Most daily stand-up meetings make whatever they’re trying to solve worse as a result of eating up team time and focus. First, let’s look at real meeting math. The daily stand-up isn’t […]
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Change Work Is Strategic Work
How much time do you spend each week working through the important, deep, and future-building work? How much time could have been spent on the significant, strategic change work that often gets […]
How to Focus on What’s Most Important
Recently I joined my friend Eric Zimmer on his podcast, The One You Feed, to discuss how to focus our lives on what’s most important to us, and what blocks us from […]
4 Statements Leaders Need to Be Saying More Often
A client of mine is going through a catalytic shift in her career where she’s bringing on someone to manage her current business while she’s moving on to manage someone else’s business. […]
How to Be Consistent in Your Business in an Unpredictable World
This is a guest post from Sarah K. Peck of Startup Parent. “You’ve got to be consistent!” rave many productivity experts. “You won’t be successful unless you’re consistent.” So much of the […]
The One Where We Brag for You: PF Community Wins
When you’ve been helping people finish their most important projects for 12+ years, you get to see some really neat things happen. It’s a LOT of fun to see what people are […]
3 Ways to Pay off Dunkirk Spirit Debt
Dunkirk Spirit is the extraordinary effort that teams have to muster to accomplish strategic imperatives while overcoming the effects of poor planning, coordination, communication, or unforeseen developments that require an urgent response. […]
Making Space to Let the Truth Come Out
Oftentimes, it’s only after space is made for the truth to come out that we can find the clarity and support we need. Recently, one of my favorite clients and humans felt […]
Is Your Leadership Posture Working for You and Your Team?
This morning, I texted Cory the following: Remember to have fun today, bro. Especially during the dress rehearsal. We’ve got four-five months of ready-aim-fire-aim-fire in front of us and your first of […]
My 3 Biggest Obstacles to a Digital-Primary Reading Practice
In June 2021, I started the process of habituating myself to effectively read from digital sources. Specifically, I’m working on encoding and referencing the information. I read a lot on a screen, […]
Cory’s Work From Home Office Essentials: Part 1
When I joined Team PF in December 2020, I had already been working from home since 2013. That year I had a young business that wasn’t making much money. I was working […]
The Need to Help and Help Is Needed
Note: This post is for those who know they have a bit of time (or maybe a little more) that they are wanting to give to their community in some way, but […]
How to Become an Entrepreneur When You Start as a Freelancer
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Chris O’Byrne. I officially started my “career” as a freelancer in 2009. I wanted to escape the 9-to-5, having worked as a chemical engineer […]
10 Ways to Support Yourself When You’re Marketing in a Hostile World
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kerra L. Bolton. I have become increasingly reluctant to increase my brand visibility on and offline. In a world where anyone with a phone […]
How to Know If You Have a Successful Business or Expensive Hobby
For more tips and strategies on taking your big ideas and turning them into actionable, doable projects, pick up a copy of Charlie’s book Start Finishing, winner of the 2020 Productivity Book […]
4 Steps to Make Bookkeeping Easier
For more tips and strategies to help you be your productive best, pick up a copy of Charlie’s book Start Finishing, winner of the 2020 Productivity Book of the Year. Available on […]
5 Things You Need to Know to Speak Your Truth and Connect with Your Audience
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Lisa Robbin Young. As Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globes started making the rounds, people began talking. Her well-crafted speech had one […]
This Is the Big Financial Mistake Successful Entrepreneurs Avoid
For more tips and strategies to help you be your productive best, pick up a copy of Charlie’s book Start Finishing, winner of the 2020 Productivity Book of the Year. Available on Amazon and other […]