November 21, 2014

Do or Die week? The benefits of a 2-minute game plan

This was Do or Die week. I knew it right away Monday morning. Over the course of the next five days I would have to prepare five different messages, prepare and host a podcast, facilitate a Mastermind session, prepare ...

October 23, 2014

How to stop wasting time [podcast]

I’ve got so many things I want to do, I can’t afford to waste time. But I do—and I hate it. In our latest episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host Armin Assadi and I discuss some of ...

October 16, 2014

How to create a motivated lifestyle [podcast]

Mr. Motivation, Zig Ziglar himself, said it best: “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.” So, how do you create a motivated lifestyle, one that keeps you going even when ...

July 9, 2014

You can’t game imagination

Busy. Busy. Busy. It’s so easy to rush from one thing to the next. If you’re like me, you get a charge from the constant activity. You might even make a sport of it: How much can I squeeze ...

June 30, 2014

Five ways your proficiency is hindering you

Your own proficiency is hindering you. By definition, it’s inevitable. Proficiency is about gaining skill through repetition. The more skillful you become, the less energy it takes to sustain your level of competence. When it comes to how you ...

June 16, 2014

Review “Making Ideas Happen” by Scott Belsky

Recommended resource: Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky

“Most ideas are born and lost in isolation,” writes Scott Belsky in his book Making Ideas Happen (Penguin, 2012). If you want to take your idea production game to the next level, this book is for you. It’s packed ...

June 13, 2014

The genesis of a productive day

'Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant' - Robert Lewis Stevenson

Did you have a productive day? I ask myself that at the end of the day, and I ask my friends and family too. The answer I’m looking for is based on how much got done. Productivity means completion. ...

June 5, 2014

Three strategies to supercharge your productivity [podcast]

Several years ago a fire got lit under me. It was my fiftieth birthday. Suddenly, I felt a sense of urgency and mission I hadn’t experienced before. It fueled a voracious appetite to dig into productivity strategies and to ...

May 22, 2014

Four things you need to know about resistance [podcast]

Albert Einstein said, “Nothing happens until something moves.” When you and I get moving on our venture project, the sure thing that happens is that we’ll get resistance. Resistance is that thing which seemingly conspires to keep us from ...

May 16, 2014

You know you’re an email addict when…

You know you’re an email addict when: You check your email before going to the bathroom in the morning You click the “Get Mail” or “Send/Receive” button even after it says “No new messages,” just in case You peek at your emails ...

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