Blog - Wendy Ellin

Wendy Ellin with a fun moment in her home office.

How You Start Your Day Determines the Kind of Day You Have

Either you run the day, or the day runs you - Jim Rohn Often, how you spend your day comes down to a choice you make before your day even starts. You can choose to take a few minutes before the day starts to plan your appointments, identify the items you need to accomplish and control […]

Productive vs. Busy - It’s a Matter of Choice

Busy people believe that getting more things done in the eight- or nine-hour workday is the holy grail. They cram in too many tasks in their to-do list only to end up moving most of their tasks to the next day and beyond. They also do not understand the difference between urgent and important. Because […]

Get Organized... Where Do I Start?

Hacking Your Life 101: How to Get Organized in 5 Easy Steps Did you know that getting organized benefits your mental health, physical health, productivity, punctuality, and even your budget? That's right. Being organized has positive effects on nearly every aspect of our life. You might be wondering where to start though. If you're not a naturally […]

Why Should You Get Organized? 5 Surprising Benefits of Being Organized

If you're like most people stuck at home day in and day out over the past few months, you've probably noticed the clutter and mess in your home more than usual. Whether it's your living space or workspace (whether at home or in the office), there are many benefits to getting organized. From increased productivity […]

Why is Multitasking Bad for Your Productivity?

In today's business world, companies have to do more with less; hence, their employees have to work harder and longer hours. This was the case pre-pandemic. Now, more than ever, organizations are furloughing and laying off employees, leaving all the work left for the remaining staff. If you're like most busy professionals, you spend your […]

Building a Successful Business Strategy: Why Do I Need a Coach to Get Organized

Would you agree that the world feels like a pretty messy place sometimes? Well, that doesn't mean your life has to feel the same way. After all, clutter is a sign of a disorganized mind.This is especially true when you run a business. When your office is organized, you'll feel better about yourself, which enables you […]

What's This About Work/Life Balance?

For a lot of people, working from home is "the dream". At least that's what they thought, until they realized how hard it can be to stay productive. And then there's learning to "turn it off" at the end of the working day, right? It's not about work/life balance, because, let's be real, that's impossible. […]

How to Get Started in the Morning When Working From Home

Working at home provides a fabulous opportunity to skip the morning commute and create your own morning routine. However, some people struggle to get started in the morning. Follow these tips to develop a more productive workflow. Wake Up at the Same Time Working from home comes with many perks but sleeping in every day […]

Is it that time again?

So here we are, 3 months in So here we are, 3 months to the day of when we were instructed to "shelter at home". I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get out in the world, see my peeps, hug my family, and do the things that require less than 6 feet […]

Change in the Time of Corona

Change is upon us, whether we embrace it or not. The world is not as we know it to be right now, and from what I see, for the immediate future. So how can we embrace this change and utilize this “pandemic reality” we are in to better ourselves, our systems, our society, and our […]

Ditch the Distractions

Distraction. Just thinking about being distracted can be distracting. Even the most driven and focused entrepreneurs cannot completely escape the reality of their own minds. Especially with all the current Coronavirus and political updates coming at us all day long. Many of us do make active efforts to eliminate distractions out of our productive time, […]

What I Love About Me, the Sequel

It was about a 1 1/2 years ago when I wrote the first blog titled That’s What I Love About Me. And in the spirit of February being the “Love” month, I’ve decided to share the sequel. The original blog talks about an experience I had in the hair salon as I was drying my hair […]

The Great Purge of 2020

Welcome to the new year…when there’s so much talk about resolutions. All of us contemplating what we are committed to doing differently this year. And perhaps even taking on the same “resolution” that we do every year — only this year will be the one we actually accomplish it, right? No pressure here, I promise. […]

Can We Talk "Happy"?

“Happy New Year” is the traditional greeting at this time of year, yes? And what tends to stand out most for me when hearing that is… the “Happy”! Because whether we’re ready for it or not, those 365 days seem to fly by, and while we can’t control that part, we can control the “Happy” […]

Having a Reputation for Being Late

So here we are. The Holiday Season: Hanukah and Christmas are just around the corner, and finally, we’ll slide into the New Years’ finish line. I know for me, at this time of year as party invitations start to roll in and my commitments increase for everything from work to shopping and of course the […]

Be Thankful for the Simple Things - Like Managing the Email Clutter

“‘Tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free…” ~From the Shaker song – “Simple Gifts” – written in 1848 and sung by the Ingalls family at Thanksgiving on Little House on the Prairie. This song makes me think about Thanksgiving because it reminds me of simple things like gathering with family and […]

Cancellations as Opportunities

Yesterday I had a cancellation at the last minute. Not what I prefer, but as I say so often…” it is what it is.” So when that happens, I try to see what the positive is in this because I could go to the negative space of “Ugg, now what?”, or “why can’t they let […]

Key Points to Consider When Hiring Your Keynote Speaker

I know that hiring a professional speaker for an event is an important task and can seem overwhelming as well. However, there are a few key points to consider when making this critical selection. Choosing the right keynote speaker for your corporate event, private function, or training seminar (or workshop) can have a huge impact […]

Leap and the Net Will Appear - Part 1

As I further my travels helping people get “unstuck” in their workplace, or should I say in their LIVES, I am always amazed at the people I connect with and the stories they have. Yes, everyone has a story, and if we take time to listen, what is most revealing is how desperate we all […]

Don't Let the Perfect Get In The Way of the Good

I have a theory. It’s not really MY theory, but one I subscribe to . . . “what we focus on expands.” I’m thinking of this in relation to a topic I teach, train and coach on – self-defeating behaviors! My challenge is how much do I focus on something I don’t want to expand? But it’s […]

Leap and the Net Will Appear - Part 2

As you may recall, last week I shared about my visit to Tammi in LA, where we not only set her up physically, electronically and emotionally to move forward with MOMENTUM, but we got her right to the “edge” of CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE COURSE OF HER LIFE! After 33 years as an Emmy-Award-winning TV […]

De-cluttering the E-clutter Toward a Simpler, More Productive Way of Work

I don’t believe in email. I’m an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up.~ Sarah Jessica Parker In the past, I extolled the virtue of having a SIMPLE SYSTEM as the key to getting and staying organized. And I gave away some of my best tips for starting to de-clutter your e-clutter. Now I […]

What's Your Why?

Recently, I had an interesting conversation with my husband about what motivates people to take action. We were talking in the context of marketing and branding oneself or one’s business and were considering what inspires people to decide (finally) to go for it. As we talked, I was even more convinced that the reason people […]

From Vision to Reality

WOW . . . I’m finally here!! We (my amazing website creator and I) have been working tirelessly to create this new home to showcase who I am, what I do, how I do it, and what kind of transformation is possible for so many busy professionals. Well, if truth be told, Pamela has been working tirelessly, […]