On the concept of the emotional bank account and the importance and the tactics of keeping your word Photo by Visual Stories || Micheile on Unsplash The single most important thing each of us has in our lives is our relationships. This is true at home, in our communities, and in our work — whatever that work may be.… Read More »Your Commitments Are Your Life; Guard Them Zealously
I tried all the popular productivity systems. This is what finally stuck. Photo: Netalieh/Getty Images For the better part of a decade, I’d get frustrated at myself for notbeing able to make popular productivity systems to work for me.GTD, the Bullet Journal Method, Day Designer, The Franklin Coveyplanner, the Ivy Lee Method, time-blocking — I tried them all.… Read More »What If an Index Card Could Make You More Productive?
The often-overlooked cognitive bias that hurts both personal and professional relationships creeps in everywhere, and learning how to avoid it is crucial to your development Photo by Sammy Williams on Unsplash Cognitive biases are all the rage these days. Writers all over the internet are abuzz with explanations of these flawed ways of reasoning that trip… Read More »The Danger of the Fundamental Attribution Error and How to Avoid It
BuJo? GTD? Ivy Lee? No single system is right for everyone, so make sure you’re asking the right questions to find which one is right for you. Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely that you want to be more productive. And that’s a good thing. No matter what it is… Read More »How to Choose the Right Productivity System For You
How NOT to be naïve about your passion and find something you love doing. Photo by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash My father worked for almost 40 years — for 12–16 hours per day, at a job that he hated. He worked all sorts of crazy hours, was shuffled from location to location, and by his account — hated every minute of… Read More »What My Spectacular Failures Taught Me About Jobs, Passions, and Finding My “Life’s Work”
Use it in your work life, personal life, and everywhere in between Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash Early on in my sales training, I had to sit down with engineers and learn about the technical side of what the company sells. The company I work for places a lot of emphasis on its technical aptitude and… Read More »The Best Answer to Give to (Almost) Any Question
I was a GTD fanatic for over 10 years, but when I realized it wasn’t giving me what I needed, I had to build my own system Photo by Kate Trysh on Unsplash For the first 10 years or so of my working life, I was a huge GTD adherent. At times, I was more than an… Read More »I Built My Own Personal Productivity System Around a 3 x 5″ Index Card
A reminder that it’s not about you, and thinking otherwise is the primary reason why things go off the rails Photo by Grégoire Hervé-Bazin on Unsplash Goals are interesting. A goal is basically just a strong desire that things be different than they are now. That’s not too interesting. What is interesting is the reason why a… Read More »The Anatomy of Goals, the Sneaky Ego, and Higher Powers
On Feelings, Facts, and the Minefield of Human Motivation Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash A few months ago, I was on the phone with the sourcing manager of a prospective customer. I had submitted a quote to her a week ago, and I was following up to see what the next steps were. As I… Read More »The Facts Don’t Speak for Themselves
Finding both the work I love and the person I love took me on a journey that taught me to rethink everything I thought I knew about how love works Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash From the time I was an adolescent, and I first became aware that I was responsible for making a life for… Read More »Love Doesn’t Work That Way…
