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Why Can't You Get Anything Done? The Know-Do Gap for Artists.

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The knowing-doing gap was popularized by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton. The knowing-doing gap is essentially: You know what you have to do. But, the doing doesn’t happen. Therefore, the results don’t happen.

Below are a few examples of how the know-do gap can show up in your life:

  • I KNOW I have to start that essay my professor assigned us at the beginning of the semester, but I DO it two days before it’s due.

  • I KNOW I should be getting medical help for this reoccurring problem, but only until I start coughing up blood is when I DO it (this example is a bit extreme, but you get my drift).

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Quadrant 2 Activities for Bloggers

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Quadrant 2 Activities for Bloggers

Feeling a little lost? Maybe just a tad bit stuck? Do you need ideas on what to do next?

Quadrant 2 deals with areas of planning for things that are important, but are not urgent. Activities in this quadrant are for personal and professional development where you focus on your long-term goals. Generally, they are action items that people procrastinate on.

I have a list of activities that you can add to your to-do list.

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What kind of time-management person are you? Busy or Productive?

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What kind of time-management person are you? Busy or Productive?

What does a busy version of Fonna look like?

  • Talk about how busy I am

  • Having a long to-do list that doesn't align with my strategic goals

  • Spending time clearing my emails (yes, even the newsletters)

  • Multitasking inefficiently

  • Taking a meeting that could've been an email

  • Getting stuck and drowning in details (there's a big difference in being detail-oriented)

  • Saying yes to TONS of projects and stretching myself thin

  • Attempting to do everything myself

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Why are you wasting your time? The 80/20 Rule

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Why are you wasting your time? The 80/20 Rule

I have 87 apps in my phone but I use the same 12 most frequently (which is only 13.7%, not even 20%)

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ArtReach Grant Writing: Workplans Presentation on Slideshare

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ArtReach Grant Writing: Workplans Presentation on Slideshare

If you know me, you know that one of my many visions in life is to create a world where artists stop procrastinating. 

In January ArtReach will be doing another Grant Writing 101 workshop, with Paulina O'Kieffe, for their upcoming granting round.

Here's a sneak peek at the slides I will be presenting in January.

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The Physiological Response to Procrastination

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The Physiological Response to Procrastination

I am guilty of doing it and you, dear reader, are probably guilty of it too.

Procrastination.

After every session I would tell myself, "never again", but lo and behold the following semester I found myself cramming in last-minute information for exams or furiously typing an assignment.

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A Matrix for Time Management

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A Matrix for Time Management

Looking back on last month, I noticed a few things:

  • I had a total of 4 to-do lists. If you know me, that 4 is such an insignificant number.
  • The lists were split into 3 categories: Urgent, Medium Priority, Low Priority. All I crossed off were the urgent tasks