by Louise D'Allura on July 10th, 2013
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I was delighted to provide comment for this article on managing distractions at work.
Let's face it - we all experience and juggle distraction on a daily basis. Distractions have the ability to draw us in, take us off track and cause us to lose hours of our time, as they affect our ability to concentrate, and get the job done!!
Keep reading the full article for the top 10 tips to help you manage distractions:
1. Establish what your role is and what you want to achieve
2. Plan your time
3. Manage meetings and avoid being “the go-to problem-solver”
4. Manage distractions from work colleagues and employees
5. Work from a different location
6. Tips for working from home
7. Disconnect from Social Media
8. Disconnect from email
9. “If I don’t do this task now, I’ll forget about it”
10. Take a break
After you read the full article for the tips I'd love to hear what are your favourite ideas?
To read the tips CLICK HERE
Let's face it - we all experience and juggle distraction on a daily basis. Distractions have the ability to draw us in, take us off track and cause us to lose hours of our time, as they affect our ability to concentrate, and get the job done!!
Keep reading the full article for the top 10 tips to help you manage distractions:
1. Establish what your role is and what you want to achieve
2. Plan your time
3. Manage meetings and avoid being “the go-to problem-solver”
4. Manage distractions from work colleagues and employees
5. Work from a different location
6. Tips for working from home
7. Disconnect from Social Media
8. Disconnect from email
9. “If I don’t do this task now, I’ll forget about it”
10. Take a break
After you read the full article for the tips I'd love to hear what are your favourite ideas?
To read the tips CLICK HERE
by Louise D'Allura on July 7th, 2013
I totally know how my clients feel - July is going to be a big month for me - I will be the guinea pig to test out *new* organising systems and services.
Of course I am the guinea pig because I want to be totally confident in how it can make MY life easier and in turn YOUR life easier and simpler!
That said, I have to CONFESS - I'm anxious about the process!!! Will the person I work with be judging me, will they be thinking I 'should' be more organised than I am?
This process has helped me to identify what I have always known - these 'worries' are habitual worries and are amongst the first things I need to declutter even before I begin my journey at the start of the new financial year!
That time sucking habit of worry, and those bits of perfectionism that raise their head on a regular basis..... I KNOW being the guinea pig will make a massive difference to my day and ultimately my client's day... I'm 'decluttering' for both of us.
Wish me luck!!
Of course I am the guinea pig because I want to be totally confident in how it can make MY life easier and in turn YOUR life easier and simpler!
That said, I have to CONFESS - I'm anxious about the process!!! Will the person I work with be judging me, will they be thinking I 'should' be more organised than I am?
This process has helped me to identify what I have always known - these 'worries' are habitual worries and are amongst the first things I need to declutter even before I begin my journey at the start of the new financial year!
That time sucking habit of worry, and those bits of perfectionism that raise their head on a regular basis..... I KNOW being the guinea pig will make a massive difference to my day and ultimately my client's day... I'm 'decluttering' for both of us.
Wish me luck!!
by Louise D'Allura on July 4th, 2013
If you got along to our first WEBINAR WITH 'KIRSTY AND LOUISE' in May with the amazing Kirsty O'Callaghan from Unity Qld you'll know our second WEBINAR WITH 'KIRSTY AND LOUISE' webinar 'Relax?! Who has time to relax let alone cook?!' is on Wednesday 28 August.
If you feel like your stress levels are too high and you would like more calm in your life you'll love our August Webinar. Not only will we be sharing strategies to help you relax and manage stress, we'll also be talking about how to give your immune system a boost by eating well.
So it's time to join Kirsty and I for our second webinar: "Relax?! Who has time to relax let alone cook!?"
As many Revampers would know, I'm a big fan of Kirsty and admire what she has achieved both personally and professionally. She began her business over a decade ago to help people live more positively, less stressfully and with more health and happiness. She certainly inspires me and no doubt will inspire you too!
Join us on Wednesday 28 August 2013 for the one hour webinar (7 - 8pm AUST EST).
The webinar is only $21.00 per person.
To book your tickets go to
http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=40568
If you feel like your stress levels are too high and you would like more calm in your life you'll love our August Webinar. Not only will we be sharing strategies to help you relax and manage stress, we'll also be talking about how to give your immune system a boost by eating well.
So it's time to join Kirsty and I for our second webinar: "Relax?! Who has time to relax let alone cook!?"
As many Revampers would know, I'm a big fan of Kirsty and admire what she has achieved both personally and professionally. She began her business over a decade ago to help people live more positively, less stressfully and with more health and happiness. She certainly inspires me and no doubt will inspire you too!
Join us on Wednesday 28 August 2013 for the one hour webinar (7 - 8pm AUST EST).
The webinar is only $21.00 per person.
To book your tickets go to
http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=40568
by Louise D'Allura on May 6th, 2013
I'm often asked what paperwork needs to be kept and what can be tossed. Of course it depends on the nature of the paperwork!
But, to help you get started, here is a list of questions to start with when you're 'weeding' to help you distinguish between what's worth saving and what you don't need.
• Do you need to keep it for legal or tax purposes? (always ask your ACCOUNTANT/ ATO!)
