As I prep for my trip to New York to speak and chill at CampGLP, I’m reminded of the value of having an intentional buffer day before traveling. You know how it […]
Planning
Chunking Your Projects Down Helps Get Them Done
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. – Henry Ford Ideas have an annoying habit of not showing up as doable projects. They show up either as loose […]
Get GUTSY With Your Project Planning
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan” – Eleanor Roosevelt PRODUCTIVE FLOURISHING How many times have you sat down to try to figure out what to do […]
If You’re Planning Effectively, You’ll Always Be Changing Your Plans
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower I want to let you in on a secret: planners and strategists […]
Why Strategic Planning Is So Hard for Creative People
“The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.” – Michael Porter Big-picture planning, aka strategic planning, can be really hard work, and not for […]
5 Ways Reviewing Your Plans Can Enhance Your Success
How many times have you sat down and made a plan, only to never return to it? If you’ve done this, you’ve missed some of the best benefits of the planning process. […]
Getting Results Takes Time
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. – Douglas Hofstader People often ask what they’re doing wrong when they’re not getting the […]
The 6 Questions to Ask During Your Mid-Month Review
Is it near the middle of the month and you’re starting to lose momentum? Or maybe you know you’re prone to make the Plan at the beginning of the month and, two […]
The Weekly Momentum Planner
The Weekly Momentum Planner is a planner that places the primary focus on the projects you need to do this week, rather than on the time you have to do those projects in. […]
A Special Theory of Productivity
I mentioned after I completed the Daily Momentum Planner that I figured out how to write this post. Life intervened and I lost the muse. I’m currently in the process of reconstructing […]
The Daily Momentum Planner
The video above is a short walkthrough of the Daily Momentum Planner. The Daily Momentum Planner helps you plan to do the right projects and actions during the right part of the […]
A General Theory of Productivity
The question “Why am I productive?” very rarely comes up when we’re talking about productivity. Usually, it’s when we’re not productive that we ask why we’re not being productive. Asking the question […]