No matter what you do, you can’t create more time. It’s why the idea of working smarter not harder is so popular. It’s why there are millions of productivity websites, blogs, books, guides and gurus. People argue over the semantics of “time management” constantly … can time really be managed? If you can’t control time, […]
You Can Reclaim Your Attention Right Now
First, it was the email newsletter. We all signed up like wild beavers damming up our inboxes. Then blogs and the nefarious RSS (or Real Simple Syndication.) “Those people” keep making it easier and easier for us to sign-up and subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. […]
Are You Overwhelmed With Everything You Need to Track?
We all lead crazy lives. If we could magically add an hour to the day, most of us would add two just so we could get a little more done. And if you’re like me you work from several places – an office, at home, in the bathroom, while driving, while sleeping… The more projects […]
5 Reasons Committees Suck
Commitees inspire all the wrong things in people. Complaining in a committee is easy, but no one takes responsibility or ownership. Hiding is easy, because each person’s contributions aren’t really measured. Decisions are nearly impossible, because you’re always striving for consensus. Progress is always limited, because pleasing everyone means not striving for the best solution. […]
Stay Productive Throughout the Day and Start Earlier
Even if you’ve got a thousand projects on-the-go it’s not always easy to stay productive, although there’s never a shortage of things to do. Actually, it can be worse than having one thing to focus on completely. Whether you’re multitasking or honed in on one uber-project, staying productive is often a challenge. It is for […]
How To Turn Off Your Brain
The occasional hallucation or two might not be a bad thing. But when I get a fever it often results in my brain’s inability to control my streaming thoughts. It’s like my brain’s filters are inneffective, and while trying to sleep a raging river of thoughts overwhelm me. Usually they’re tied to whatever I was […]
The Secret to Successfully Delegating Work in 6 Steps
Entrepreneurs and small business owners typically have a hard time delegating to others. We’re control freaks, obsessively detail-focused and so invested emotionally into what we’re doing that it’s hard to let others do some of the work. We have no choice. Delegating is critical to a small business or entrepreneurial venture. No one person can […]
Moving For The Sake of Moving is NOT Progress
I’m in my car heading home for the evening. I’ve got two options: A shorter route, but it always has some degree of fairly bad traffic. A much longer route, which rarely has traffic, and the traffic is never as bad as the first route. Which route should I take? I recognize the fact that […]
Powering Through A Crisis: Stick With Simple Tasks
Quick, your e-commerce website just crashed and you’re losing customers by the second. (Note: this is just an example to illustrate a point, feel free to replace this crisis with any other you might experience!) What do you do? Panic. Panic? That doesn’t sound like great advice… Well, it’s not. But you’re human, so you’ll […]
Get Organized and More Productive! No More Bloated To-Do Lists.
A couple of days ago I wrote a post about being more prepared and how you can accomplish that. The goal wasn’t to say, “be prepared for anything and everything,” because that’s just a big fat lie. But, there are ways of being more prepared than not. First, we embraced failure and learned from it. […]
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