Today is my birthday, and I have a birthday wish for you. This isn't a sales pitch -- it's a heartfelt exercise to help you get clarity. Think about an area of your life that is completely inefficient. Perhaps it's your work email, or...
A working person in Japan could spent up to 13 hours a day on the job, sandwiched in between a long commute. This sometimes leads to what they call karoshi, or "death by overwork." So, in an attempt to combat this, the Japanese government is considering implementing a...
The Internet has been this marvellous thing for productivity. With easy document and project sharing tools, a lot of us have forgone physical documents and have instead opted for online file-sharing systems. Not every workplace has clued in to the usefulness of these tools and are continuing to use old-school...
One of my mentors, Strategic Coach cofounder Dan Sullivan, has a concept I love called the Four Entrepreneurial Freedoms. These attributes motivate entrepreneurs to excel... and I'd posit that they similarly motivate high performers. The four freedoms are Time, Money, Purpose and Relationship. Sullivan describes them below: I&...
I have been pretty MIA this week, but I have a good reason. Last week, I found that I wasn't able to focus. With a mind that already wanders easily, I found myself frustrated and incapable of concentrating on a single task. Then, one night during the weekend...
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="o0FnYGG01nYi5nKdS7As5G8DMJTTO9NX"] If your creativity isn't fired up within the first 10 minutes reading Better and Faster by Jeremy Gutsche, you're not paying attention. And if you haven't gotten at least 10 breakthrough ideas by the time you finish...