Build From the Red Line, Not The Deadline

Imagine that during a normal week, you set goals and deadlines that assume you’ll be able to do, say, 10 units of creative work. And that, during a normal week, you actually get 4 units of creative work done. Imagine that during light weeks, you set goals and deadlines that you’ll be able to do, [...]

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Get More Done By Limiting White Space

An aside from Dan Ariely’s latest piece in Wired got me thinking. Here’s a quick excerpt: Think how differently we’d interact with our calendars if the default was for time slots not to be empty—if, instead, they were prepopulated with tasks like thinking, writing, and planning. We’d be far less likely to neglect the opportunity [...]

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Two Questions to Ask Before You Make a Change In Your Business

The fun part about running a business is that there are always things that can be changed. The not-so-fun part about running a business is that there are always things that can be changed. And, all too often, we make some changes without really thinking through why we’re making them. Here are two basic questions [...]

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The Free Planners for June 2011 Are Available

Here are the free planners for June 2011. June is a major transition month between spring and summer. It’s also the last month of the second quarter, and, given that the second quarter tends to be a push month, you might be feeling the fatigue of it in your business or career. It’s okay – [...]

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Are You the Root of Your Own Resistance?

Be careful about how much power you give to the concept of “Resistance.” I appreciate how Steven Pressfield writes about it and uses it, but an overuse sets up the situation in which anytime we don’t want to do something, it’s Resistance at fault. Understanding Resistance as an external force obscures the fact that we, [...]

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How to Limit The Busyness In Your Business

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Ever notice that the thing you most want to do in your business is the thing that’s the hardest to find time to do? It’s easy for the busyness of business to take over and make it such that every day, it seems like you’re getting further and further from the core of your [...]

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The Free Planners for May 2011 Are Available

Here are the free planners for May 2011. I hope those April showers has brought some May flowers – whether we’re talking literally or metaphorically. Keep ‘em growing. Tired of waiting on me to update these planners? You can get the whole year’s worth right now by grabbing the Premium Planners. If you’d rather wait, [...]

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Just Get It Done

There comes a time in the midst of busy lives and business where you just have to knuckle down and plow through some of the projects on your plate. Perhaps it would be better if someone else did it. Perhaps there is a smarter way to get it done. Perhaps your resistance to it is [...]

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The Free Planners for April 2011 Are Available

Here are the free planners for April 2011. April marks the beginning of a new season and quarter. Plants and ideas are starting to bloom, and if the early part of the year carries hope with it, this part of the year carries activity. I hope these planners help you stay active on the right [...]

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