Eliza is currently based in Boston and has worked at home ever since she finished college. In this time, she has founded an ed tech startup and currently manages a software company; all while appearing on TV and in films on the side! What's a day like for a software manager?

So many of us are doing multi-tasking that focusing on one task at a time seems underrated, or even old-fashioned. There are those who believe that focusing on one task a time is still effective in this day and age, though. The Ivy Lee Method, which has been around a century already, believes in this technique in order to achieve peak productivity. This method was created by Ivy Lee, a businessman who was also famous in the field of public relations.

I admit that I’m no fashionista, but unless we are lucky enough to run a business that requires zero face-to-face contact with your customers or the world, we still need to make a baseline level of effort to be smart and professional when we are out there representing our personal and business brands. The solution: beauty tricks that save time.