The free planners for January are now available on the Free Planners page. This time of year is great for stepping back and evaluating priorities: the desire to start or grow your business, recommit to your meditation practice, finally ship your Thing, or learn a new language. Our newest free … [Read more...] about The Free Planners for January 2018 Are Available from Productive Flourishing
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How to Be a Brand Activist Even When You Hate Politics
Everything is political these days – even football and pizza. President Donald Trump ignited months of controversy in September when he criticized NFL players who kneeled during the national anthem to protest the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. The “take a knee” … [Read more...] about How to Be a Brand Activist Even When You Hate Politics
5 Reasons Why You Need to Start Saying No to People You Love
A common theme in my work with clients is boundaries and feeling empowered to establish and communicate those boundaries with important people in their lives. If you’ve ever had to start over in the way you communicate with someone you’ve been in a relationship with for an extended time, you know … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Why You Need to Start Saying No to People You Love
How to Explore and When to Embrace Empathetic Leadership
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Bravo. When I tell people that I do work around empathetic leadership, helping leaders strengthen how they use empathy as a tool for team member engagement, I typically receive one of three types of responses. I describe them as the advocate, the … [Read more...] about How to Explore and When to Embrace Empathetic Leadership
There’s a New Book on the Way!
Yes, a new book! The working title is Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done. It’s a step-by-step approach to help creative workers turn their ideas into projects, weave multiple projects into their schedule, and start finishing the things that matter most, even as their lives and to-do lists … [Read more...] about There’s a New Book on the Way!
The Free Planners for December 2017 Are Available from Productive Flourishing
The free planners for December are now available on the Free Planners page. Here’s something to consider: what still needs to get done before the end of the year? An even better question to ask: what still needs to get done that you can realistically complete in the first two weeks of December? … [Read more...] about The Free Planners for December 2017 Are Available from Productive Flourishing
5 Questions to Ask When You See Fear Hiding Under Your Emotions
I recently shared a story with you about expectations, from a conversation that I mediated in a growing organization. The conversation that I told you about was actually the first of a couple of separate conversations that I mediated between different members of this organization. I want to share … [Read more...] about 5 Questions to Ask When You See Fear Hiding Under Your Emotions
How to Create Your Own Family Scrum (and Why You Need It)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. My life is chaotic. I seem to recall a time when I could manage my professional life during business hours and my personal life was pretty much contained in the evening hours and weekends. I had free time. I didn’t go to bed bone-weary and … [Read more...] about How to Create Your Own Family Scrum (and Why You Need It)
How to Avoid Disappointment by Evaluating Your Motives
I recently mediated a conversation between people who are part of an organization dealing with some growing pains. The conversation reminded me of a lot of lessons I have had to learn the hard way, some that I learned well the first time and some that I sometimes wonder if I’m doomed to repeat. If … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Disappointment by Evaluating Your Motives
The Free Planners for November 2017 Are Available from Productive Flourishing
The free planners for November are now available on the Free Planners page. Ready, set, holidays! The season of joy can oftentimes feel the exact opposite. Stress and overwhelm tend to take over as project deadlines, in-laws’ flights, and getting gifts for your grandkids (there’s how many now?) … [Read more...] about The Free Planners for November 2017 Are Available from Productive Flourishing