Barbara Hemphill Podcast Barbara Hemphill

Recently, at the Darnyelle Jervey’s “Unleash Your Incredible Factor” event in Reston, VA, one of the participants shared that the definition of “Genocide is killing thousands of people; Homicide is killing one or more people; Suicide is killing oneself; but to “DE-cide” is to kill every excuse!”

Spring has always been my favorite time of the year! It’s a time for new beginnings, and yes, even businesses need new beginnings! This week's podcast discusses new beginnings and what it can mean to you.

Thank you to all of you who shared how much you appreciated my last blog “What is Your Weight Costing You?” This week I want to talk about how much the weight of clutter is costing organizations. When you think about it, organizations are made up of individuals who struggle with the issue of clutter, so why would organizations be different? When office space was plentiful, you could ignore the problem, but according to the International Facility Management Association, the average office worker lost 15 square feet of elbowroom from 1994 to 2010.

I suspect when you read that title, many of you immediately thought I was talking about those ten pounds (or more!) you’ve been meaning to lose for more months (or years) than you care to count! In some respects, I am talking about that weight, but there is another kind of weight that is also very uncomfortable and has a very high price: CLUTTER!

I was recently interviewed for a new magazine called Beyond Burnout, which launches on March 25th. The interview brought up many memories of my own struggle with burnout so I thought I’d share it with you this week, as I have a feeling many of you can relate on some level.

As I am writing this blog my heart is singing! My business partner Andrea and I just completed a VIP Day at our Productive Environment Center in Carolina Beach with our new business coach Darnyelle Jervey, of Incredible One Enterprises -- and what an awesome day it was! The experience was a result of an introduction from Antonina Geer (Simplistic Financials) who was one of the presenters at our CPES Retreat less than one month ago, and I’m so grateful.