Simplify Your Life: Idle Hands are the Devil's Playground

We're not preaching--just being proactive! Use these tips to keep your kids busy, happy and, yes--out of trouble--all while maintaining your sanity and getting your work done.

Take Control of Your Day--Before it Takes Control of You!

It's a given: Nobody gets more than 24 hours in a day. How you spend your waking hours, and how well you fill the number of hours you work, will determine how successful and accomplished you feel at the end of the day. If your to-do list never seems to get done, if you feel like your day is a constant string of interruptions and redirections, it's time to get down to business. How can you take back your time and use it to its best advantage?

Take a breather--Beat workplace stress with these five tips

Stress and work seemingly go hand-in-hand. It's only normal to feel some pressure during your workday. But what can you do when stress gets the best of you? We've compiled five easy ways for you to banish unnecessary stress from your day.

The Great Balancing Act

Department meetings. Baseball practice. Dinner preparation. Project deadlines. Bill paying. Sleep. Hundreds of tasks at work and at home require your attention each day. And busy people like you are always looking for ways to reduce the stress and make life a little easier. We might just be able to help. Here are 25 tips that can help you better manage your time (and save your sanity).

"To Resolve or Not to Resolve"

Making a decision to change just because it's New Year's Day isn't enough to keep you motivated for long. Lasting change means being prepared to make sacrifices. Are you truly willing to make the effort to kick a bad habit and start a healthy one? If so, you'll need to develop a plan of action and make that plan a priority.

It's About Balance: 9 Ways to Reduce Stress at Work

Do you feel increased pressure at work? Does your time spin out of control? Does your work lead to stress and overwhelm? Use these nine simple steps to reduce daily stress at work so you can enjoy the balance of life you were meant to live.

Life Balance and How to Attain It

We all face decisions that involve competing priorities. We all have three different lives or worlds that compete for our attention, energy and activity. These are our personal lives, our work-related lives, and our family lives. Our personal lives consist of our health, our inner private likes and dislikes, our inner beliefs, and our spiritual feelings. Our work-related lives consist of what we do to earn an income to provide resources to live and prosper. Our family lives consist of our relatives and friends and our relationships with each member.

Recharging Your Batteries--Staying on Top of Your Game

"I can't seem to get motivated or focused. I feel stuck, I feel tired, distracted…like I should be doing more and I just don't feel like doing very much." Sound familiar? You might be feeling burned out and in need of recharging.

Seven Ways to Beat the Burnout Blues

Have you ever wondered why some people leave jobs after two or three years and others stay for 15 or 20? Burnout may not be the only reason people leave their jobs, but it often is a factor.

Some Time Savers

Here are five techniques each one of which will help you to get at least one more hour out of your day of additional productive time.