Here are some questions we can ask ourselves if we want to be more productive.

1. What is my most important task?
2. When am I the most productive?
3. What do I find most distracting?
4. Do I take enough breaks?
5. Do I ask for support when I need it?
6. Do I have long-term goals?
7. Do I have time for self-relfection?
8. Is my workspace set up for success?

I’m sure my list is not complete. Is there anything you would like to add?

You’re organising a live online session for your contacts around the world?

Easily find the exact time difference with the visual time zone converter “Every Time Zone“. 

And if you sign in, you can customise the tool yourself. How cool is that?

If you’d like to design your own social media graphics, presentations or even birthday cards, you might like to give the free design tool Canva a try.  

I still need Lisa, my graphic and web designer for those highly professional projects. But for my blog today, you can see a picture I made using Canva.

I used a photo from Canva’s image library, uploaded a photo of myself and removed its background, and then placed my photo onto Canva’s photo of London. (I am using the paid version, though.)

Do you also use Canva? Do you think Canva could be a useful tool? Or can you recommend another tool?

You want to ask someone, “In welche Branche arbeiten Sie?”

What do you say in English?

You need to be careful here, because you can’t use the English word ‘branch’. A ‘branch’ translates as ‘Zweigstelle’, ‘Filiale’ or even ‘Ast’ in German!

What you can ask is, “What industry/field/sector/line of business do you work in?”.  

And your conversation partner might answer, “I work in the consulting industry. My company has branches in several countries. I work in the branch in Germany”.

So what line of business do you work in?

All our dreams come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney

And getting out of our comfort zone is the first step in gathering the courage. Once we leave our comfort zone, the world is open for us to change.

If this inspires you to take that first step, what are you going to do?