Most Productivity Advice Is Organized Anxiety
I was the Queen of Optimization frameworks, burning out every 18 months, and my systems held beautifully while everything under them misaligned. The case for eliminating before you organize.
The argument your body keeps winning
The 3 a.m. verdict your spreadsheet cannot see.
Worth Exists Before Proof
Value is inherent, quiet, and often invisible. It exists before labor, before recognition, before exchange. My core coaching principle gets its canonical page.
Track, Hack and Attack: My First Named Method
On November 25, 2011, I published the first named method of my career. Fifteen years later, this is the canonical version: track, hack, then ruthlessly attack.
5 Ways to Procrastinate Productively, 15 Years Later
The original ran here on October 14, 2011. The tactics survived 15 years of coaching high performers, and the refresh adds the layer that matters most: procrastination is data.
The floor my family built
First in my family at a four-year university, and reclaiming the right to want more.
Rebellious Productivity, Defined
The phrase first appeared on my blog in 2015, attached to a library of tactics I called REBEL. Eleven years later, this is the canonical definition.
Your Energetic Bank Account: Deposits, Withdrawals, and the Audit
In 2019, in the middle of a demanding season, I spent an afternoon on what I call a brain-body
Whose Beliefs Are Running Your Week?
You can update what you believe and leave every downstream behavior exactly where it was. That gap explains a very specific kind of tired.
Work-Life Alignment: The Term I've Used Since 2012
My earliest published use of work-life alignment is dated April 23, 2012. Fourteen years later, this is the definition, the receipts, and the self-audit I run with leaders.
What you teach them about your availability
The people who love you believe what you show them. What have you been showing?
The 3.5-Day Workweek Field Manual
Jamie Dimon says your kids will work 3.5 days a week, someday. I've run that schedule since March 16, 2023. The field manual: the audit, the day types, and the walkaway math.
