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.
Oct 06

The Good Listener Checklist

Listening is much more than making sure you have clean ears. Being a good listener is also an important part
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Sep 30

Frictionless Friday: Supercharge How You’re Heard So People Will Want To Listen To You

I have yet to meet someone who says public speaking is easy. When there is SO much to take into
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Sep 16

#CoupleGoals: Inside Marissa Brassfield's Effective Daily Family Goal-Setting Meeting

I often write about my husband Mike and how the two of us are polar opposites in terms of how
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Sep 09

Ridiculously Efficient Reads: Productivity-Boosting Routines + Networking Alternatives

These are the articles we've been loving this week. 15 Daily Routines That Will Boost Your Productivity 5
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Sep 02

Ridiculously Efficient Reads - 02/09/16

Check out what we've been reading this week. How to Deal With a Boss Who Plays Favourites Is
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Sep 02

The Case for Bullet Journaling (When Your Digital To-Do List Fails You)

Let’s talk about to-do list bankruptcy. You know the feeling: that digital task manager, once a source of clarity,
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Sep 01

5 Reasons Continuous Improvement is the New Survival Skill

In my work, I read hundreds of articles a week about technology and the future, and this research has convinced
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Sep 01

Thursday Thought: 5 Ways to Maintain Your Personal Brand During Your Next Video Call

Jumping on a video call is not always as easy as it sounds. If you’ve ever streamed yourself live,
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Aug 26

Frictionless Friday: Can a Zero-G Flight Build Resilience?

NOTE: If you’ve never been into zero gravity, it’s going to be hard to relate to this post.
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Aug 02

5 Problems Solved By Effective Personal Branding

Most people don’t realize their own power, and at Ridiculously Efficient, we see your personal brand as a visual
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Jul 21

Thursday Thought: 2 Strategies to Stay Productive and Play Pokemon Go

This past weekend, I finally broke down and downloaded Pokemon Go. After a few days of play – you know, just
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May 05

This Company is Paying Employees to Sleep More

Health care insurance company Aetna has come up with a creative way to encourage employees to sleep more. If employees
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