#Productivity

What if…We Donated 100 Books to Libraries in Northern Colorado and Beyond?

Sep 29, 2016
3 min

What if…We Donated 100 Books to Libraries in Northern Colorado and Beyond?

I am really passionate about helping more people learn how to be successful Misfit Entrepreneurs. Which is why I have this wacky vision for getting A Misfit Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building a Business Your Way into the hands of anyone and everyone that’s feeling lost, contemplating breaking out on their own, and open to imagining a better future for themselves and the world. Why? Because I know firsthand how reading one good book can change your life! Our goal is to promot

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5 Tips for Co-Creators to Give Constructive Developmental Feedback

Ariana Friedlander

Aug 4, 2016
2 min

5 Tips for Co-Creators to Give Constructive Developmental Feedback

By: Ariana Friedlander and Molly McCowan Collaborating on a creative endeavor is like playing in a jazz band: everyone needs to have a shared understanding of the boundaries in order to allow for improvisation while still sounding like a cohesive unit. This balance between boundaries and creativity is at the heart of good jazz, and it’s also essential for co-creational efforts. All too often, leaders of co-creational projects fail to set ground rules because they’re afraid to

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5 Steps for Entrepreneurs to Get Back On Track After Life Derails Your Efforts

Ariana Friedlander

Jul 21, 2016
4 min

5 Steps for Entrepreneurs to Get Back On Track After Life Derails Your Efforts

Descarrilamento courtesy of Nuno Morão You were on a roll, just had your busiest month yet. Business has been going great, like pinch yourself good. After five years you feel you finally hit your stride. Then wham! You get the flu. Your entire family gets the flu. You’re down for the count, bed ridden, achy, your brain a fog. You start to get better, but push it a little too hard and relapse, this time it is bronchitis. You’ve been completely derailed. Suddenly weeks have gon

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7 Tips for Getting Along Better with Millennials, Gen Xers and Boomers In the Workplace

Ariana Friedlander

Jun 30, 2016
2 min

7 Tips for Getting Along Better with Millennials, Gen Xers and Boomers In the Workplace

I recently led a workshop at the Larimer County Workforce Center called, Love Millennials, Hate Millennials: We All Just Need to Get Along! In it we did an activity from, Conversational Intelligence, called “Double Clicking,” where we discussed what it means to get along. While the notion of getting along is elementary, the reality is that we all have a different understanding of what it means to do it. These 7 tips for getting along better with Millennials, Gen Xers and Boom

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Ariana Friedlander

Apr 28, 2016
4 min

Chapter 5: Maximize Your Productivity…The Bike Ride

As one EntrepreNerd has told me time and time again, “what we are learning here about business is applicable to life in general.” Maximizing your productivity can be a way of life. It does not have to be about work. In fact, it is best to integrate your life into the process, treat yourself as a whole person. You are more than just your work, your idea, and your business. To make productivity a way of life, it helps to clarify the dream you are working towards, understand wh

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Chapter 5: Maximize Your Productivity…The Rider

Ariana Friedlander

Apr 19, 2016
5 min

Chapter 5: Maximize Your Productivity…The Rider

The Rider The secret to better productivity is in making better choices. You can invest in fancy tools or buy better systems, but if you are not making wise decisions, it’s all for not. Productivity is so much more than just time management. Acknowledging this fact is both overwhelming and freeing. Overwhelming because it is so much more…complicated. Maximizing productivity is about proactively choosing how to best use your limited resources day-in and day-out so that you

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Tips for Reframing the Problem of Work-Life Balance

Ariana Friedlander

Jan 22, 2015
3 min

Tips for Reframing the Problem of Work-Life Balance

Are you striving to create a better work-life balance right now? Has this been an ongoing struggle? Feeling like you’re never doing good enough? Work-life balance is a challenge that often comes up for professionals. In fact, it is pretty cliche how much we talk about work-life balance. And while I often role my eyes when someone utters the phrase, it does so succinctly encapsulate a pandemic of this time we live in. So rather than resist it, I say lean in. Lets lean in s

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Starting 2014 with Your Best Self Yet: Improving Productivity and Enhancing Performance

Ariana Friedlander

Jan 8, 2014
3 min

Starting 2014 with Your Best Self Yet: Improving Productivity and Enhancing Performance

Last May I wrote about my journey creating good workflow habits. I joked that the challenge for me was in creating good habits for the un-habitualized (did I really make that word up?). Of course, the reality was, it’s not that I didn’t have habits, I just happened to have some bad habits…and we all grapple with such demons. With the New Year here, I feel inspired by the notion of starting off 2014 with “Your Best Self Yet.” And so I reflect on my own journey improving produc

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Getting Over Guilty: Practice These 5 Steps to Saying “No”

Ariana Friedlander

Jul 31, 2013
3 min

Getting Over Guilty: Practice These 5 Steps to Saying “No”

Saying no without feeling guilty can be a challenging practice to master. I recently had to muster up the courage to say “no”. Because of this experience, I also know the sense of freedom and excitement one can feel after saying no to something that’s just bringing you down. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I find myself agreeing to something in a conversation just because I want to say “yes” to the person; to build rapport, to help or to avoid disappointment. Only late

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Would You like to Achieve a State of Stress Free Productivity?

Ariana Friedlander

Mar 14, 2012
2 min

Would You like to Achieve a State of Stress Free Productivity?

Buy Your Copy of Getting Things Done Today! If ever a book could come at perfect time for me, Getting Things Done (the first book we read in EntrepreNerds) has, well done just that! This workflow process management system boosts helping executives of large corporations change the dynamic of their organizations for the better. And this simple yet practical guide is equally helpful for small organizations as well. Admittedly, I have never worked in a corporate setting (ok, th

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