Several years ago, I volunteered to work on a team project at my old job. I thought it would be a good career move, and I thought the project could help the organization. But I quickly realized that I had made a HUGE mistake. The project took way longer than projected and involved a […]
Accomplish My Goals
5 Steps to Free Up Hours of Time Every Week
If you were given 5 extra hours every week, what would you do with that time? Sleep more? Start a side hustle? Spend more time with your family? Don’t just dream of getting 5 extra hours. Take action to get it. You can get back 5-10 hours of time EVERY […]
Email is Like a Tractor Beam
If you don’t intentionally manage your email, it will distract you from your priorities and make you unproductive. I learned this (again) the hard way a few weeks ago. Email is like a tractor beam that draws you into unwanted work. Every “reply” or “delete” makes you feel like you’ve accomplished something. […]
What To Do with Your Time if You Get (un)Busy
“If I get (un)busy, what will I do with my time?” This is one of the most frequent questions that I get and was posed to me recently by Jeff Brown of the Read to Lead podcast. Many high achievers wrongly assume that to have margin in your schedule means that they’re unproductive or […]
What a Reflex Ball Taught Me about Productivity
For my birthday, I got a boxing reflex ball. It’s a gizmo that has a ball attached to a headband. You hit the ball, and it comes back to you. When I first tried the reflex ball, I tried to hit it as fast as I could. But the faster I went, the more […]