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 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 ...

February 26, 2014

Why gratitude is the fast path to your productive best

Would you like to get more margin in your day? Would you like to be at your productive best? Then simply practice a little gratitude. In his TEDx talk, the happiness researcher Shawn Achor observes, “Your brain at positive is ...

December 2, 2013

What can you get done in 20 minutes?

Today on my YouTube channel: What can you get done in 20 minutes? It’s amazing what you can get done in just 20 minutes, when you take advantage of those little time slices in your day. These simple principles ...

October 29, 2013

Why you should create productivity goals

Today on my YouTube channel: Do you have productivity goals? You should. We may create goals to push us in so many areas of our life. One of the easiest to lose sight of, however, is to set a ...

September 17, 2013

Why you should habitually push your productivity

Today on my YouTube channel: Are you getting better at getting more done? Do you make pushing your productivity a habit? Those are questions you should ask yourself often. Otherwise you might fall victim to one of the most ...

September 3, 2013

Pick up your fork and eat that toad: The best time to tackle that daunting project

Pick up your fork and eat that toad. The best time to tackle that daunting task

Today on my YouTube channel: Stop procrastinating on those daunting tasks. It might help to think of them as toads. Sure, they taste bad, but the best time to eat them is first thing in the morning. Here’s why ...

August 20, 2013

Beat procrastination. Do nothing instead.

Today on my YouTube channel: Want to beat procrastination? Dr. Roy Baumeister in his book Willpower reveals an effective approach used by best selling novelist Raymond Chandler. It’s called the “Nothing Alternative” and here’s how it works: If you’ve ...

July 5, 2013

Are you taking a break or wasting time?

In the 70s and 80s, McDonald’s Corporation ran an advertising campaign proclaiming that proclaimed, “You deserve a break today.” That phrase and the catchy tune that accompanied it went on to become one of the top ten ad campaigns of all ...

July 3, 2013

Now available: 10 Strategies to Get More Done

Want to get more done? I sure do. I’ve always enjoyed a full plate. It seems that the more I have to do, the more I get done. And I love the feeling of getting things done. Managing multiple ...

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