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How to Use the Traffic Light Method to Conquer Your To-Do List

Hop in, Life Editor! We’re hittin’ the road! On the highway of life, you’re bound to run into some obstacles. What roadblocks are preventing you from getting to your destination? One way to fuel your motivation is to rewrite your to-do list into a format that makes it easy to instantly see what’s most important…

New Clubhouse Class: Warm Letter Campaigns

Back in college (when dinosaurs roamed the Earth), I remember one of my professors teaching us about cold calls. Randomly calling a stranger to try to get them to buy from you was supposed to be a tried-and-true marketing tactic. It felt icky to me then, and cold calls are still one of the sleaziest…

Not a Happy Camper

It’s taken a while, but nature and I have come to an understanding. I won’t bother nature if it won’t bother me. You know that I’m a super organized, systematic, analytical, slightly high-strung, Type A personality. And I’m proud to be Type A! That is, I am now. But I spent most of my life…

Life Editor’s Picks: Let’s Do Lunch

OK, stop what you’re doing. It’s time for a break! Grab your purse and let’s step away from our desks. We’ll stretch our legs, clear our heads, and get some yummy food in our grumbly tummies. Many entrepreneurs skip lunch altogether and plow through their work like hamsters spinning on their wheels. But taking a…

10 Habits of Expert Life Editors

Life editing isn’t a one-and-done task. Your life is always changing so you’ll always be editing. So what makes some Life Editors wildly successful while others stay at the “surface level” stage? Expert Life Editors look for ways to go deeper and up their game. They’re not content to make half-hearted efforts. They’re all in,…

To the Teacher Who Saved My Life

“Bananas! Bananas! Bananas!” It was the first day of my sophomore year of high school, and everyone in my English class was acting nuts. The girl on my left was screaming like a starving monkey. The boy on my right stood on his chair and began reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Another girl raced to…

Editor’s Notebook 116

The Editor’s Notebook is my place to share the things I’m loving this week and other random links that have caught my eye. Enjoy! What I’m Loving This Week How Stress Affects Your Brain. What are you worrying about? We Are Lisa Simpson: 30 Years with the Smartest and Saddest Kid in Grade Two. She’s…