Marissa Brassfield

Marissa Brassfield

Los Angeles
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Jul 14

Conor McGregor’s Secretly Profane Suit is the Perfect Example of Doing Things “Your” Way AND the “Right” Way

At the recent press conference for his upcoming boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor donned a pinstriped suit with
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May 16

7 Ways to Stay Productive in Times of Crisis

This past month has been one of the most challenging balancing acts of my life. My partner’s mother was
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Apr 27

8 Ways to Protect Yourself Against Stressful News Cycles

Forty years ago, we didn’t have access to news coverage 24 hours a day. People read their local newspaper
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Apr 24

6 Ways to Stop Gambler’s Fallacy From Hurting Your Career

We all have cognitive biases -- errors or faults in the shortcuts our brains take when processing information and making
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Apr 05

Destroy to Create: My Q2 Morning Routine to Set Up a Powerful Day

Every three months, I follow a process I call Destroy to Create: I select a regular practice, routine, habit --
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Apr 03

Wag! is the Ridiculously Efficient Way to Care for Fur Babies

Sometimes those we love are the ones who can be affected the most by our busy and sometimes unpredictable schedules
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Jan 23

#3: Get Moving During Meetings

A lot of us spend most of our working days sitting in front of a computer -- that's
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Jan 23

#2: What's Your 'One Thing?'

What's the one thing you have been putting off? Maybe it's a mundane task you are
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Jan 23

#1: Schedule a Meeting With Yourself

Welcome to 52 Notes Each week of 2017, we'll be sending a note from Marissa Brassfield (Founder and
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Jan 02

How to Go From 1600 Unreads to Inbox Zero in an Hour With Airmail 3

I’m in another one of my Destroy to Create experiments, and this one’s about switching my email client
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Dec 01

Vulnerable Conversations & Holiday Season Grief on the 2-Year Anniversary of My Dad’s Death

Today is a somber day in my house, and at Ridiculously Efficient: On this day in 2014, my dad died,
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Nov 30

Workspace Wednesday: 9 Ways to Stay Productive in an Open Working Environment

This post is brought to you by the folks at Find My Workspace. Distractions! Noise! People! Be it the ringing
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