ON HAVING A GUIDING WORD FOR THE YEAR / EPISODE 79

elise chats with Ali Edwards about having a guiding word for the year-- or a "One Little Word." 

SHOWNOTES: 

• last year's conversation between Elise & Ali
• Ali's "one little word" online workshop
• previous posts from Ali on OLW
• previous posts from Elise on OLW : SHAKE, MAGIC, CHOOSE, BRAVE &WHOLE
• Essentialism by Greg McKeown
• Elise's post about taking a blogging break

**Looking to set some goals in 2016? Consider picking up a Get To Work Book®

Connect with Ali : blog, twitter, instagram, facebook.

WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER / EPISODE 78

elise chats with Eva Jorgensen of Sycamore Street Press about working smarter, not harder. 

SHOWNOTES:

• 10 steps for working smarter not harder, the blog post
• Etsy
• previous episode where we chatted about "working on, not just in" your business
• National Stationery Show
• Eva's classes on atly.com
• SSP's expansion into curated goods

Connect with Eva : shop, blog, instagram, pinterest

INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY WITH AUTOMATION TOOLS/ EPISODE 77

elise chats with WendyZine about increasing productivity with automation tools

SHOW NOTES:

• email podcast episode with Ann-Marie
• TextExpander
• TypeIt4Me
• Hazel
• DBinbox
• Breeze Order Management
• youcanbook.me
• how to create Photoshop Actions
• blog post about batch resizing photos
• Pulley app - works with Big cartel and other other websites, blogs, etc.
• x-cart
• zen cart
• PayPal digital download information
• Lifehacker article on scheduling social media posts
• a few productivity podcasts recommended by Wendy: MacPowerUsers, Beyond the To Do List, Accidental Creative, Homework
• two relevant blog posts from Wendy : automating business email and a sample workflow for an automated business

Connect with Wendy : shop, website, twitter.