Someday

By Elena · Comments (2)
Friday, February 12th, 2010
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There is a crowded little island that everyone in the world has been to several times, including you and me – and it’s called “Someday”.

It’s so appealing that many people who go there never return.

“Someday I’ll have the family, house, luxury car and 2 dogs and then I’ll be happy. Someday this current misery will end, the venture capitalists will understand my genius and I’ll figure out what I really want, and then I’ll be happy. Someday I’ll retire financially independent – just wait and see – I’ll be really happy then.”

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How to Create Your Personal Vision

By Elena · Comments (25)
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

2010 visionNote: A longer version of this article appears in Working Mom Magazine

In the last four years, I’ve been in a constant state of re-invention.

One year we sold our house in the city and moved to our dream house on an island – population 3500. The next year my husband and I started a quirky Internet business, which got so much attention we got bought out in less than a year. Then we had our second child and we moved countries.  And then I started this website, PR in Your Pajamas. Who knows what’s next?

Some decisions may seem drastic but were consciously planned, and some decisions were more spontaneous but still purposefully aligned with my values.  Every year began with a personal vision, which have led to numerous incredible and often unforeseen experiences.

So it seemed fitting as I write this at the beginning of 2010 to help YOU explore and define your personal vision for the coming year.

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