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 […]
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What to Do When Work Intensity Is the Problem
A client recently wanted to problem-solve for working four days a week — but when she started explaining the problem, it wasn’t about the load of her days or how many days […]
How a Timer Helps You Practice Better Boundaries
If you’re anything like me, you have trouble keeping up with the day as it flies by in front of you. You wake up, scroll through your phone for 20 minutes while […]
Block Those Notifications or How to Better Protect Your Attention Span
Do you ever get started on a project only to be interrupted five minutes later by a notification? That notification leads down a social media spiral, from which you emerge only several […]
Find Your Focus By Widening Your View
If you’ve ever been to a yoga class, while wobbling in Tree pose you may have heard your teacher say, “Find your drishti.” Drishti is a Sanskrit word meaning “focus” or “gaze”, […]
How to Balance Parent and Professional: The Start Finishing Guide to School-Time Productivity
Editor’s note: “How to Balance Parent and Professional: The Start Finishing Guide to School-Time Productivity” is a guest post by Jenn Labin. Like so many other parents (and others) out there, I […]
How to Stay Sane and Productive While Working from Home
We know a lot of you are looking to be as productive and balanced as possible in your new work-from-home situation due to COVID-19, which is why we hosted a webinar […]
How to Juggle Your Creative Projects Around Family Life
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ali Luke. It can be tough to make the space and find the energy for creative projects at the best of times. But when you […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: How to Enhance Your Best Work with Aromatherapy
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Larry Robertson talked about how to see your edge, come to your edge, and use […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: 3 Powerful Practices to Help You Work Through Distractions
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Nailah Blades talked about how to maximize your Recovery blocks. In today’s conversation, Jenn Labin […]
5 Ways to Resist Bright Shiny Object Syndrome and Finish What You Start
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Cynthia Morris. There I was, working on final edits for my podcast writing. And then, it zoomed in — an idea for another project! Something […]
4 Reasons Why Going from Idea to Done Is So Hard
For some of us, project ideas come a dime a dozen. We’re self-starters who are motivated and idea-rich. For others, we’re able to hone in on just a handful of profound ideas […]
3 Questions to Help You Prepare for a Productive Year
Yes, I know it’s almost mid-February. I also know that many people are still trying to plan so they can have a productive year — which is why I’m pushing this out […]
7 Ways to Start Writing to Improve Your Productivity
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel. Even with the clearest of goals and intentions, I find that it’s all too easy to get distracted and end up accomplishing very […]
Three Questions to Confront and Overcome Procrastination
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ryan McRae. Sometimes it’s a late-night phone call and sometimes it’s after the second beer, but this is what usually comes out: “I don’t […]
How to Referee Your Project Cagematch (and Unveil Your Values and Priorities)
While most of us dream of some idealized time and place where we can work on just one project at a time, the persistent reality for most of us is that we’re continually […]
Transitions Always Take Longer Than We'd Like
Transitions always take longer than we’d like and than we anticipate. One of the biggest reasons for the difference between how long transitions take and how long we think they should take […]
Simply Decluttering the ADHD Mind
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ryan McRae. Trying to be organized when you have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a heavy burden. It’s like trying to do calligraphy on the […]