Getting Wired In: How to Get Focused and Get Your Work Done Effectively

by Marissa Bracke | Last Updated: Mar 5, 2016

“He's wired in.” There are a couple of scenes in The Social Network (the movie about Facebook's creation) where someone describes one of the movie characters as being “wired in.” The character is shown typing code, headphones on, a bottle of...

I don’t want to run a marathon

by Marissa Bracke |

I have a confession: I don't want to run a marathon. Running a marathon is a pretty common item on peoples' Someday Lists (a.k.a. Goal Lists, Bucket Lists, etc.). It was on mine, too. Until today, when I realized: I don't have the slightest desire to actually run a...

How to email a busy person: Six tips for effective emails

by Marissa Bracke |

As admin, secretary, assistant, or Can-Do-Ologist, I've worked inside the very full inboxes of several very successful (and very swamped) folks in both the offline and online business worlds. A couple of times, people asked me for tips on getting responses from those...

What do you like about Fail?

by Marissa Bracke |

What do you like about fail? Not the subjective experience of failure, but the fact of fail: the rather objective declaration that what you'd aimed for, projected, expected or worked toward did not, in fact, occur, appear or come to be. At first blush, the answer is...

Giving myself permission

by Marissa Bracke |

I want permission… To do it my way. To do it wrong. To say, “I don't want this,” without giving any further justification. To bask in the spotlight. To frolic through the meadows of off-brand-ness. To be angry. To grieve–still. To let go on my...