• How long has it been since you looked at it/ referred to it?
• Is it likely you will be using it in the near future (not just some day...)
• Do you REALLY have the TIME to do anything with this information (this includes do you have time to read it/ act on it)?
• Can you get this info by doing a quick internet search/ is it on your computer?
• Would your work be affected if you didn't have this paperwork?
What other questions do you ask yourself when you're going through your paperwork?
Put in your questions below and share with the other Revampers!
But, to help you get started, here is a list of questions to start with when you're 'weeding' to help you distinguish between what's worth saving and what you don't need.
• Do you need to keep it for legal or tax purposes? (always ask your ACCOUNTANT/ ATO!)
• How long has it been since you looked at it/ referred to it?
• Is it likely you will be using it in the near future (not just some day...)
• Do you REALLY have the TIME to do anything with this information (this includes do you have time to read it/ act on it)?
• Can you get this info by doing a quick internet search/ is it on your computer?
• Would your work be affected if you didn't have this paperwork?
What other questions do you ask yourself when you're going through your paperwork?
Put in your questions below and share with the other Revampers!
by Louise D'Allura on May 5th, 2013
We received a question from one of our Revampers via our Facebook page. I know they aren't the only ones to experience it so I am sharing it with you here.
"What do you do if your schedule doesn't match your priorities yet you feel stuck and not able to change it?"
Without knowing nuts and bolts, I'd have to say work out what your priorities are. Your time and how you use it ultimately tells us WHAT our priorities are - there is that saying we ARE what we repeatedly do. If our priority/ value is health, yet our schedule doesn't allow us to fit in some time to undertake those practices we consider important and essential for health, then we have to CHANGE that schedule. We have to look at what the priorities are and put in those things in FIRST into your schedule.
We have to look at everything that consumes time in your life and work out if and how it deserves to be there. We describe clutter as anything that you are holding onto which is no longer relevant or useful - and it can be any obsolete object, space, commitment or behaviour that weighs you down, distracts you or depletes you! It can be in
your space, schedule or habits.
So if there are commitments that take up a lot of your time, work out if you REALLY need to DO the task? If you're doing it out of obligation - really work out what's the pay off - WHY WHY WHY are you doing it? If you can work out that you don't need to do it - DELETE IT - get it off your list of commitments.
If you still need to do it - work out are you REALLY the best person to do that task? If someone else could do it quicker, better, faster etc then DELEGATE it - or swap a task with someone!!
If you have to do the task - ask do you have to do it now/ soon/ yesterday?? Sometimes we take on tasks and THINK when it needs to be done but we can actually DELAY it.
Lastly if you REALLY STILL DO have to do it - can you DIMINISH it - ie do you have to go to the degree you were planning to do it, or could you do a quick and dirty version that gets the job done?? Sometimes you just need to get a concept or commitment right, or you might need to adjust HIGH STANDARDS.
So these are just some initial ideas - the crucial thing is your schedule and priorities have to be tweaked on a daily, hourly and minute by minute basis. As we get in new information throughout our day sometimes we have to TOSS all our plans out the window.
I'd love to hear where you can have flexibility in your schedule and where you need structure to perform some set things? Put your comments in the comments box below.
"What do you do if your schedule doesn't match your priorities yet you feel stuck and not able to change it?"
Without knowing nuts and bolts, I'd have to say work out what your priorities are. Your time and how you use it ultimately tells us WHAT our priorities are - there is that saying we ARE what we repeatedly do. If our priority/ value is health, yet our schedule doesn't allow us to fit in some time to undertake those practices we consider important and essential for health, then we have to CHANGE that schedule. We have to look at what the priorities are and put in those things in FIRST into your schedule.
We have to look at everything that consumes time in your life and work out if and how it deserves to be there. We describe clutter as anything that you are holding onto which is no longer relevant or useful - and it can be any obsolete object, space, commitment or behaviour that weighs you down, distracts you or depletes you! It can be in
your space, schedule or habits.
So if there are commitments that take up a lot of your time, work out if you REALLY need to DO the task? If you're doing it out of obligation - really work out what's the pay off - WHY WHY WHY are you doing it? If you can work out that you don't need to do it - DELETE IT - get it off your list of commitments.
If you still need to do it - work out are you REALLY the best person to do that task? If someone else could do it quicker, better, faster etc then DELEGATE it - or swap a task with someone!!
If you have to do the task - ask do you have to do it now/ soon/ yesterday?? Sometimes we take on tasks and THINK when it needs to be done but we can actually DELAY it.
Lastly if you REALLY STILL DO have to do it - can you DIMINISH it - ie do you have to go to the degree you were planning to do it, or could you do a quick and dirty version that gets the job done?? Sometimes you just need to get a concept or commitment right, or you might need to adjust HIGH STANDARDS.
So these are just some initial ideas - the crucial thing is your schedule and priorities have to be tweaked on a daily, hourly and minute by minute basis. As we get in new information throughout our day sometimes we have to TOSS all our plans out the window.
I'd love to hear where you can have flexibility in your schedule and where you need structure to perform some set things? Put your comments in the comments box below.
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