Favorite Travel Apps

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 23, 2015 | Chosen Course Insights Video, Digital Nomad, Workspace Organization

Take-aways from today’s scope from the Cincinnati Airport! Organized travel information is a HUGE blessing. These are several of my favorite Travel Apps… Yapta.com (apparently now owned by Kayak) – Great for tracking flight prices over time. You can...

Activity Kits: Great Organizing Time Saver Trick

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 22, 2015 | Chosen Course Insights Video, Workspace Organization

Take-aways from today’s scope: Kits aren’t just for kids! They are a great, time-saving organizing trick. Kits can be for all different parts of your world both personal and professional. Gave a demo of four kits in my home: Speaking kit – projector,...

Evernote Do’s and Don’ts: How to Use Evernote Effectively

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 21, 2015 | Action & Execution, Chosen Course Insights Video, Workspace Organization

Take-Aways from Today’s scope: Evernote, at its best, is a digital notebook. Or even a digital file drawer full of notebooks. Personal Use Cases: Recipes, Owners Manuals, Travel plans, Household Notes & Documents, Wedding Planning, Party Planning, Receipts,...

Wearable Tech: Why it’s GREAT for Energy Management

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 21, 2015 | Energy Management

Fitbits, Up bands, and now Apple watches… we are all becoming more comfortable with wearable technology. Having “lived the Up life” for a while myself I’ve discovered the benefits personally and particularly in terms of my productivity, which inspired me to...

Staff Retreats: Why They’re Essential

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 20, 2015 | Chosen Course Insights Video, Collaboration

Take-Aways from today’s scope: Team alignment is crucial to your effectiveness and success. That’s why time together is HUGELY valuable. Retreats at least 1-2x year are great to connect and get the bigger questions considered. Meet somewhere...

Get Tasks Out of Your Head- Use a Capture Tool

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 17, 2015 | Action & Execution, Chosen Course Insights Video

Take-aways from today’s scope: Even Billionaires make lists– “What Richard Branson Can Teach You About To-Do Lists“ No one can expect to remember everything they are committed to or responsible for doing – whatever your age. Getting...

The Organized Blogger- Editorial Calendar System Essentials

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 16, 2015 | Action & Execution, Chosen Course Insights Video, Workspace Organization

Take-Aways from today’s Periscope insights chat: Start with a brainstormed list of topics for your blog, periscopes, YouTube Videos, podcasts – Excellent use of Evernote to capture new ideas “on the fly.” Have a “calendar” or table...

Your Calendar’s Not For Tasks – Periscope

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 15, 2015 | Action & Execution, Chosen Course Insights Video

Take-aways from today’s scope: Your calendar is NOT a good place to manage your tasks – Calendars are for appointments. Only put projects that require a LARGE chunk of time on your calendar. Create a Master Task List – one place where all your tasks...

Workplace Distractions- Being Available, but not TOO available

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 14, 2015 | Collaboration

Two heads aren’t always better than one, sometimes we just need to get focused and get down to work! How can we limit interruptions and distractions with everyone coming in and out of our workspace all day long? How can we Be Available, but not TOO available in...

Forget about TIME Management – Periscope

by Erin Elizabeth Wells | Jul 14, 2015 | Chosen Course Insights Video, Energy Management

Key Take-aways from today’s scope: Time Management is a fantasy – You can’t manage time! It just flows along for all of us. Notice your language: “I don’t have time to _____ .” Really means “_________ is  not a priority right now.”...