hi there and welcome to successful women talk tv my name is sheila butler and i'm your host and today i'm going to give you my number one tip for staying productive you know until i had kids i really never understood and maybe never really appreciated the power of the schedule of scheduling things i just got things done i had all the free time in the world and i was pretty busy person but i just did things and then all of a sudden one day it's like chaos hit me i all of a sudden i was forgetting appointments or i had sticky notes everywhere and i convinced myself that it was either my age or a brain tumor so finally embrace the fact that indeed my head was probably fine i was just overwhelmed my life was busier i now had toddlers two kids 11 months apart and owned a business and i was just busy just like you are i was just busy so what i found was i started putting everything on my calendar and when i combined my family and my work calendar that's when the magic happened everything became crystal clear at that point i became more organized much more productive and i stopped needing sticky notes and i stopped missing appointments so we all have our preferences on android versus iphone but i'm actually an iphone user and i use a really cool app by reading it's called calendar plus and i love it it syncs across all of my devices and my key to what i use is google calendar so i use google apps for business and i have multiple calendar i have an editorial calendar i have an interview schedule i have my clients on the calendar i have my kids on a calendar and i'm able to keep everything in one spot so now i'm not juggling calendars i'm not separating my family from my business i'm co-mingling those things i'm staying on task and i'm much more productive for it so i would love to know what you're doing to stay on track what do you do to stay productive are you an iphone person are you an android person what's your favorite app let me know leave a comment in the comment section below and we'll see you next time you know the world needs you so don't underestimate your greatness if you like today's episode you can spread the word by using the share buttons on the side and if you want to learn how to simplify your life and your business join the community and get our free updates directly to your inbox