Productivity
Doing the One Big Thing
It’s easy to get caught in the myriad of tasks. The thousands of little things that can be done each day. The routine of your regular way of doing things or a pattern of comfortable procrastination....
Productivity
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Productivity
Value the Best Idea Instead of Your Ego
It’s easy when considering ideas to consider personalities, likes and dislikes, ego, and hierarchy. The healthiest teams and the most successful people put these things aside and value their ideas...
ProductivityRelationships
Create Buy-in Instead of Issuing Orders
Giving an order without buy-in creates resentment and sabotage. If I command you to do something that you do not agree with, the only thing keeping you in-line is your fear. If instead I collaborate...
Productivity
Learn to Love Email Again
I recently listened to a talk delivered by Neil Gaiman, one of the cut comments he made was “I realized that my job had become responding to email and that I wrote as a hobby.” This is a feeling that...
Productivity
Effort and Results Orientations
Effort orientation allows you to focus on the process instead of the result. Learning and growth happen when you challenge yourself to step outside of your comfort zone and not be critical of the...
Productivity
Beware Becoming a Slave to Praise
"You are so smart!" "You have a natural talent!" "You do that so effortlessly!" It can feel wonderful to receive praise but with these types of compliments you may be programming you to avoid risk...
Productivity
Make an Avoidance List
What are you avoiding doing right now? So often we shy away from our biggest blocks and challenges even when we know that energy in those places could make a significant and positive impact in our...
Productivity
Sprinting – Creating Bursts of Productivity in Your Day
The world these days is made for distraction. Even with the best of intentions its easy to find yourself opening up your email program to write a reply to someone and next thing you know you’ve read...
Productivity
Don't Get Invested in Not-Doing
Sometimes you know how to do something, you know that something should be done, and for whatever reason you don’t do it. The challenge is not becoming invested in the not-doing. It’s easy to become...
Productivity
You'll Never Reach the Bottom of Your Todo List
My grand master todo list probably has 1000 items on it. My projects list probably has 30 items on the go right now. When I setup my daily list I often put 15 items on it. I rarely get to the bottom...