Should You Treat Kids as Projects?

Yesterday, when I talked about treating personal tasks as projects and then applying project management principles to execute them successfully, it set me thinking. Are kids projects? Should we treat kids as projects? Wasn’t my post insinuating that in some way?...

Project Management Principles for Personal Tasks

Today I have a question for you dear Superlistas. Do you use project management principles for personal tasks as well? Before you dismiss my suggestion, hear me out. Even personal, household and caregiving tasks can do with some project management principles such as...

Passion Can Take You Only So Far

In a recent podcast (Re-thinking by Adam Grant) episode, Bob Sutton, organizational psychologist and bestselling author, said: Indifference is as important as passion. As a working mom, I couldn’t agree more. Because I know that passion sucks so much of my...

What Language Should You Learn?

That of your kids if you are a parent. That of your parents if you are a son/daughter. That of your client if you are a consultant. That of your employees if you are an employer. That of your audience if you are an artist. Because communication is a two-way road. If...

The Only Criteria for Starting a New Project

Don’t accept or reject a new project – personal or professional – based on how much you love that project. Or want to do it. Or are skilled to do it. You accept or reject a new personal project based on how positively or negatively it affects your...

Disagreements are Never Personal

If someone disagrees with you, it doesn’t mean they hate you! All it means is that they have a different view from yours about a person/situation/idea. Say you and your husband do not see eye to eye on where your kid should go to school. Does that mean only one...

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