by Gretchen | Jul 19, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, Organization
Do you have trouble keeping track of all of your To Do Lists and School Projects? There are so many awesome apps out there to help you manage your time. Since it is summer, this is a perfect opportunity to discover and play with new time management applications. In...
by Gretchen | Aug 27, 2011 | Academic Coaching, Creativity & Edges, Organization
Every year I encourage my academic coaching clients to decorate their planners (otherwise, time management can be so uninspiring). Because I practice what I preach, I made a collage too. Can you tell what my intentions for the school year include? The poem (made of...
by Gretchen | Jun 11, 2010 | Academic Coaching, Creativity & Edges, Entrepreneurship, InterPlay, Random Stuff
As an academic coach, I end the school year by meeting with parents to reflect on the ways their children have grown — and to identify goals for the next year. Recently at the end of one of those meetings, a mom sighed and said, “My daughter is...
by Gretchen | Jun 1, 2010 | Entrepreneurship
I’m taking the most wonderful (and the most challenging!) course right now: the Right-Brain Business Plan with Jennifer Lee. Writing a business plan is hard!!! It brings up all my inner demons — procrastination; waffling; shyness; fears (of commitment,...
by Gretchen | Jan 21, 2010 | Creativity & Edges, MuseCubes
As a product inventor, people often ask me whether I’ve “protected” Musecubes. Certainly, I’m in the process of trademarking and copyrighting my products. So in that sense — yes. But with any creative idea, to what extent do I truly...