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 09

10 Ways to Boost Productivity in 10 Minutes

We can all find a spare 10 minutes in our day if we look. Perhaps it's the "
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Jul 08

Simple Tips to Shorten Your Emails

Who wants to write 100 words when 17 will do? Not we Rebels, that's for sure. Here are
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Jul 08

The 3 S's of Effective Email

Let's face it: writing effective email is a learned skill. This video tutorial will share my three-step approach
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Jul 08

10 Ways to Get Overdue Items Back on Track - Without the Awkwardness

Effectiveness requires we do what it takes to finish tasks before their due dates. Here are my go-to ways to nicely ask for an overdue item.
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Jul 07

Personal Communication Checklist

The sheer volume of communication we handle on a daily basis at work requires discipline and organization. Let's
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Jul 07

Supercharged Subject Lines

Supercharged subject lines can make all the difference in how quickly an entrepreneur replies to you. Unfortunately, many of the
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Jul 05

Why Companies Should Have Fine Art in the Workplace

This is a guest post by Andre Smith. Employees will typically spend more of their waking hours at work than
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Jun 30

'Morning Bias' is the #1 Threat to Flextime

My colleague Rosemina recently uncovered some unnerving research about how bosses really feel about flextime, and I'd like
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Jun 20

Let's Solve Your Biggest Productivity Issue

What is your biggest productivity issue? What's the most frustrating thing about workflow, task management or prioritization that
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Jun 17

Study: Working Dads Would Quit Their Jobs If They Could

A new CareerBuilder study confirms what most of us already know: working dads spend far more time at work than
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Jun 16

What Does it Mean to be the Best?

Imagine sitting in a room filled with 20 people who are the best in the world in their respective industries.
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Jun 11

Instagram Nixes Recurring Meetings - Why You Should Too

One of the first things Peter Deng did when he joined Instagram as Head of Product is cancel every recurring
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