The Middle School Parent Resource

What’s distracting you during your work-life day? Track 1 distraction today.

Where are you dedicating time, energy and focus during your day. Distractions can derail you from feeling productive at work and in the hours beyond your work day. Track one activity today and for the next 5 days.

Show #194 - "Productivity expert Jason Womack encourages us to find the balance”

With unemployment hitting a record high, our perception of how life is can quickly head south. Jason Womack joins me today to cast a different perspective on the jobless rate and how we can bring balance to our work and personal lives.

I would love to hear from you. Join the discussion by sending me your questions, comments, ideas and ramblings. The show improves and so does your child's journey through the middle school years, when you contribute.joe@thinking-forward.com

Show #162– “Making forward progress with your weekly meeting”

Sharing the screen with me today is Jason Womack of the Womack Company (www.womackcompany.com). As a trusted guru in the area of work place productivity, time management and forward progress, Jason shares his top strategies for improving the weekly meeting in the workplace. We found the weekly meeting to be a common space between the world of work and life outside the workplace where I could also share my ideas for families who hold a weekly meeting at home. You get the best of both worlds from us today with one top strategy for moving you forward.

Do you have a show idea or question you have wondered about? Send it to me either in an email or leave it in a comment here on the site. joe@thinking-forward.com

Show #139– “How much time do you spend living in the past or the future?”

Start living in the present. Your kids notice the small things, including a parent’s ability to stay focused during a conversation whether in a car or at the kitchen table. As parents we establish routines and habits both accidently and on purpose that our kids will take with them into adulthood. Take time each week to plan for the daily events, secure appointments and reflect on achievements, but when the planning is done live in the present moment. The other idea to consider, when thinking about the present moments, is that your children are growing older with each day. Too much time spent dwelling on the past or looking into the future will leave you with few memorable moments from the present.

Do you have a show idea or question you have wondered about? Send it to me either in an email or leave it in a comment here on the site. joe@thinking-forward.com

From where you are to where you want to be

Jason Womack, productivity and work life balance guru, lays out the challenge for you this week. Are you moving in the direction you had hoped?